Just got my new GTFRC out of the bag and rigged on the lawn.
1st impressions before sailing it
Looks fantastic, build quality is excellent, rotates easily in still air.
I have it rigged on my ancient Killwell Matrix5 1 piece MDM. It;s meant for RDMs, but we changed a couple of camber inducers to fit my strange mast, and it rigs beautifully. Downhaul is to spec but here it's under outhauled about 2cm. Probably because that's how ai want it for deep bearoffs, another 2cm would possibly be better for reaching and upwind.
Won't be sailing it for a little while, I have to let some infected cuts heal first.
Which is a PITA I really want to try this out.
I find I need an easier sail, to conserve energy now. I have high hopes this will let me go further and longer, without loosing any speed.
Looks nice. Is it the 2026 model? Have not seen any info on the latest flat water sails from Patrik.
looks fantastic .on a 5,6 3 cams is heaps and will give a good bottom end .I can see you cracking 40 knots on this Decrepit 
its got speed written all over it .
Let us know how it compares with the Koncepts, my 5.8 is disintegrating and I am looking for a similar replacement
On the ground it looks a bit deeper than the koncepts and the luff sleeve is a little wider.
Just a very first impression in no wind, it may rotate easier, and be slightly easier to rig.
Like the koncepts I can get a usable medium wind downhaul with a puller, for full downhaul I need a winch.
It certainly suits me better than the speeds. there's no way speeds are sailable without winch downhaul.
(bear in mind I'm an ancient light weight, bigger, younger, stronger sailors may manage speeds better.)
Can't wait to try it out and get a feel for it's wind range, I can see it becoming my go to sail.
It's a while since I had a 5,8 koncept, I had a 5.7speed, not as user friendly as the koncepts, are they faster?? Hard to tell but I did get my PB 40 with the 5.2 Speed. 5.0 koncept only got me to 39, but totally different conditions.
Waricle says he's fixed my winch, so I'll have another play with the 5.2 speed today and see if I can get it to rotate with spec downhaul
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Looks nice. Is it the 2026 model? Have not seen any info on the latest flat water sails from Patrik.
No it's the 23. I asked about that, and new shipment is due in later this year, I'll probably pre-order a 5.0.
The nice thing about Patrick, he doesn't change for the sake of change. It seems he's not driven by the marketers, but by common sense.
Change for the sake of change, just makes stuff more expensive, working to deadlines, can lead to shortcuts and backward steps.
Thanks for that. I had read he didn't always update but could not find any news on the frc except the 2023.
Yep, that's current at the moment, I've no idea what the next shipment will be, I'll find out when I get my 5.0
