http://www.loftsails.com/products/sails/purelipwww.facebook.com/StevesSurfShedExcited to pick up my 5.4 Purelip from Steve's Surf Shed. I was stoked to get it wet today at Dutchies.
Sail rigged on a 400 Powerex 85% RDM to just short of spec. Interestingly it has the same boom length as my 2010 5.9 S1 so it is quite a low aspect sail.
Sail felt lighter than my old sails (2012 and older) with the construction that I have been impressed with in Loftsails Racing Blade.
The Pad is long and covers the UJ when connected.
The wind was light (for WA 13- 18) when I rigged so went with slightly less than spec downhaul and the top clew hole.
Sail felt grunty and nicely balanced.
Wind kicked in and so I downhauled to spec and changed to the lower clew hole. This is one of the things that I really like about the Racing Blades the ability to tune with downhaul to extend the range and the same is true of the Purelip.
My local is often only 15-20 with small onshore waves (if at all) and so I wanted a sail with a bit of oomph hence the decision to go with 5 battens. Hard to tell without sailing back to back but felt similar power to the 5.9 S1 but because it sets on the 400 rather than 430 was much lighter in the hands and felt good in the air and pulling in to the gybe.
Today was 13-20+. The sail had good acceleration with a slightly forward pull and depowered nicely in the turn. Worked well on my Rider 100 Quad getting me planing quickly to hit the small inside waves when many others were grovelling.
Look forward to getting it out on a proper wave.
If anyone wants to try it come to Dutchies and ask or send me a PM.
Thanks to my Dad for the images taken from video.
