Was offered to demo the 5.6 yesterday, wind around15/16 knots
92kg rider on a 1.00m board with a sb race foil, I was first out with my 5.7 overdrive to compare.




Construction looks solid and panels are quite thick. But it's still feather light weight.
mast is RDM 95%
alloy boom (EXTRA wide), I was a bit concerned when I hooked in as it felt wobbly as opposed to my carbon boom
The boom head is tiny but does the job.
Wish they would've put an uphaul on it.... had to waterstart it...

Pumping the sail is sooo easy, felt like it was made of rubber, the sail/mast would flex back like a spring to provide power. Got going straight away with a lot of power in the front part of the sail. (probably because of the width of the boom
Once up and flying the sail felt really balanced, nearly neutral but definitely not as fast and upwinding as the OD.

Jibing was a breeze, the sail behaves perfectly but I have to admit -having no outhaul- I took it real easy and over extended the curve letting the board touch down for safety.

The complet rig (sail/mast/boom/extension) retails around 1600$ locally

Would I buy one ? Don't think so, but definitely a good choice for someone who gets into windfoiling and is looking for a durable/easy to rig and do it all sail at a decent price.

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seanhogan said..
Was offered to demo the 5.6 yesterday, wind around15/16 knots
92kg rider on a 1.00m board with a sb race foil, I was first out with my 5.7 overdrive to compare.




Construction looks solid and panels are quite thick. But it's still feather light weight.
mast is RDM 95%
alloy boom (EXTRA wide), I was a bit concerned when I hooked in as it felt wobbly as opposed to my carbon boom
The boom head is tiny but does the job.
Wish they would've put an uphaul on it.... had to waterstart it...

Pumping the sail is sooo easy, felt like it was made of rubber, the sail/mast would flex back like a spring to provide power. Got going straight away with a lot of power in the front part of the sail. (probably because of the width of the boom
Once up and flying the sail felt really balanced, nearly neutral but definitely not as fast and upwinding as the OD.

Jibing was a breeze, the sail behaves perfectly but I have to admit -having no outhaul- I took it real easy and over extended the curve letting the board touch down for safety.

The complet rig (sail/mast/boom/extension) retails around 1600$ locally

Would I buy one ? Don't think so, but definitely a good choice for someone who gets into windfoiling and is looking for a durable/easy to rig and do it all sail at a decent price.

Thank you for the review!!! Threads like this are gold. Have you tried the Ezzy Hydra as well? I'm curious to know what the differences might be between sails. Regardless, I think any foil specific sail makes the foiling a better experience. I also believe foil specific sails at the lower end of the wind range have a bigger part to play than in higher winds.

Thanks for the review!

My pleasure, no ezzy sails aren't distributed over here, (why would they, the guy doesn't have a pro team to do the R&D !! LOOOOL)

Agree with you regarding specific sails for light & ultra light wind, this one was amazingly easy to pump on the plane.
(after posting the review I checked Tiesda's video and was happy to see I wasn't too far off in my comments !)

Great review, Sean. Should be more of it. Seems to be so little info around for a lot of the foiling gear being released. Would love to read more personal reviews of gear.

Tiesda quote "even in 4 to 5 knots of wind I can pump onto the plane"..........is this possible or just hyperbole?
Being an absolute novice and having taken my SS infinity 76 out for it's inaugural flight in 7 knots on Saturday with a 7.5 NCX severne (just slogged along without even getting close to foiling)

I think he's overselling it. He might be a lightweight and good sailor but 4/5 knots.... don't think so.
I do agree on how good the sail is to pump, just not in so little wind.

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seanhogan said..
I think he's overselling it. He might be a lightweight and good sailor but 4/5 knots.... don't think so.
I do agree on how good the sail is to pump, just not in so little wind.

I can pump in 4/5 knts too

yes aus71 told us about your pumping technique !!

He's just cranky when I pump with his sails

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sausage said..
Tiesda quote "even in 4 to 5 knots of wind I can pump onto the plane"..........is this possible or just hyperbole?
Being an absolute novice and having taken my SS infinity 76 out for it's inaugural flight in 7 knots on Saturday with a 7.5 NCX severne (just slogged along without even getting close to foiling)

You probably need about 10-12 minimum with that setup when starting out and 15 will be easier.

TOW will drop it down to 8-10

I got to admit I think 4/5 kn is a wee bit of wishfull thinking.
i even think the pros may be having a lend saying their flying in those winds on race gear.
Im using the starboard race set up 1000 wing long fuse etc with a HG2 10 and i am 74kg... I recon I need about 6/8 to fly with some decent pumping and can float through 4/5kn lulls as long as there not too big.
i think generally people haven't got a lot of experience estimating low wind speeds it's pretty new after all ....
And the diff between 4 kn and 8kn in that range is huge

^^ Yeah I'm with snides I think the realistic min is 6-8kts, even just flat consistent 6kts you're in trouble. I'm also, as snides is, talking about super powerful, super efficient race gear. Anyone who tells you they can foil in lower is having a lend, you just can't develop the sail pressure no matter how well you can pump.

Lift increases with the square of windspeed so it doesn't take much of difference in windspeed at that low end to make a huge difference. 4-5kts is stuff all.

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sausage said..
Tiesda quote "even in 4 to 5 knots of wind I can pump onto the plane"..........is this possible or just hyperbole?
Being an absolute novice and having taken my SS infinity 76 out for it's inaugural flight in 7 knots on Saturday with a 7.5 NCX severne (just slogged along without even getting close to foiling)

You probably need about 10-12 minimum with that setup when starting out and 15 will be easier.

TOW will drop it down to 8-10

Cheers JJ. Yeah I was being overly optimistic. I really just wanted to see how to launch it in the shore break. I'm not too confident about getting it safely in and out of the shore break when the wind picks up some more though!