1st time today on new model Hot Sails Maui GPS. 1st thing i noticed was the retro pink colour - at the start but has grown on me and definately wont be missed on the water. The other most noticeable thing was the weight of the sail. The 7.3 is as light or even lighter than the 2012 6.0m. On the water it felt very light in the hands and alot easier on the gybes.

The power is incredible as was the 2012 but the added 4th cam makes it more stable across the wind and found it pulled like a train downwind. It has extra length in the bottom batten and the 4th cam has stiffened up the bottom of the sail and also seems to sit slghtly higher so sail sits balanced on top of board. Cam rotation is excellent. Can't wait to spend more time on this sail and try the 5.5....

A couple of pics following:-

Hi Carl, what mast does it rig on.
The curve looks a lot curvier than other comparable branded sails or do the photos exaggerate this? lots of down haul?
Whats the main differences in comparison to the Koncepts.
thx Dale

dkeating said...
Hi Carl, what mast does it rig on.
The curve looks a lot curvier than other comparable branded sails or do the photos exaggerate this? lots of down haul?

It was rigged on the Hot Sail Maui Hot Rod 460

No Barbie doll Choco.

Dale,

Rigged on Hotsails Maui Hot Rod 460 97%. Great thing with these sails is alot of draught (belly) for low wind performance and can be tuned for strong winds - they seem to have a huge wind range.

Phil,

Rigged on recommended downhaul setting and i didn't have my crank with me and pulled down with normal downhaul tool - easily.

choco said...


can you rig them on SDM masts? if so the belly will be even deeper.....nice lawn to rig on too.

Yes

seanhogan said...
no more leather on the end of the battens ?

Just on the top of the luff

sorry to hijack, legless : finally set my hands on the 8.8 gps can't wait for my toe to heal to try it !!
Bought a 6.0 liquid for my 13 year old son, he loves it !!!



battens have been tightened since

Thanks Carl,

just asking cause the local dealer was telling me the pink ones were pre-series and the final product would be another colour...

Robby Naish loved pink. If its good enough for him...
Pink is cool

redsurfbus said...
The 2013 production models will be orange/blue.


As for downhauling, I can downhaul my whole quiver if needed without sitting down (work clothes - wet floor), but do use both hands. They downhaul and rig very easily. All are supplied with 2 sets of cams, and I can confirm they rig and rotate on both north and tushingham SDM masts, havent tried others.

Redsurfbus.......the one's Carl has and I have are production and they are Pink....my understanding is that HSM origanally planned to have orange and blue but that has now changed to the pink and Yellow and all production GPS13's producteced so far are pink. This has only just been decided.

jimbob SA said...
To me a strange marketing decision going with only pink, I think it will really affect their sales as I know it would definetly put me of a purchase just on the colour alone.
a lot of sailors would like a choice of a couple of different colour scemes that would at least match there boards and there ain't many pink boards out there.

I agree. But maybe they're just trying to be a little different as a boutique brand. However I would have thought that the primary objective would be to sell sails.
I would have had a mainstream colour and maybe the pink for the NAGs.

Mobydisc said...
The more colours in sails the better they look. Too many sails look too plain. Some have very drab grey colours. Why? Yesterday there was a bloke out on an old Neil Pryde sail from the 80s and it looked a lot more cheery and colourful than the modern sails there including mine.

That's one of the reasons(a part from it being a great sail) I bought my GPS 2012, so flashy and fluo !!! Reminded me of the boardshorts I used to wear in the late 80's...

The Pink looks good on the water bit challenging close up, just had my first sail on my 8m....felt great very light rotates with ease. I remember having pink gear back in the 80's

Serge Beumer said...
Which boom have you rigged with is on the first pics (the black/white one)
?

My spare gun boom. The colour is bright but liked in a very short time:-). Definately better looking in real life and can't wait to spend more time on these sails....

Agreed Stroppo.