At what line length does height become a factor?

[brettmainer]

@Drago, I'd agree -41' if the question were, "At what length does lack of reach hinder the super athletic excellent skiers who aren't as tall?"

 

If the question is, "when does the extra reach come in handy when you screw up and get narrow", I think the answer is -38. I'm pretty sure I've even had to stretch for a ball at -35 before, but that is a matter of my lack of ability, not physics. My best score in 2016 is 2@39. I recall that the 38 was pretty rough and I had to stretch to get 4 ball. All other aspects of the pass the same to that point, if I were 5'-9", my score probably would have been 3@38. Because I could stretch to erase a mistake, I got 5 more buoys out of that round.