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alvadave
alvadave
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20 Apr 2026 3:34pm
jusavina said..
GPS track:

www.relive.com/view/vmqXzjW32oO









Great video. I didn't think the 2 frenchies ever crashed.
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alvadave
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14 Apr 2026 12:45pm
Tardy said..

decrepit said..
thanks Tardy, but it's more complicated than that.
First attempt failed because I just pasted the pics straight onto the page, and it crashed the site loosing my post. 2nd at tempt failed when I edited my first post, about 4hrs later. it said some thing like, post too old.
I spat the dummy, because I'd spent ages on it, all gone up in smoke with no result.
A direct picture paste attempt into the old site, did nothing, so then you remember you have to go through the process of saving the pic and navigating to it.
Surely it would be much better, when trying to edit a post to be told at the start that the post is too old to edit, start a new one?
So I'm still a bit miffed I'm afraid.
I know Laurie is trying to get this right and there was a long beta phase, but this didn't happen then.



ok mate ,its a pity .Your in-depth write ups are more than I can understand and I'm sure it was a good one ,,I am hopeful these sails work out for you ,they certainly
look great ,I was hoping to change to a few of the larger size race sails but Patrik has some unusual size mast like 480 and 520 missing the 490 ,which I have ,then a hugely long mast base on them which has scared me off them .
And then I don't know if they will work with my Duotone SDM mast and Severne so I will stick with the brand I know will work with my mast .I know a few guys over east that are having good results with their RDM Ezzy 91 % mast using the GT3.to be honest I believe race type sails work best with 100 % mast .at high speed that extra return to normal sail shape is nice .you just need a **** load of money to back it up .the last picture of the sail looks a lot better than the first rig up .wouldn't it be nice is there was only one mast supplier for all sails ...HA as if .


Phil I saw an interview with Patrik not long after he released the race sails and he saidthat the smaller sizes where probably compatible with Neil Pryde masts and the larger sizes with Severne. Merena runs the 5.2 Race+ with a Neil Pryde mast (RDM) and it sets really well. Jayden did his 2 sec and 5x10 pb's with that rig so it sort of validated it for us. Jayden had a Patrik SDM mast extender but it sort of messed with the bottom cam.
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alvadave
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1 Apr 2026 7:07am
Livestream has started, no heats yet but a few guys out warming up.
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alvadave
alvadave
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30 Mar 2026 6:34pm
Apparently lay day tomorrow with heats starting Wednesday (Tuesday Hawaiian time) for the Quatro Maui Pro. Forecast looks good, big swell tomorrow so maybe waiting for better wind direction.
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alvadave
alvadave
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24 Mar 2026 8:35pm
Looks alright. I don't worry about the numbers so much for the downhaul but do as the website recommends for all the Patrik cam sails and look at an imaginary line between the colour change on the batten pockets ( 2nd and 3rd batten from the top for you ) until I get looseness to there as a starting point and then more if needed. Outhaul if i stand at the clew and press on the cross batten and it just touches the boom seems to work for us. Always use the bottom hole so the spec outhaul figure is irrelevant. Friend who has GT3's just keeps adding outhaul when things get interesting.There not really a deep knuckled sail. Check out the GT3 on the Patrik website there are photos of the sail there.
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