2019 Loftails RacingBlade:








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www.loftsails.com/windsurf-gear/sails/racingblade

Received this week, tested today, happy days :
gpsteamchallenge.com.au/sailor_session/show?date=2018-10-06&team=33

- More aggressive/racing graphics
- Little details for easy rigging (top panel indicator, clue eyelet graphics)
- Comes with a bag of goodies:
RDM cams for all sizes up to 8.6
Adjustable outhaul kit
Spacers if required (Monty does not believe in spacers but some PWA racers experiment and use some
Stickers

incredible speed in those super choppy conditions !

I was lucky to get some Loft Racing Blades Last week and had first sail on the 7.0m today.
Great looking sails, photos don't really show how good they look!
The quality of construction and little details is really great.

On the water sail worked well for me first go, had pretty good speed for straight out of the bag, although I do need to tune some more, needed to go a little more downhaul and wouldn't mind putting cam spacers in to increase shape in the middle two cams.

Would be interesting to know what masts other people are using on these sails?
I am using an old Maui mast which I don't think is ideal.

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The Windsurfing Shed said..
Received this week, tested today, happy days :
gpsteamchallenge.com.au/sailor_session/show?date=2018-10-06&team=33

- More aggressive/racing graphics
- Little details for easy rigging (top panel indicator, clue eyelet graphics)
- Comes with a bag of goodies:
RDM cams for all sizes up to 8.6
Adjustable outhaul kit
Spacers if required (Monty does not believe in spacers but some PWA racers experiment and use some
Stickers

That looks like its going to do some serious speeds, and its nice too see a sail fully down hauled for a change:)

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NZ950 said..

Would be interesting to know what masts other people are using on these sails?
I am using an old Maui mast which I don't think is ideal.

If your Mauisails mast is form the SRS series (hard top) it explains why you need more dowhnaul. The 7.0 works best on the Loftails TE mast (Constant Curve) with 1cm less than recommended (same as the 2018 model).

Hopefully more testing this week of other sizes.

Had my 1st sail on 2018 Racing Blade today and was impressed with the drive this thing produced great build quality and value for money the only thing I didn't like was the downhaul pulley system, wont allow me to use my north XT extension, forgot how hard it was downhauling the traditional way

Thanks Rick

The RacingBlade require an 8:1 downhaul pulley ratio, in other words an extension with 3 pulleys (the sail has 4 pulleys). This decreases downhaul force by 25% compared to a 6:1 ratio (2 pulley extension). Then it can be downhauled easily by hand.

If the North extension can accommodate for the extra pulley you're good, otherwise may need one of these:

www.unifiber.net/windsurf-gear/mast-extensions/sdm-hd-aluminium-mast-extension-u-pin-5825d0b8362e6615c44eb3c0

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The Windsurfing Shed said..
Received this week, tested today, happy days :
gpsteamchallenge.com.au/sailor_session/show?date=2018-10-06&team=33

- More aggressive/racing graphics
- Little details for easy rigging (top panel indicator, clue eyelet graphics)
- Comes with a bag of goodies:
RDM cams for all sizes up to 8.6
Adjustable outhaul kit
Spacers if required (Monty does not believe in spacers but some PWA racers experiment and use some
Stickers

What do you mean by use some stickers for spacers ?

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The Windsurfing Shed said..
The RacingBlade require an 8:1 downhaul pulley ratio, in other words an extension with 3 pulleys (the sail has 4 pulleys). This decreases downhaul force by 25% compared to a 6:1 ratio (2 pulley extension). Then it can be downhauled easily by hand.

If the North extension can accommodate for the extra pulley you're good, otherwise may need one of these:

www.unifiber.net/windsurf-gear/mast-extensions/sdm-hd-aluminium-mast-extension-u-pin-5825d0b8362e6615c44eb3c0

The sail was way off being downhauled to spec but still felt very nice regardless, heaps of drive, test again on friday

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col5555 said..

The Windsurfing Shed said..
Received this week, tested today, happy days :
gpsteamchallenge.com.au/sailor_session/show?date=2018-10-06&team=33

- More aggressive/racing graphics
- Little details for easy rigging (top panel indicator, clue eyelet graphics)
- Comes with a bag of goodies:
RDM cams for all sizes up to 8.6
Adjustable outhaul kit
Spacers if required (Monty does not believe in spacers but some PWA racers experiment and use some
Stickers

What do you mean by use some stickers for spacers ?

Bad editing , the bag of goodies include adjustable outhaul kit, spacers, RDM cams and stickers.

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choco said..

The Windsurfing Shed said..
The RacingBlade require an 8:1 downhaul pulley ratio, in other words an extension with 3 pulleys (the sail has 4 pulleys). This decreases downhaul force by 25% compared to a 6:1 ratio (2 pulley extension). Then it can be downhauled easily by hand.

If the North extension can accommodate for the extra pulley you're good, otherwise may need one of these:

www.unifiber.net/windsurf-gear/mast-extensions/sdm-hd-aluminium-mast-extension-u-pin-5825d0b8362e6615c44eb3c0

The sail was way off being downhauled to spec but still felt very nice regardless, heaps of drive, test again on friday