Slowboat decade ago used to sail those home made jobs,some of them were half filled with water. I tried one as did another friend and we both agreed they were shockingly slow. Yet he managed to get mid 40"s from memory out of them. After that experience i knew that equipment has practically nothing to do with top speed,short of small increments of a single knot! AA would flog near everyone in Oz with a no cam sail and a free ride board.
Can't wait for my new 5.8! What I find very interesting is the new batten set up and luff. The new batten set up is now in between the over lapping panels. Putting it in the center of the sail. Must take a reasonable amout of weight out, as there is no need for its own batten pocket.
Nice!! Yes mine arrived into aus this week now it's on the way to tas haha should be the weapon of choice for LG
I'm waiting for positive reports on the 5.8 otherwise I'll order an EVO5 to match the rest of my quiver. Let us know when they have been wet.
Cheers
Marty
look what turned up
EVO6 5.8m cams rotate so sweet had to keep checking it was a Pryde sail, the new masts look the goods very different to what I have seen in the past, sail construction is superb and the finish is top class, looking forward to some on the water testing.
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Definatly since the evo4 the prydes have really refined their sails.. The evo5's are unreal so I'm with you choco the evo6 should be there best year yet!
I have had the 460 and 490 now for a couple of months,in these sizes they are def stiffer than the old white labelled x9s .
Haven't broken any either.
Didn't like them at first too much but gradually tuned them up(more DH) to suit my 75kg...
Eagerly waiting for some new rags for them
OK, well if NP bought the facility that makes sense. The Powerex comment was not a criticism, just an observation.
I thought NP were dropping the RS Slalom and using the H2 Racing in it's place? Anyone have more info?
Cheers
Marty
Finally dad and I had a chance to rig our 5.8's. After a busy week! Rigged awesome out of the bag and cam rotation is the best year yet! Compared to our evo4 5.8's these ones are over 1kg lighter!! And looked well built with some good tweeks made!