What is the smallest production sail for stormy conditions (40+ with 50+knots gusts)?
Brand/type and experiences.
My smallest is a 2014 Gaastra Manic 3.3 (2024 8x)
I have also an old 2000? North Voodoo 3.0 with like 15 battens that is delaminating.
With the 3.3 the last 2 sessions blown off the water...so, we need a smaller sail (instead of 'a bigger boat').
Severne Redback used to go down to 2.0, and the latest model goes down to 2.5. The Severne S1 goes down to 3.0.
What is your body weight?
I have used a Goya 3.1 sail at Pozo, and doubt I would ever need anything smaller than that.
Select to expand quoteSurferKris said..
Severne Redback used to go down to 2.0, and the latest model goes down to 2.5. The Severne S1 goes down to 3.0.
What is your body weight?
I have used a Goya 3.1 sail at Pozo, and doubt I would ever need anything smaller than that.
Imho a very good small wave sail for a 70-75 kg guy was the Goya fringe 3.0 and in rare cases 2.8.. three battens but amazing stability and lightness. This means winds 35 -40knots and above. Unfortunately don't make them anymore. In such gnarly conditions you also need a sail built to last, not a disposable. I would point the Simmer Black tip Legacy 3.1 as an option.
We have a 2.9 and 3.3 NP Combat wave, 4 battens, wife uses them a lot, always for free-foiling though, very rare to get those conditions here. Nice and light, stable, breathes well with decent DH but still enough tum to not be too on/off.
We had 1.5, 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0 NP Dragonfly's for the kids when they were learning, but I wouldn't recommend them for storm sailing TBH.
The second part of this short vid has stronger winds.
ION had some small rigs at one stage
I've seen some pretty small Hot Sails Maui, though not sure how small they go.
Select to expand quoteSurferKris said..
What is your body weight?
70 -73 KG and rig up a size smaller then others (4.7-> 4.5/4.2 ->4.0, enz.)
2025 all two sessions very overpowered with 3.3
The sail doesn't have to be a recent sail.
Preferable like 10 years because of the price...
Anyone tried junior sails for these conditions?
I was looking online at a used 2.5 Sailworks revolution at a shop in Toronto Canada. 
Select to expand quoteIcelake said..
Anyone tried junior sails for these conditions?
I'm about 65kg and I've fairly recently got myself a few of the Severne Redback sails (3.4 -4.7). I really like them, the range is much larger (for me) compared to regular sails. It is the low-end that is better, as they are softer, while the high-end is no problem (I feel overpowered/out of control, before the sail itself is out of range).
Regular sails in the small sizes always feel very twitchy to me, I think this is caused by the fact that us lightweights will be using them in wind strengths below their actual design. Using a softer mast can help a little bit, but not as much as the dedicated junior/women sails.
The Redbacks start going earlier, about "1/2 size" to me. I.e. when I would normally hesitate between a 5.3 and 4.7 (Severne Blades) the Redback 4.7 works just great.
I think if you already have 3.3 or 3.0 there is no need to go down to smaller sizes because this wouldn't increase your fun anyway. My experience is that it doesn't matter if you hold on 3.3 or 3.0 if you have solid 50+kts wind. Its more key to have a forgiving board which sits solid on the waterline like a Quatro Cube 72 (for your weight) for example which doesnt care about chop or gusts. If your board is not bouncing over chop and have a good control in the air you can handle almost everything. If you cant hold the sail even in survival mode, then better stay on the Beach because its to dangerous anyway. You also need to think about that usually no one can help you if you break something. Cheers
I changed from Fringe 3.0 to Banzai Surf 2.8, but haven't had a chance to use it yet. Fringe 3.0 worked amazing though, did not require too much wind to have a good session with it.
Select to expand quoteTaavi said..
I changed from Fringe 3.0 to Banzai Surf 2.8, but haven't had a chance to use it yet. Fringe 3.0 worked amazing though, did not require too much wind to have a good session with it.
The Fringes 20/21, especially small sizes, were amazing. Stable, light, durable,3 battens, lots of low end, lots of high end. Goya didn't realize what a gem they had produced imho. Very, very hard to beat. I am not giving them for their new stuff-AT ALL. A pity they discarded it.
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The Fringes 20/21, especially small sizes, were amazing. Stable, light, durable,3 battens, lots of low end, lots of high end. Goya didn't realize what a gem they had produced imho. Very, very hard to beat. I am not giving them for their new stuff-AT ALL. A pity they discarded it.
Even the older years were amazing. I have been riding Fringes a lot, almost exclusively, since the very first model, and grew very fond of the feeling over the time.
