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KevinD002

226 posts

KevinD002

226 posts

3 May 2014 1:44am

I might be late on this one but Gaastra is now GA sails? Not sure how I feel about the name change...lots of the locals here are calling it GA instead of G A lol

seanhogan

QLD

3424 posts

seanhogan

QLD, 3424 posts

3 May 2014 8:35am

they look good and seem fast, this one won this week end slalom event

Magnus8

QLD

366 posts

Magnus8

QLD, 366 posts

3 May 2014 8:39am

Just opt out of becoming a team rider

Man0verBoard

629 posts

Man0verBoard

WA, 629 posts

3 May 2014 8:20pm

Would 'GA-Pryde' have been better? Who cares about what they are called if they work. The sails look great.

AUS4

NSW

1296 posts

AUS4

NSW, 1296 posts

3 May 2014 10:55pm

seanhogan said..

they look good and seem fast, this one won this week end slalom event

Very flat.......maybe the wrong mast.

Man0verBoard

629 posts

Man0verBoard

WA, 629 posts

3 May 2014 9:26pm

Which party of the sail do you think is too flat? Pretty full through to above the 4th batten IMO. I'm no sail expert but based on race result and the shape of the sail in that pic it's some fine tuning off pretty sweet..
Not saying, asking

Or are you looking at board trim..?

AUS4

NSW

1296 posts

AUS4

NSW, 1296 posts

4 May 2014 1:07am

Man0verBoard said..

Which party of the sail do you think is too flat? Pretty full through to above the 4th batten IMO. I'm no sail expert but based on race result and the shape of the sail in that pic it's some fine tuning off pretty sweet..
Not saying, asking

Or are you looking at board trim..?

Compare above the boom.

Man0verBoard

629 posts

Man0verBoard

WA, 629 posts

3 May 2014 11:44pm

Good pics for comparison, thanks.
To my eye the mast land luff look comparable, as does the the draft through the to the 5th batten. The leach is comparable on both.
The only difference I can see is the additional 5kn + wind and perhaps some batten tensioning... Mainly at 4 & 5
No?

mkseven

QLD

2315 posts

mkseven

QLD, 2315 posts

4 May 2014 1:52am

nc1 sail looks fine, that bit of blue on the luff gives a bit of illusion. Almost looks like ben's sail is rigged to look like something else & front of luff looks very full where he's railed up.

seanhogan

QLD

3424 posts

seanhogan

QLD, 3424 posts

4 May 2014 7:57am

I wouldn't imagine "that" guy using the wrong mast or not knowing how to rig a sail....

He's fully sponsored so no issues with not having the right mast.

Like said probably the colour or the angle of the pic.
They were sailing in 12 knots.

ratz

481 posts

ratz

WA, 481 posts

4 May 2014 10:36am

looks sweet to me.

DavoB

QLD

7 posts

DavoB

QLD, 7 posts

4 May 2014 2:10pm

I wish I had one

Ride

236 posts

Ride

WA, 236 posts

4 May 2014 12:21pm

WayneKer said...
I wish I had one

Maybe you should buy one then

Sputnik11

VIC

972 posts

Sputnik11

VIC, 972 posts

4 May 2014 2:42pm

Have always like Gaastra sails. Different name but the sails still look great and clearly perform well too.

snides8

1731 posts

snides8

WA, 1731 posts

4 May 2014 1:07pm

sails look nice
in the first pic the cams above the boom appear to not be fully rotated in my opinion..
They must work ok as they just won the formula worlds.