Ben let me try out his 5.5m proto of the Overdrive yesterday. When I went out the wind had just picked up to 25 knots plus.
It has only six battens and has a very large camber.Rotation was excellent.
The standout for me was its weight - crazy light,guessing no more than 4kg.
He had it rigged on a small aluminium Enigma boom with lots of downhaul,also he was using a RDM mast.
Downside - above 25 knots it was no easier to hold than my 6.2 R7.
I could hold it but it was a lot harder to turn the unstable power in to forward motion. The leech was only shaking a little.
With only six battens I guess that is the price to pay.
With less downhaul and around 15-20 knots - that could be its sweet spot
With the shape down low being extremely full and its weight super light you can use this sail in much lighter winds than a normal 5.5m.
Reckon it planes as quick as my 6.2Reflex.
I still much prefer my Reflex.
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Ben let me try out his 5.5m proto of the Overdrive yesterday. When I went out the wind had just picked up to 25 knots plus.
It has only six battens and has a very large camber.Rotation was excellent.
The standout for me was its weight - crazy light,guessing no more than 4kg.
He had it rigged on a small aluminium Enigma boom with lots of downhaul,also he was using a RDM mast.
Downside - above 25 knots it was no easier to hold than my 6.2 R7.
I could hold it but it was a lot harder to turn the unstable power in to forward motion. The leech was only shaking a little.
With only six battens I guess that is the price to pay.
With less downhaul and around 15-20 knots - that could be its sweet spot
With the shape down low being extremely full and its weight super light you can use this sail in much lighter winds than a normal 5.5m.
Reckon it planes as quick as my 6.2Reflex.
I still much prefer my Reflex.
I'm hoping the six batten change is smaller sizes only? I have a m2 OD 7.8 coming in late November and if it only has six battens I am going to
be very disappointed. I don't get it actually even on the smaller sizes. Why bother having the NCX and turbo if you have 6 batten overdrives? GPS sailors might not be thrilled about it either as the overdrives are a good option for the smaller sizes so you don't have to fork out race sail dollars on a sail you don't use very often.
Select to expand quotepetermac33 said..
Ben let me try out his 5.5m proto of the Overdrive yesterday. When I went out the wind had just picked up to 25 knots plus.
It has only six battens and has a very large camber.Rotation was excellent.
The standout for me was its weight - crazy light,guessing no more than 4kg.
He had it rigged on a small aluminium Enigma boom with lots of downhaul,also he was using a RDM mast.
Downside - above 25 knots it was no easier to hold than my 6.2 R7.
I could hold it but it was a lot harder to turn the unstable power in to forward motion. The leech was only shaking a little.
With only six battens I guess that is the price to pay.
With less downhaul and around 15-20 knots - that could be its sweet spot
With the shape down low being extremely full and its weight super light you can use this sail in much lighter winds than a normal 5.5m.
Reckon it planes as quick as my 6.2Reflex.
I still much prefer my Reflex.
I used small OD's (R5) as I wanted to save on buying SDM mast buy using my RDM mast for these smaller sizes. However I never really felt stable with them in the high wind range, yet very happy with the 6.2&7.0 (tried them both with RDM's and SDM's and both went well - slight better wit the SDM on the 7.0).
Some R7 reflex's (5.2/5.6/6.2) came up for sale along with some 400 SDM's and I grabbed those - man what a difference!
The stability and acceleration was a massive leap - much more so than the 6.2 and above.
I think its about your expectations in what conditions you are using them in. When I use my 5.2/5.6 its full on 25knt+. When I'm using my 6.2+ it's powered up but not excessive - if its excessive I change down to smaller gear.
I run a R8 OD 7.0 and a 8.1 turbo (2016), then reflex's 6.2 and down. I like the light handling of the OD and Turbo.
What I found with trial and error for me is that there is a trade off between size/stability/handling (its a 3 way matrix), and that handling is more important with the larger sizes and stability with the smaller sizes. A 5.6 Reflex is only just a little harder to manoeuver than a 5.6 OD however both are small sails, hence the manoeuvrability difference doesn't out way the stability difference. However at 7.0 I feel this does become an issue depending on what you are want it to achieve (Slalom vs freerace)
Select to expand quoteCluffy said..
