Fat Boys need BIG sails

My name is Michael and I'm a fat boy windsurfer.

This is not necessarily the same as being a fat boy, plain and simple. I don't have three chins and rolls of fat hanging over my collar. I only have about 1 1/2 chins. When I walk down the street, people don't gawk with astonished eyes or make comments about whales. But 108 kg (kgs are SO much nicer than pounds! Doesn't 108 sound svelte? Well, maybe--if one does not know how many pounds that is) is not small for a windsurfer.

Fat Boy windsurfers do have some advantages. We can hold down sails in high winds much more effectively than tweezer butts. And when a big windsurfer gets going, the speeds can be impressive.

But we do have disadvantages--when pencil necks are powered up, we (unless sailing HUGE clouds of monofilm) are still slogging.

When my less weighty friends are rigging 7.5's, I'm cranking the downhaul on a 12.5.

And big sails (with big masts and long booms) cost more.

In the unlikely event that somebody actually reads this post, here are some sail sizes I think (based on a little bit experience, but not as much TOW as I'd like) are right for fat boys. If you have any suggestions about sail size (especially about wave sails that might work for fat boys), I'd love to hear them.

Wind: up to 15 knots; Sail = 12.5 race
Wind: steady 15, gusts to 20; Sail = 12.5 race still :-)
Wind: steady 18, gusts to 25; Sail = 10.5 race/10.0 freeride
Wind: steady 20, gusts to 28; Sail = 9.0 race/ 8.5slalom
Wind: steady 25, gusts to 32; Sail = 7.5 race/slalom
Wind: steady 30, gusts to 35; Sail = 6.0 to 6.5 no-cam freeride.

The mantra for many years was, rig big or go home. I can't get my carcass off a slog any other way. More recently, the trend has been to smaller, more powerful sails. Any big guys had any luck with them?