With Finian as rider I imagine their race gear will be tops....... we may even get a wave sail for heavy blokes. Sooner they start on boards the better
Sounds pretty exciting I think ...
Dan owns a Quantum sail loft in the US, where the development will be done I am assuming. Supposed to be introducing technologies like technora loadpath membrane sails (like yachts have had for a looooong time). Can't imagine that sort of thing will be cheap!
Their new race sail is called the M-1 and is registered for 2012 PWA use. I'm not sure how they managed that, as you are supposed to produce/sell 10 of each sail size to be eligible for PWA use. Hard to sell sails over European winter ...
Good to see a new player out there though - Dan was always a legendary sail designer ;-)
Looks sweet Ben. No cambers? What is the meterage? How will it stand up to having 90+kg of lard person thrown against it in a stack? How light? 4 battens?
You cant just throw out these little teasers without some real specs
Yeah it says it's CST.. Damn I extended a boom with carbon tubes from those guys like 8 years ago.. Once again ahead of my time..
The guy there inquired about windsurfing masts when I told him what I was up to.. I told him they were black and kinda pointy at one end, fat at the other. He seemed pretty confident he could make 'em..
Ben, just picked up a spankers NSX from my local but have one issue with it... Its blue. There werent any reds. Why?
I made on RC sail with the same technologie few years ago but in carbon not in cheap technora
The sail was a bit to stiff though and it's was squite hard to lay the fiber on a panel of less than a meter