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R9 7m Overdrive

It's actually called 7m Overdrive M1.
I couldn't change the title..
Disclaimer - These are the impressions of an average sailor. I'm 5'6" and about 67kgs so my priorities are lightness and ease of use.
I haven't had a chance to use it yet but here are my first impressions.
I wasn't real enthused about the colour combinations shown on the bag but they look great!
I can only compare it to my 2015 NCX 7m .The R9 has a shorter boom and mast so it must have more area in the roach..?
It has a lot of luff tension even inserting the mast . I used my winch really early and it needed hard winching to pull on the downhaul but the cams were really easy to apply and da da!! it rotated really well!.
A mild jerk had rotating in a puff of 5kts..
I now have a sail that has a decent shape and rotates..
I can hardly wait to get it on the water..As I use a 7m in gusty 12-18kts ( most common seabreeze here) it will be my most used sail.
So far I think Severne have the goods with this sail.







Bit of trivia..They've changed the bags. The 7.5m is the 2017 with zip at the base while the new ones have a drawstring..



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