I'm hoping the six batten change is smaller sizes only? I have a m2 OD 7.8 coming in late November and if it only has six battens I am going to
be very disappointed. I don't get it actually even on the smaller sizes. Why bother having the NCX and turbo if you have 6 batten overdrives? GPS sailors might not be thrilled about it either as the overdrives are a good option for the smaller sizes so you don't have to fork out race sail dollars on a sail you don't use very often.
Ballsy move to order a product without knowing any details!!!
Let us know when you get it how the 3 batten OD goes 
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The Mach 1 and Overdrive M1 were out of sync with the rest of the sail lineup last year (this year) too so I imagine it's same deal this season?
I meant to say the 2019 catalogue. I've got all the info on the rest of thier stuff and the new severne kit but nothing on the 2 sails I'm interested in
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should be 7 battens from 4.5 to 9.4
oops I stand corrected.... 6 battens from 4.5 to 5.5 
around this time last year someone uploaded the mach 1 and od specsheets. Whoever 's got the 019 ones may be so kind as to uploaded them soon (or even better right now!)...
Thank you Sean for the Overdrive M2 Info.
However, it is not possible to zoom in properly in order to see the text and the specifications.
If possible it would be great to get a photo with a higher resolution.
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voila 
Thank you!!!
Good to see the graphics haven't changed much since last year, the sail looks sweet. A higher res image would indeed help with the specs though (or perhaps you could quote them here)
Cheers!
The Mach2 will probably drop a batten as well, NP proved it was working very well...
I bought a Mach1(brand new) it came with a batten tensioner stripped(could not put tension in the batten) and a few kink in the monofilm. I put at least 3 sticker to make sure the sail will last for long. Am I the only one who had that problem? I think it was a badluck...but I'm on my way to pull the trigger for the mach2...heard it comes soon, any other bad story like this?
cheers.
nord_roi
Mine was perfect when delivered, now it's stretched a bit I've I had to add a 5mm spacer between the adjuster and batten to get enough tension
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voila
Have you got a higher res version of that? Seems to be a few changes going on
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voila
Just ordered some overdrive M2's if you have a higher res pic that would be great as I would like to know what's coming ??
Both seem to have a different material behind the luff sleeve as well, or at least a different colour
Specs of mach2 and Overdrive M2
www.skiogsurf.no/products/2019-severne-overdrive-m2
www.skiogsurf.no/products/2019-severne-mach-2
Found that but my Norwegian is not that great.
Looking at that the luff material looks different than and the second batten up seems lower down at the mast, bigger gap between 2nd and 3rd. Also seems to have an extra short batten in the leech just above the boom.
on a slightly different note does anyone want to buy my 8.6 overdrive m1?
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voila
Anyone got a readable version of this
(just a wild guess...)
Building on the success of the Mach1, the new Mach2 can deliver on all the standard race sail cliches - it IS faster, it IS lighter and it DOES have better acceleration.
Reduced batten count has dropped the weight. If it's not the lightest race sail on the market next season it will be VERY close to it.
A major focus of this year's R&D was on tuning the entry and exhaust. Finer leading edge rotation delivers that slippery feel, whilst the more open twist patterns reduce drag for devastating top speed.
With 7 battens in all sizes, the Mach2 inflates faster and reacts to gusts quicker for epic acceleration.
These 3 improvements elevate the Mach2 to the next level. Fast times.
UPGRADES FOR 2019
/ FLOW ALIGNED BATTENS
/ REDUCED WEIGHT
/ IMPROVED SPEED AND ACCELERATION
CONSTRUCTION NOTES
/ MONOFILM BODY - MAXIMUM STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE
/ KEVLAR X-PLY LUFF SLEEVE - MINIMAL VERTICAL STRETCH WITH HORIZONTAL ELASTICITY
/ TUBE BATTENS - HIGH PERFORMANCE STABILITY.
