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Just picked up a 7m Cheetah, and I'm in love!
Must say that firstly I think I may be Ezzy fan already after also recently owning a Panther Ltd 5.2, when I saw the build quality and started to experience it's range I started to look at the Cheetah for flat water.
I also one set of Ezzy Waves for 10 years before selling them! And they were 2nd hand when I got them!
Ive owned Race Sails and Free ride Camless...I'd come to the conclusion that that time, hassle and expense of Race Sails was not worth the extra 10-15% performance, but also realized that Camless are a normally a bit gutless and back handed and range limited also....
Until Now..
This is where the Ezzy kicks ass, you can see in the picks it has a really noticable built in profile, whilst not Race its way more than standard RAF style.
Its full and gives a really nice low down pull and really responds to a couple of pumps.
Its super light in weight and super light in the hands.
I used it in overpowered conditions x 2 and under x1, the overpowered was 18-28knts , really what would normally be too big for my 6.7m (non race), set it up straight out of the bag, no batten tuning nothing, followed the rigging guide for strong winds and was blown away by how it handled it, was amazing, fast steady and solid a lot like a race sail feel but without the associated BS that goes along with it, was buzzing after the session.
2nd session was ocean and again super windy WA 25knts, the only thing that was a struggle was my board not the sail! The Ezzy is a bit harder to water start than a standard RAF sail as the profile makes clearing it a bit harder, but still way better than filling a giant luff tube with water!
3rd Session, was super light and crappy, was under finned but still managed to get going in the puffs with the seetings set to light, cant say to much about this sessionas was really crappy patchy wind.
What I love is that I feel like I have purchased a real piece of quality workmanship, tame of the employee who rigged the sail in the factory is attached to the sail, its nice to support an overseas country thats not China also!, the sail is not brittle, not subject to instant deteriation like a lot of the big name brands. I can rig up on anything , can handle some abuse, will try to load some close up images of the build quality difference later, its massive.
I like the quality, the wind range, the no nonsense BS and knowing that for my $$$ have been well spent and my purchase will last for ages.
I dont think anyone looking for a Freeride/free race sail could go wrong with the Cheetah.
Windsurfing industry and the sport could do with more Ezzy type gear in it!
