2013 Fanatic Falcon maybe ??

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col5555

386 posts

col5555

WA, 386 posts

18 Jan 2012 8:53am

Spied this pic on the Avanti site. Stealth Falcon ! Had a good article on Peter Voltwater's win as well as some good pics of the LOC 2012.

Waiting4wind

NSW

1871 posts

Waiting4wind

NSW, 1871 posts

18 Jan 2012 12:46pm

Is that a nose protector on the board and a reapir to the sail at the boom, he must have done a few over the handle bars!

I notice that the sail (Gaastra) has adopted the NP clew design.

barn

2960 posts

barn

WA, 2960 posts

18 Jan 2012 10:04am

Waiting4wind said...

Is that a nose protector on the board and a reapir to the sail at the boom, he must have done a few over the handle bars!

I notice that the sail (Gaastra) has adopted the NP clew design.

haha turn the brightness up on your monitor, it must be a little dark living under that rock!

That's no Gaastra, and from memory Gaastra had the first enclosed clue, not pryde.

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What brand sail is Pete Voldemorter using in waves?

ikw777

QLD

2995 posts

ikw777

QLD, 2995 posts

18 Jan 2012 2:05pm

All the best sailors are baldies!

patsken

717 posts

patsken

WA, 717 posts

18 Jan 2012 2:49pm

ikw777 said...

All the best sailors are baldies!

...but not all baldies are the best sailors!

stringer

703 posts

stringer

WA, 703 posts

18 Jan 2012 4:09pm

barn said...

haha turn the brightness up on your monitor, it must be a little dark living under that rock!

That's no Gaastra, and from memory Gaastra had the first enclosed clue, not pryde.

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What brand sail is Pete Voldemorter using in waves?

yep thats a 2013 proto falcon.
avanti are developing some protos for the waves, impressive stuff, seems like north are using the same technology... reinforcing the sail in it's lofted form - magic!

col5555

386 posts

col5555

WA, 386 posts

18 Jan 2012 5:04pm

Waiting4wind said...

Is that a nose protector on the board and a reapir to the sail at the boom, he must have done a few over the handle bars!

Dont the new Isonics have some kind of layup pattern like that on the nose ?

The spot that looks like a repair is a viewing window.

AUS4

NSW

1296 posts

AUS4

NSW, 1296 posts

18 Jan 2012 10:30pm

North yacht sails are moulded one piece, Avanti are not.
North Windsurf made a moulded one piece race sail in the 80s, only one size, I think it was a 7 metre, it was too expensive, but very fast.

yep thats a 2013 proto falcon.
avanti are developing some protos for the waves, impressive stuff, seems like north are using the same technology... reinforcing the sail in it's lofted form - magic!

AUS-057

QLD

466 posts

AUS-057

QLD, 466 posts

18 Jan 2012 9:41pm

Are the load bearing yarns continuous across the entire sail body and not cut? I.e. batten pockets are sown on to the body of the sail rather than the cut into individual panels where the batten pockets make the join. I think it would loose some of the purpose of that 3DL technology otherwise.

CJW

NSW

1731 posts

CJW

NSW, 1731 posts

18 Jan 2012 11:22pm

I don't think anyone bar North make true one piece non cut sails which are both layed out and thermo formed in their 3D shape (for sure patent protected?). All other membrane sails are layed out flat, plotted by computer, cut, then sewn into shape so the fibres are as you say discontinuous.

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