I can buy local a second hand gator 7.0 from 2023 with a luff 465 .
This sail is specified with a 460 mast but i have a severne red 430 rdm mast and i weigh 75 Kg.
I want to use it for my in land large lake bump and jump and light wind sea sessions on a 105 fsw.
Is this a good option?
Greetings from Bart from the netherlands
Hi. I have a 7m gator and rig it on a 430rdm mast and it does not rig well. Seems to need far more down haul than specified and so far not nice to sail - I'm thinking I will need to buy a 460 rdm. I'm same weight as you. I have other size gators that I'm very happy with.
andy
I have the opposite
Severne told me it would be ok and so I bought a 7 to use on my 430 (biggest sail a waves or can achieve without buying more masts)
It works wonderfully
mine is about a 2020-21 on blue rdm
Mine is a 24 model and I'm rigging on a Nash 90% carbon mast. I think same bend curve as Severne. something isn't right as it seems to need about 3 cm more downhaul than specified to get a loose leech and then feels very heavy and unbalanced on the water. It could be the way I'm rigging.
Yeah but now you have a setup requiring huge extension. You might get away with the Naish when it's mostly mast in the luff tube but not in this case as any small bend curve variances could be in very much the wrong place for it to be ok.
it's fine on my SV mast.
I've had too many issues with mismatched gear over the years..Sails where I've had to kick the cams to rotate , shortening battens to try and fix things. Now I stick to the Severne masts and everything rigs and works beautifully.
I use my 7.0 gator on 430 RDM masts with 36 cm extn to get the leach to open out, have used it on 430 NAISH 90%, 430 RDM DUOTONE 100% and a 430 RDM SEVERNE 100%. Severne gave more power but less forgiving than the other two. Found 460 masts to stiff for my comfort at 82 kg in 15 to 20 kts of wind.
