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BIC TECHNO 283
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TECHNO 283
Length: 276cm Width: 69cm
Volume: 152 Weight: 22/10kg
Upwind: N/A Planing: N/A
Speed: N/A Handling: N/A
Jibe: N/A Overall: N/A
Price: $1,199 Includes: Straps, Pads, Fin
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This is a board that has been hugely popular since it came on the market, a best-seller, and has been well-tested. Because the 2000 model wasn't supplied to our test with the correct fin, and the rep on Maui apparently couldn't get the correct fin, and the board's early scoring showed uncharacteristic 2’s in Handling and Jibe, we turned it over to Stein Gabrielsen to use for teaching. It immediately became a favorite for Stein and his students, almost all of them women, who loved its stability for learning waterstarting and sailing away.
Bic calls this board a course racing board, but don’t let that scare you. It wouldn’t be so popular if it weren’t user friendly. With 150 liters in its 9’3”, and a wide, nicely rounded tail, it planes early, keeps planing through lulls, and turns easily. It’s also very stable, even in rough water and winds that call for sails smaller than the ideal minimum of 6.5 meters.
We also had a Tiga 281, a technical twin to the Bic Techno 283, except it's not called a race board, and it's yellow with a fully padded red deck. It had the correct fin. It was sailed once and got straight 4’s.
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