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AUS4 said..mark62 said..
the last few years I've needed to keep my windsurfing costs as low as reasonably possible. so I have held into my last set of sails for a while. I've stuck with north warps since 2004 (F2004, F2006, F2009, F2010 and F2012), mainly stuck with Norths because I gave a full set if North vipers/platinums masts and dont fancy folking out for another full set if masts.
All the north Warps I've had have been bought secondhand. North always seemed to use thick monofilm and decent luff tube material. I recently gof a F2013 9.6m and the monofilm was much much thinner than my F2010 9.5m. The main panel ripped after just three sessions. Luckily I still got my old F2010 9.5m so I'm back using it now.
tomorrow, im getting a F2014 7.8m, it'll be interesting to see if the monofilm is super thin like the F2013 9.6m. Hopefully North have gone back to thicker monofilm like on my older warps.
are all sail manufactures using thinner monofilm these days? I'm guessing saving weight is their priority!!
The 9.0 and 9.6 will be thinner because they are targeting light winds. Softer sail for softer winds.
Ah, ok. My old F2010 9.5 was normal thickness and still in decent nick after about 100 sessions. as soon as I unrolled the F2013 9.6m, I tell it was much thinner monifilm, I wrongly assumed North had used the thinner monofilm right through the sunse range. Picked up a nearly new F2014 7.8m yesterday and the monifilm (and luff tube) is defo the thicker monofilm, should last me ages ??
Stretchy
> 9 months ago, 16 Oct 2016
