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Zeev,
I definitely agree with your general observation.
I think you got to go with a fully battened sail at a 5.7 size. The larger a
sail you are flying, the more cloth is out there, and the more room for
distortion of the foil. On my Windwing's I always found that the 3/4 batten
worked better on the smaller sizes, especially when sailing powered up. My
current 5.3 Zeta seems to get a little distortion even though it is fully
battened and is only a 5.3. Has Sheldon sold many 5.7 soft sails? I'd try to
find out how they worked before buying one.
I'd keep cambers out of the surf. I have broken a few battens when I got lazy
and didn't change my convertibles. Since Naish sails is now making camberless
race sails bigger than 6.0's I think that a well made 5.7 full battened wave
sail would work just fine.
Thanks.
Jeff Milum
Regional Manager DMD New England
415-506-0575
jmilum@us.oracle.com-DeleteThis
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Started the sesh on a 6.2/8'8"(207#) and was way VERY
powered for the first hour. In the second hour, around 6, I started to
get
slammed every time that I jumped, time to go down in sail size.
Went to a 5.2 wave sail that is very soft with a bunch of downhaul
and was perfectly powered. Sailed until about 7:30, had a great time.
The water was pretty flat, small ebb, which was good for practicing
sail handling.
General observation: race sails suck and wave sails rule! (my 6.2 is
a race sail). This was the first time this year that I rigged a race sail
and was very quickly reminded what a pain in the ass they are:
heavy, hard to rig, water start, jump with, etc. Not sure why I ever
purchased race sails - what a kook! I am glad that I have see the
light - I am in the process of upgrading my quiver to wave sails.
Would like to get some feedback about wave sails. I am working
with Bruce Sheldon on a custom 5.7 wave sail. I have an option of a 5
batten sail where the middle 3 battens do not go all the way to the mast
(like the hot sails) or a 5 batten with 1 camber or a normal 5 batten.
Anyone
out there who loves the hot sails? Pros? Cons? Is 5.7 too big for the
hot like design? How well do 1 camber sails do in the surf?
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