Select to expand quoteAUS4 said..mark62 said..
the last few years I've needed to keep my windsurfing costs as low as reasonably possible. so I have held into my last set of sails for a while. I've stuck with north warps since 2004 (F2004, F2006, F2009, F2010 and F2012), mainly stuck with Norths because I gave a full set if North vipers/platinums masts and dont fancy folking out for another full set if masts.
All the north Warps I've had have been bought secondhand. North always seemed to use thick monofilm and decent luff tube material. I recently gof a F2013 9.6m and the monofilm was much much thinner than my F2010 9.5m. The main panel ripped after just three sessions. Luckily I still got my old F2010 9.5m so I'm back using it now.
tomorrow, im getting a F2014 7.8m, it'll be interesting to see if the monofilm is super thin like the F2013 9.6m. Hopefully North have gone back to thicker monofilm like on my older warps.
are all sail manufactures using thinner monofilm these days? I'm guessing saving weight is their priority!!
The 9.0 and 9.6 will be thinner because they are targeting light winds. Softer sail for softer winds.
Ah, ok. My old F2010 9.5 was normal thickness and still in decent nick after about 100 sessions. as soon as I unrolled the F2013 9.6m, I tell it was much thinner monifilm, I wrongly assumed North had used the thinner monofilm right through the sunse range. Picked up a nearly new F2014 7.8m yesterday and the monifilm (and luff tube) is defo the thicker monofilm, should last me ages ??
Try to check out Attitude Sails. They are constructed for rental use, so they use thick monofilm and a lot of x-ply even in the freerace sails. They are execellent value for money. They get pretty nice tests in the British windsurf magazine. I have done 38 knots with the hornet in 6,3 and I have just started speedsailling this year. I am more in to waves and the allstar is pretty good for that. I do not know if there is any dealer in Australia.
Attitude sails is a subbrand to Unifiber, so if you can get Unifiber products in Australia it should be possible to get the Attitude sails.
