I was wondering if anyone has this http://www.amazon.com/RUS-Roll-up-Sail-55/dp/B00GS5X03K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1385589267&sr=8-2&keywords=roll+up+sail
I'm considering getting one but I'm a little indecisive.
[insert sarcasm font] It looks like an awesome product - the video is hardcore & revolutionary...if I were you, I'd buy 10!
For a start - it looks ghey beyond words...and the description is completely false - "you can even go upwind" - maybe in 25kt offshore winds, some swell, massive fin and after straining your back - you may creep a few inches upwind on a 500m tack, but nowhere near as far upwind as a bit of muscle & a paddle will get you. As for downwind - it's a redundant product...
But I'm sure you already knew that.
...oh, and did I mention that it looks ghey beyond words?
Sometimes when its windy I've seen people doing stand up paddling and battling the winds, really struggling with what looks like hard work. I've alway thought there must be a better way, something like people have done for thousands of years, something like using a sail to catch the wind and make life easy. Looks like someone has worked it out. Good on them.
Frespivery, just in case you're not a 1st post pimp:
1. lots of first post pimps join to push dodgy products
2. the subtle ones ask a question like you did
3. the real subtle ones join lots of conversations, get known, build a rep. (yet to see one smart enough to do this, but anyway..)
4. that product is awful
5. that product is really, really terrible
All it needs is a roll-up boom, sail-integrated roll-up battens and a paddle that extends to 3.7m with 17 IMCS bend and it could be a winner!
Don't you have a spare golf umbrella laying around to do this?
If you want to paddle, then paddle. If you want to sail, this is one hell of a backward step from the last 50 years of sailboard development.
BTW, there is disposable version that you may be interested in, and it is a lot cheaper. It's quite widely avaiable too..
