In this article, we report the result of our test of the Goya Guru X 2022/23, the 4 batten windurfing sail from the Hawaiian brand, which really thrilled us.

Windsurfing, test: Goya Guru X 4.7 2022/2023

Technical specifications

We had already tested and used the 2020/21 Goya Guru with satisfaction (read the article about that test). Having to replace the 4.7, we thought we'd try the most recent version of this 4 batten wave sail, which the Maui-based brand defines as controlwave, as opposed to the Banzai, defined as powerwave (read the test of the Goya Banzai 22/23).

The construction of this model also appears to be very accurate. You can immediately understand that it is a sail from one of the top brands of windsurfing sails.

The measurements of the 4.7, in the current model, are identical to those of the previous model. It is rigged with an RDM 400 mast (we used the Ezzy Hookipa mast 400, slightly stiffer than the Goya, of the same size and percentage of carbon). The Luff is 407, and the boom size is 158/161, with two cm of range. The shortest measurement refers to the lower clew ring. The declared weight of this model is 3.3 kg (300 g less than that found in the 20/21 model)

The color is similar: the 22/23 model, as well as blue, is available in a beautiful fuchsia slightly more burgundy-leaning than that of the 20/21 model. Always very generous and comfortable is the X-Ply window with a wide reinforcement pattern, which allows a clear view of the wave face while riding towards the lip.

In short, we are already interested in trying the Guru 24/25 (Francisco Goya wrote to us that the new models will be released in summer 2024), but in the meantime we are enjoying this fantastic model as much as possible.

Hang loose. Fabio Muriano