Not a review but some photos of the first rig. Southerly today so let you know how they go!
So got the the 4.9 yesterday in some pretty tough cross on reasonably big messy cronulla. Only sailed for about 20 minutes before the wind died so didn't have a long stint getting a fell for it but definitely got an initial impression of plenty of power yet super stable, not really what you'd expect from a sail with three battens.?
Yeah the sail is light, 4.9 is 3.1 kg, still a sturdily made sail but few battens keeps the weight down.
The interesting thing and what is really different is the bottom batten and sail shape down low....
At rest there is a distinct s bend in it, also it sticks past the mast. The idea here is to depower easily for off the top moves but then when loaded again shape comes back to low and forward.
Also there is a fold between the bottom and middle batten this fills when sailing adds shape and forward power/ pull but again allows depower of the sail.
Looking at it you would think the sail is rigged wrong but these are different design features that were built into the sail.
I hope to get out in some better conditions over the weekend and get a better feel for it. But first impressions were nice!
I don,t know how to post video,s but here is a link to the rigging guide/ideas behind the sail explained by Kauli and Jeffrey Henderson
Some nice sailing from KS on his new sail...
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Some nice sailing from KS on his new sail...
Very nice wave sailing indeed. He puts so much drive into his board, and uses it to make such fluid turns. I particularly like how he initiates his bottom turns. He gets so much drive from setting the rail early, pivoting around the sail to go vertical. Inspirational I reckon
Jens
Very similar specifications as the XO's Fusions have since 2010. I had a 3 batten 6.5 and loved it, the same as KS3 regarding S bent lower batten and a lot of belly in the boom area, very stable and powerful.
Would you say 5.2 KS3 would deliver more power as 5.3 bolt or Superfreak?
How about work the np combat mast with this or other hsm sails any infos...
thanks in advance
uweh
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Some nice sailing from KS on his new sail...
I'm most impressed by the forward pull from the sail, gets up and planning better than I have ever before.
God that guy makes it all look SO easy..
If it was I'd be out there doing it as it looks so much fun!
Sideskirt,
three battern 6.5? Was that a wave sail. I'm not sure how the ks3 would go in larger sizes? For me I'm very happy with the 5.2 as my light wind sail. I have a set of Maui edition superfreaks, yeah the ks3 gets me going sooner, it's not like its heavy power more usable acceleration. The superfreaks are still a very good sail and as they will last forever, they are staying. Not used the bolt.
Uweh,
I use combats and hotrod and they work equally well as far as i can tell, flex top I believe is the go with HSM.
Unfortunately you don't instantly sail like kauli if you use these sails....
Yea 6.5 on a 460 mast...XO makes them up to 7.0....I could plane in less than 15 knots on my freestyle board.
The sail is freestyle wave XO fusion by exocet, I would still have it, if I hadn't broken the mast and needed the money for a new board, so I sold it.
www.exocet-original.com/
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I use combats and hotrod and they work equally well as far as i can tell, flex top I believe is the go with HSM.
HSM are less flex top than NP. They have their bend curves on their website, and they are identical to the curve Goya lists on their website. That said I use a NP x-combat RDM in my Superfreak and it feels great.
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Sideskirt,
three battern 6.5? Was that a wave sail. I'm not sure how the ks3 would go in larger sizes? For me I'm very happy with the 5.2 as my light wind sail. I have a set of Maui edition superfreaks, yeah the ks3 gets me going sooner, it's not like its heavy power more usable acceleration. The superfreaks are still a very good sail and as they will last forever, they are staying. Not used the bolt.
Uweh,
I use combats and hotrod and they work equally well as far as i can tell, flex top I believe is the go with HSM.
Unfortunately you don't instantly sail like kauli if you use these sails....
Bugger..
nah mate, not making it to nationals. it's right in term time (one thing about teaching is you can't pick holidays!)
heard great things and just went through my new 5.3 so wouldn't mind trying something new. thanks for the contact
