^^^Superfreaks start looking like an option when you get over the idea that lying on your ultralight, ultra-expensive sail is going to trash it.
Same for rigging on rocks or gravel, putting a foot through the windows or shoving it under a heap of crap in the back of your car etc.
I weighed my Superfreak ME 4.7 - it's about 3.5 kg. HotRod 370 mast is 1.57 kg. So yeah, it isn't ultralight now that other Hot sails and other brands are competing on weight.
Ok had a little dig around and have put together a light rig. It's a 4.6 3batten Wavesail that looks Pretty John Fogerty.
Some specs,
0.982 370 mast
1.968 sail
0.316 sawn off wave grenade carbon.
1.856 enigma boom proto with no harness lines (don't use 'em)
0.290 Uj
Totals at about 5.40kg.
Pic without UJ as I forgot.
Edit* have added wrong pic, was tricky balancing kit on scales..
Edit** do I have to point out there are reasons why all rigs aren't this weight? I can never tell what is assumed knowledge on this forum these days.
Obviously I haven't rigged it properly, just put a mast in it strictly for the sake of the thread. I think this sail has been posted before on SB. It has got the em3 material so if it was red it could be even lighter. There is still a fare bit of extra reinforcements as it is a wave sail.
thanks barn for picture and the mast is it an "new" enigma mast...read that rrd will bring
a 370 rdm for 2013 with around the same weight...
greetings
uweh
That's so funny you are saying that! My friend has been hit while he was doing a top turn ON HiS wave at Kanaha and it was by an Italian!LOL
The Avant Viper 5.5m weighs 2.8kg. So I guess this is the lightest wave sail there is?
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Hi al2,
is your firelight the "normal" or the reef edition because of the weight difference ?
thanks in advance
Hi al2,
no worries about the few gramms on weight of the reef edition last longer...
