Gwarn said..





Sorry I don't think so I've cut the chains of capitalism and set my soul free of punching the clock and paying tax...






Yes they could make it bulletproof. But it looks like they would rather use hype marketing to sell sail in the short term and not worry about the long term sales. I feel they are banking on that most people will use it a handful of time per year.






I can get up to 300 easy on my Ezzy Taka Sails (15 years on Ezzys).


I heard back from north in a email about the warranty and was told that they have no control over it and I need to contact the store that I bought it from. The store is only open on the weekends and is over two toll bridges and 50 miles away. So I'll just take to my local sailmaker down the coast in Davenport, Calf.

Basically They Kicked The Can Down The Road.
I'll have it fixed and then use it up and not look back.
North windsurfing is now dead to me.
RIP North Windsurfing.......................

Gwarn said..




I heard back from north in a email about the warranty and was told that they have no control over it and I need to contact the store that I bought it from. The store is only open on the weekends and is over two toll bridges and 50 miles away. So I'll just take to my local sailmaker down the coast in Davenport, Calf.

Basically They Kicked The Can Down The Road.

PhilUK said..






I dont know about where you live, but in the UK consumer laws state the contract & contact is with the shop you bought it from. The shop will then forward the warranty claim to North. Have you tried contacting the shop? Send them photos? I bought a board in France and did a warranty claim by sending them a video, which the shop forward to the brand, who forwarded it Cobra. The claim was successful.

Gwarn said..
Yes I've emailed my local shop but they're only open on the weekends.
I'm sure something will be worked out.
Even if they give me a new one the same thing is going to happen.
This sail didn't even make it one full year for me warranty or not this is not acceptable in my world.
As I stated before this was a test to see if this sail would work for my style of riding and yes I do like it very much but I feel the quality of the finish work is not built tough for the long haul it's built to be light.
Yes I got sucked into the marketing hype of light and strong. Yes the membrane is strong and light but the hand\finish work is light and not strong.
It was fun while it lasted but I'm moving on to my next test sail. Goya fringe X which should be here in a day or so.

cald said..








Do the windsurfing community a favor and force this issue with the shop and North, we all want to see what their support is like. To me this should have been an immediate fix or replace - I'd be pushing for replacement, its failed under normal use

Imax1 said..
^^^
Surely you have time to look after your lawn a little better ? You know it's bad when you'd rather put your windsurf equipment on the concrete .

Imax1 said..
^^^
Surely you have time to look after your lawn a little better ? You know it's bad when you'd rather put your windsurf equipment on the concrete .

Imax1 said..
^^^
Surely you have time to look after your lawn a little better ? You know it's bad when you'd rather put your windsurf equipment on the concrete .

RobITA said..
that's an interesting video . The air cam technology seems interesting to allow a simple water start, but the price ....

Gwarn said..





goo.gl/maps/HSsMx2s6bvCkBKVn7

RobITA said..
that's an interesting video . The air cam technology seems interesting to allow a simple water start, but the price ....

Carstendk said..
Has anyone seen a test of the North Free Race

Carstendk said..
Has anyone seen a test of the North Free Race

PhilUK said..

















The UK Windsurf magazine tested in this months issue. They will probably put it online in 6 months or so.
I just had a quick flip through it in WH Smiths, I dont buy the mag these days as a lot of event/travel info is online and in the past their tests have been glorified ads. Although they aren't as bad as that as they used to be.

Its light, fast, handles well, sets beautifully etc etc, is basically what they say about all of them
I cant remember much specifically about the North, other than they did like it. I also noticed the price. Ouch.

www.windsurf.co.uk/425-july-2023/

duzzi said..







Well ... I would avoid to say "light" without having actually weighted it. The north site claimed ridiculous weights for the Freerace on their web site (2Kgs and change for a 6.8!). I had to back and forth e-mail three times with them to finally see those numbers disappear form the site, but they never released the real numbers. Because they can't. With double battens and an inflatable insert it is probably heavier than many other twin cam sails. If not it will fall apart, there is no free lunch.

sheddweller said..




The fact that they dont actually say the weight is suspicious.
But the general market in these sort of sails is way heavy and easy to beat in weight without any strength loss, it's just expensive to do.
You can make a twin cam 7.0 at 3.0-3.5 kg if you use good conventional laminates

This photo is from the Northwindsurfing.com site. I have tried several times to get them to confirm these weight specifications, but unfortunately they try to talk around it. This suggests that it is false advertising that they got cold feet about and therefore removed from their site again. Probably the weight of these sails is somewhat higher end what we can see here.

Carstendk said..
This photo is from the Northwindsurfing.com site. I have tried several times to get them to confirm these weight specifications, but unfortunately they try to talk around it. This suggests that it is false advertising that they got cold feet about and therefore removed from their site again. Probably the weight of these sails is somewhat higher end what we can see here

those weights are with helium in the air cam

shannon19 said..






Haha that's actually a pretty good way for them to do it. They would have to call them helium cams instead then I guess

Shannon.

Carstendk said..
This photo is from the Northwindsurfing.com site. I have tried several times to get them to confirm these weight specifications, but unfortunately they try to talk around it. This suggests that it is false advertising that they got cold feet about and therefore removed from their site again. Probably the weight of these sails is somewhat higher end what we can see here

duzzi said..

I don't see any way on earth for these sails to be below four Kg, the material they use is just a few tens of grams/m^2 lighter than race-sail laminates. They have just six battens (that saves more weight than the material) but they have the inflatable thingy, and two double batten cams.