6'6 x 19 80lts Gunboat

Great board for parawinging! Easy to pump and with some wind I can just sheet in and wait for it to accelerate up to foiling speed (at least with my slightly larger ha foil). Very lightweight yet feels solid, although you should probably not drop it on the asphalt in the parking lot. :-) The 80l board is spot on for my 75 kg.

The Gunboat 80 is a parawing machine. perfect combo of buoyancy (enough), smooth speed gain/transition to foil, and yet small enough that upwind and swing weight are really really good. this thing rocks. I got to try bigger gun boats and the ATV 65 and this is the sweet spot for me. perfect light day wing board and I'm sure a great downwind board too for someone way better than me. I'm 180 lbs for context.

I’m really excited about the versatility of this board. It gets moving through the water fast and makes getting on foil in light conditions a breeze, but rides much smaller once you’re up.

I got to ride it in head-high waves at the Hatch and didn’t feel like the board was holding me back. I was impressed by how easy it was to turn into the wind and tack, I didn’t feel like the board was fighting me at all.

For me this is the perfect parawing board for upwind downwind laps where you need that extra range to get yourself onto foil in the lighter spots easily so you can have all the wind range available in the parawing for ripping upwind and not needing to be overpowered once on foil. Board feels natural under foot and just disappears to let you rip turns to your hearts content. It never feels long when in foil but that waterline is key for getting smaller foils up that are suited for our bumps. When riding around upwind or across wind the deck and nose shaping are pretty aerodynamic so you don’t get blown around when it’s cranking making riding easier and more enjoyable. The lamination is perfect resulting in a stiff but super light board, 80l 6’6 is my parawing sweetheart.

Sure, I'm a little biased. But I've had a lot of boards in my life, and this is one of my all-time favorites. The extra length gives me enough speed to get up on a 775cm² foil with a 3m parawing in fairly marginal conditions, allowing me to ride upwind without being too lit. Sean killed it with the deck and rail shape; it sheds crosswind like crazy and feels much smaller in the air than the dims would lead you to believe. One of my most ridden boards in the quiver.

This board is everything I was looking for: Light weight, no foot strap plugs, great shape and surface area for easy take offs, but not too thick or corky. It really rockets off the water with a couple of pumps for wing and parawing. My only feedback is the track box is too far forward for the rocker of the board. I run Code, F4, and F-one foils and can barely get all of them balanced out with the mast at the very back of the tracks. Even then, all brands are still riding nose up almost needing a mast plate shim to even it out. Nobody wants to deal with a mast plate shim. It's rideable but not ideal. I would much rather have the mast balanced near the middle of the track. I was hoping to order another board but am hesitant now due to the track box position. My guess is that the board was designed for Lift foils since a lot Lift guys like that extra nose up angle. This track box is almost like the V1 Kalama board but opposite since their boxes were too far back and this one is too far forward. If the box could not be moved back it would even be helpful to reverse the box so the holes are in the front to give more adjustment towards the back. I still love it but will not order more until this is addressed for these common foils.