Karpathos speed weeks 2011

Just home from Karpathos, read my reflections here: http://www.andersbq.com/2011/08/3-weeks-at-karpathos.html

But I will also share some more with you here at this forum.
I brought SP44, 53 and 63 and SL55.

Karpathos Paradise Bay aka Devils bay, is a short and extremly gusty spot.
You need to go very good upwind and have both good speed in square and broad angels.
Chris Lookwood has the spot record on a SP44.
I have sailed about 50 days on the spot, but it is first now, I understood that a very fast slalomboard such as SL55 or 52 are the best tools. Not always though, sometimes the course is very choppy and broad and then the SP-boards cuts nicer.
Anyway, I had around 50 runs with my SL55 over 40 knots. The board is a rocket, and extremly easy to sail upwind in ugly wind and water.

//AndersBQ