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MISSION RACE 68
Length: 280 cm Width: 68 cm
Volume: 145 ltrs Weight: 16/7.4kg
Upwind: N/A Planing: N/A
Speed: N/A Handling: N/A
Jibe: N/A Overall: N/A
Price: $1456
Includes: Straps, Pads, Fin
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KINETIC MISSION RACE 68
You can’t get much quicker than a race board shaped by Jimmy Lewis. His email address, dafastest, is fitting. The Race 68, named for its width, is 280 cm long with a volume of 145 liters, and its full carbon construction keeps the weight down to 15.4 lbs claimed, 15.8 measured.
The Mission Race line, also including a 72 and 76, is new for 2000. The boards feature wide diamond tails, three positions for each footstrap, and have fairly light vee, rocker and nose scoop. The 68 is intended for 6.0 to 9.0 meter sails, and Kinetic particularly boasts of its upwind capability. And Kinetic is known to place a high value on control.
Glenn Fuller’s experience bore that out. He gave the board 5's in Upwind, Planing, Speed and Handling, and a 4 in Jibe. He was astounded at how quickly it went from a standstill to planing. “I’ve never sailed anything in my life that planed that quickly,” he said. Of course, he hadn't sailed the Starboard Formula 155 yet.
Earlier, one of our dealers (not Kinetic) sailed and praised it. “It really unwets in ocean swell, and it's reasonably easy to maneuver," he said. “You sail right off the tail with this thing. You can go as fast as you possibly want—only your courage gets in the way.”
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MISSION RACE 72
Length: 280 cm Width: 72 cm
Volume: 160 ltrs Weight: 18.5/8.4kg
Upwind: N/A Planing: N/A
Speed: N/A Handling: N/A
Jibe: N/A Overall: N/A
Price: $1336
Includes: Straps, Pads, Fin
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MISSION FREE 72
The Mission Free boards, also including a 60, 68 and 76, use less carbon than the Race boards, so the Free 72 weighs 18.5 pounds. It has the same 280 cm length as the Race 68, but its additional width, especially 54.5 cm at the tail, gives it 160 liters and allows for sails from 7.0 to 10.0 meters. There's more dome, giving comfort for the farther inward footstrap option. There's slightly more rocker, vee and scoop than with the race board, but the rails are actually sharper.
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Maybe that's why we found it to be excellent to plane and go upwind, as well as being fast of course, but all four sailors who tried it gave it 3's in Jibe.
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