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Hey... What do you reckon... Severne NCX or Severne Gator or Neil Pryde Ryde HD 2015? Am looking at a 7.5 sail to use on 140litre board, rider weight at 80kg. Typically looking at flat water use only. Would like something fast but that has a few years of sailing in it. Comments on construction quality would be good too. NP seems pricey. thanks.

Have a 460cm NP X6 going back to 2005 but see some merit in going constant curve.

Go to windsurf.co.uk and check out test, 2014, sails, free race, 7.5m zero cam reviews.

The NCX does well.

I went for a blast on one last weekend with an AtomIQ 100L borrowed from our local shop owner, Simon from board crazy (cheers Si) and liked it so much I bought the 7.5 and 6.5.

I have owned the e- types also which we're also very good and typical North quality but the NCX seems to have a wider wind range and feels faster.

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AUS729 said..

Cluffy said..


I love my NCX's I have from 6.5 through to 8.0 but I have also heard a lot of good things about the Cheetahs. No cams are the bomb, fast rigging times, longer lifespan, no broken battens and very light and easy to use. NP's are a bit pricey for me especially since they aren't any better. Here's a couple of shots of my 8.0 metre.

Hows the hawk 113 bamboo?
Looks nice!
I am looking for a fast freeride board for 7.5and 6.5 NCX with reasonable light wind planing and nice to jibe. needs to feel exciting when sailing it.

Don't worry Cluffy, just read your post on kit review post - says it all.
Cheers..

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Homestraight said..
Hey... What do you reckon... Severne NCX or Severne Gator or Neil Pryde Ryde HD 2015? Am looking at a 7.5 sail to use on 140litre board, rider weight at 80kg. Typically looking at flat water use only. Would like something fast but that has a few years of sailing in it. Comments on construction quality would be good too. NP seems pricey. thanks.

I own a Neilpryde Ryde 7.0 HD and use it with a NP FX 100 RDM 430 Mast (the 7.0 rigs both on a 430 and 460). I primarily bought it as the 430 RDM Mast also rigs on a 6.0 and 5.0 NP Fusion and so I can cover with one premium mast a huge wind range. I'm quite happy with it - you can pump it on the plane it it performs well for a sail without cams. The only thing that I dislike is the white colour of parts of the Ryde HD as it gets dirty easily when you roll it up.

I also tried various Gators from 4.0 (2013 - you can see it on my avatar picture) to about 6.5 (2014) in Boracay, Philippines and have to admit that I did not like the Gators very much. My impression was that they felt very heavy on the water. Even the 4.0 still felt heavy, especially when directly compared to a 4.0 Blade which I very much preferred in the small size. I think the masts were the lower end Severne ones, so this might have been a contributing factor.

I was happy with my Severne Ncx which is a great sail for going as fast as possible with the least fuss. Having said that I have been rigging my severnes with a constant curve mast of late and very happy with the look of them. IMHO I think that one should buy constant curve masts (have a look at the unifiber charts) that fit the majority of sails and then you can change sail brands, buy good second sails etc without changing your masts. Even if you keep to the same sail brand, some have been changing closer to the constant curve shape lately, when you study the unifiber charts over the last few years.

I'd recommend both the NCX (which I have in 7.5), or the NP Ryde (which I sailed in this years LOC). Both super controllable and light in the hands when going fast and overpowered.

Just check which NCX you're buying as the boom length changed recently.

After some playing around, I now run the NCX with a Gaastra RDM 460. I know this isn't the "right" thing to do, but the sail still sets well and it's so much lighter in the gybes. And I can even use my Enigma 150-200 boom with it on full extension if I have to (although I wouldn't recommend this long term!).

Hey thanks for your comments. Do you think the construction quality was comparable and durability?

Maaate, have a look at the Sailworks Retros ( no cam ) or NX's Race sails. Personally I love the Retro's, they are super easy to tune and sail, no big luff pocket to fill with water and super light in the hands. I use mine in the open water and flat lakes; I have a 6.5 and a 5.5. Great wind range, Australian supplier and, from my experience, superb durability. I'm having a very hard time trying to decide on a a 7.? for the light days, NX's or Retro?? So hard! I have an X - T which is the pre runner to the NX and it still goes great after 10 years.

I'm a fan of the Ezzy sails as well. One of the advantages of the Ezzy masts is that they are interchangeable.
I use a 430 base with a 490 top to give me an effective 460 for my 7.5 sail.
The NCXs seem to be getting good raps and I'd be interested to know if an NCX would rig OK on a Ezzy mast?

The new blue ones look sexy