You certainly held on to that Warp 7.7m well yesterday in the 20-25 knot gusts.
Went past me like I was in reverse!
Was holding you off,well nearly,till that big gust came through.
Will hold off judgement on your new kit for now......
I had 1 run on a fellow sea breezes (Aus04) 9.0 warp 2016 and I was amazed at the rotation of the cams. They sounded like they clicked from one side to the other and did it effortlessly. The sail felt solid and very locked although as I said, it was literally only 1 run. I would like to spend a bit more time with one and compare it to my KA Races.
Yeh Pete you were going pretty quick on your gear. And you are a lightweight so pretty happy to gain on you in the lulls :)
The winds were 15-30 but that's what I love about the kit it has such range and efficiency. I tried less downhaul which quite noticeably locked the board down more, and a larger fin the board was insanely stable and locked I was a bit surprised when it wasn't flying out of water and sail not becoming backhanded. I even moved mast track back and boom higher and seemed fine. Definitely very tuneable.
The rotation Is definitely impressive! Just easy rotation and a nice fast click sound where all cams rotate in one swift action. It took me a few sails to get used to the "click" as it is a little louder than the normal cam rotation sound. But this system is far more superior with instance rotation of all cams and not leaving one out to rotate after or delayed as a like a lot of race sails. The best part Is the cams are super light and there is no mast wear
Here are a few shots of the 2016 warp model shot at the Alkimos shipwreck, WA.
These models have awesome shape and if you take a look at the sailing shot you can see the twist under load that makes this sail breath soo well.
I used my fanatic 112 2016 Fanatic Falcon in this session
Oh yeah looks sweet as ever ..brought my first warp in 2001 ..
they don't over power ...they just go faster.
The 2016 Warp 7.0m weighs in at 5.6kg
My Maui 7.0m at 5.9kg feels super light.
You would think that a lower planing threshold and performance through the lulls were its strong point.
Downside.....With only 7 battens for the 7m with a 453 luff---stability should suffer in the gusts!---especially for lighter sailors.
The 2016 7.7m that Aus 1111 let me try seemed very stable so I may be wrong.
The 30 percent claim in low end performance is obviously BS
Improving bottom end by just two percent over other sails would be a serious achievement.
Time will tell if they are as good as the claims in the video at the top of the page.
www.continentseven.com/northsails-warp-f2016/