Every sail has it's niche. There is a chance the Wingsail will be a 1 hour weapon for lighter sailors in flat locations with long runs. I recommend sending one to someone like sailquik.
The Wingsail is clearly different, however the above name calling, claims by the developer and counter claims by the critics is unhelpful. Whether it is an improvement on current designs needs to be determined through comparative testing. A video showing it passing a board, rigged with an Evo 8, is not a comparative test.
so many arguments in this thread.Can we just see gps speeds in a reasonable wind range maybe doing a video with gps overlay would be good.
Ive got lots of theories on it too but its easier if we just go straight to the results isnt it.
Why so small on the sizes though ? wouldnt 7-8m be more usefull ?
In other words It's not faster than a normal sail and he doesn't want to publish any gps tracks as it will show the truth. It's all a big con and pr stunt to try and sell some sails. Well good luck with it all, I hope you make millions. Meanwhile the rest of the windsurfing world will continue to enjoy the sport and buy gear that's easy to use and easy to go fast on. I doubt anyone in the industry is upset about your sail, to be honest they couldn't care less. This will stand out as a classic example of how not to market a new product.
Gaastra ADTR (aerodynamic test rig) used to test windsurfing sails in a controlled environment and analyse their performance leading to Pascal Maka breaking the sailing speed record. Photo from 1988 at El Mirage dry lake bed in California where the testing was performed during the middle of the night. Myself on the left, Pascal Maka in the middle and Jeff Magnan on the right (he built the rig and invented the camber inducer).
Unfortunately Stephen Hawking's prediction that the human race is far too aggressive, and will probably not last another 1,000 years is correct. FFS I come on to read about some windsurfing gear, and all I get is this aggressive crap
, now I'm feeling angry and I wanna get really really violent with someone