Anyone have the chance to try the Ezzy Cross? The foil/fin hybrid sail. Wondering how it feels compared to the Hydra Sport, Zeta, and Wave. Attributes and negatives for free riding foiling and bump & jump fin use? Bit different design in the smaller sizes with the long boom lengths.
Not yet, but on 6.7 on order. Used Hydra 7.0 (first edition), Hydra Sport 6.7 2021 and now waiting for Cross 6.7 . Love Hydras, great low end, used 6.7 also on FSW 103 with fin without problems. Also good speed on race foils, maybe little less upwind angle compare to cam freeride sails. From picture I would say, that the Cross would be more stable in upper wind range, but I'm afraid that it would lose some low end grunt because of full batten.
tested two of the smaller sizes last year on both foil and fin. placed and order fo three sails as result.
tuning range is reduced vs. original Hydra, but still impressive (more than enough, really). handling is better than Hydra Sport. on foil mode sail has a slightly flatter profile, feels more slippery and locked in than before, quiet as ghost and light in the hands; very direct without being twitchy. draft seems to be a bit higher. developed on and for manoeuvre-oriented foils, but does remarkably well with freeride/freerace higher aspect wings too (good cross-wind and upwind speeds, if somewhat lower angle than freerace foil sails; not very fast or deep downwind).
on bump & jump it was great; a little more back hand and pull from lower, very responsive to power and depower, and still very direct to the point one could initiate gybes from the sail alone. good pop for jumping and great control in the air.
WindFlyer. Thanks for the info. Smallest size tested and the sail size gap ordered? Wondering if for fin use you can drop down from the 5.7 to 4.7 to 4.0? For foiling I have no issues with going 5.5 to 4.5M on the Hydra. Haven't tried using those sails on the fin board due to the sail shape below the boom. Have used the 4.7M Hydra Sport on a fin board. Liked it. When I trash it will probably replace it with the Cross 4.7M.
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WindFlyer. Thanks for the info. Smallest size tested and the sail size gap ordered? Wondering if for fin use you can drop down from the 5.7 to 4.7 to 4.0? For foiling I have no issues with going 5.5 to 4.5M on the Hydra. Haven't tried using those sails on the fin board due to the sail shape below the boom. Have used the 4.7M Hydra Sport on a fin board. Liked it. When I trash it will probably replace it with the Cross 4.7M.
tested 4.7 ("crossover size") and 4.0 (next size down with hollowed out leech but same boom length) both on fin and foil. ordered those sizes plus 3.4.
don't see a problem going from 4.7 to 5.7 (on the foiling side, that is). while the tuning range of the sail is smaller than on the long-batten Hydra, it is still very good.
I'm still loving my Hydra sport on foil and fin I am just a average sailor on fin or foil and find the sport has a huge wind range and works brilliant with foil and fin too. The Hydra sport looks horrible until wind bags out the luff where the Cross looks to rig like a conventional freeride fin sail and just mabe will profurm same as freeride fin sail with similar wind range.
