I reckon it is about the best looking one that Hot Sails has done in recent years!

Please remove the pic, my eyes hurt!

Around 1992 I had a set of Hot Sail Maui sails - they were the first monofilm sails I had.

The monofilm was in a grid. Effectively lots of squares of monofilm taped together, so if you ripped it you could replace a panel (although I am sure that wasn't the design intent of having the grid).

Those sails combined with a custom Island Unique 8'2" squash tail board was a very nice set up.

They pissed on the combat waves and Ezzy waves at the time so much more stable.

Gaastra had a sail with bits of material forming crocodile teeth down the leech which were close to the Hot Sails in stability (and they looked different) but they acheived stability with long booms.

I don't think HSM have changed their graphic design since then. Few more years I guess it will be back in fashion.

Saw the latest edition of windsurf magazine which shows the gps model. Bright, very bright. Kind of looks like the np colour of the eighties.

^^^ Speedfreak?

Looks like a 2001 Neil Pryde batwing leech (Zone and Core ring a bell?) with a 2011 Neil Pryde boom cutout

Mark _australia said...

Carantoc said...

Around 1992 I had a set of Hot Sail Maui sails - they were the first monofilm sails I had.

The monofilm was in a grid. Effectively lots of squares of monofilm taped together, so if you ripped it you could replace a panel (although I am sure that wasn't the design intent of having the grid).

Gaastra had a sail with bits of material forming crocodile teeth down the leech which were close to the Hot Sails in stability (and they looked different) but they acheived stability with long booms.

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Hot Sails did one about then with like a spiderweb of dacron tape and mono in between. Looks weird, like a promo for a Spiderman movie, but was good if you punctured it as you only needed to replace about a square foot of mono

I think the Gaastra you refer to was the Heatwave - wave sail obviously and the 'croc teeth' were supposed to look like flames?

Those the ones? Ahh memories

Hot Sails Spiderlock. Have a 4.5 that I still use when it gets very very windy.

my new 5.8 superfreak just arrived a couple days ago.. red and white..looks really cool.
cant wait to try it out!
and, agree with laff77..
the ones i have used.. really like the way they feel and handle.

it's about time we had sails that look like these..the previous are getting to be a bore

Heavenly gorgeous!

Mark _australia said...

^^^ Speedfreak?

Looks like a 2001 Neil Pryde batwing leech (Zone and Core ring a bell?) with a 2011 Neil Pryde boom cutout

Cool, Now know what the leech is....... I just sail and dont care for the small stuff

The first one has an 80's look about it for sure

Haircut said...

da vecta said...

Heavenly gorgeous!

i get excited when u talk about my car like that

HaHa Ha HaHa I'll pay that.