Severne Sails in vogue?

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Hazzelbanger
Hazzelbanger
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12 Jan 2012 10:17pm
I notice a lot of folks using Severne these days.

What's brought about the change enmass (apart from the obvious local connection)?

I guess with so many in use it would be a good time to ask feedback on how well they stack up in performance vs price in comparision with the other major players.
HAIL
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12 Jan 2012 10:41pm
can of worms
divaldo
divaldo
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12 Jan 2012 10:50pm
Severne sails, they're so hot right now
jamdfingr
jamdfingr
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13 Jan 2012 8:04am
I did notice there were about half a dozen identical severne sails at semaphore last night! Must be what the cool kids are riding with.

Seriously though, where are people buying these sails from?
russh
russh
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13 Jan 2012 8:56am
Seems to me that they are a Good price work well and not too many sail designers venture out explain their sail range buy some beers and go and have a sail with the crew.

Had my S1s for two seasons and like them - everyone used to be on Gaastra and they have faded since prides have been pushed by local retailer - Severnes offer an alternative for those that aren't fans of blue circles

Seeing the main crew that test them sail - mckercher stone and ben is enough to make you want some

But each to there own
Zachery
Zachery
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13 Jan 2012 7:14am
Dont sail them at the moment but seem to be very price competitive, good build quality, aussie developed and sailed by top sailors, that seems to be enough for me to want to start using them!
jimbob SA
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13 Jan 2012 9:48am
the swats are very well priced and look the goods may have to upgrade my old ezzys.
divaldo
divaldo
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13 Jan 2012 9:56am
jimbob SA said...

the swats are very well priced and look the goods may have to upgrade my old ezzys.


Just dont tell Dave Jimbob,

Scotty Mac
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13 Jan 2012 10:01am
Anyone who has tried one will know why. I suggest if you dont want to buy new sails, best don't demo them until you do. And you get to choose red or red!
JBFletch
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13 Jan 2012 9:59am
to quote snoop dawg:

"when the price if fly, you must buy"!
Hazzelbanger
Hazzelbanger
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13 Jan 2012 10:37am
Scotty Mac said...

Anyone who has tried one will know why. I suggest if you dont want to buy new sails, best don't demo them until you do. And you get to choose red or red!


Are they the kinda of sail that suits any skill level, or best suited to the better sailors in order to notice the difference as suggested by Scott.

Giving me the best cricket bat in the world will not make much difference facing Shaun Tait on a green-top.
Zubby
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13 Jan 2012 11:05am
Build quality, performance, price
karina
karina
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13 Jan 2012 11:09am
I bought a new swat a couple of months ago and it has already started to delaminate Dont go el cheapo!
legless
legless
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13 Jan 2012 11:13am
Hazzelbanger said...

I notice a lot of folks using Severne these days.

What's brought about the change enmass (apart from the obvious local connection)?

I guess with so many in use it would be a good time to ask feedback on how well they stack up in performance vs price in comparision with the other major players.


Hot Sails Maui are better priced and are built much tougher. But I guess being designed in Maui is not as big a draw as Australia!
divaldo
divaldo
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13 Jan 2012 11:27am
karina said...

I bought a new swat a couple of months ago and it has already started to delaminate Dont go el cheapo!



Take it back Karina, thats what I would do,


jamdfingr
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13 Jan 2012 11:59am
Are hot sails Maui and Maui sails one and the same? I have a couple of Maui sails and don't like them too much. No guts to them... Makes trying to water start interesting....
legless
legless
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13 Jan 2012 12:31pm
jamdfingr said...

Are hot sails Maui and Maui sails one and the same? I have a couple of Maui sails and don't like them too much. No guts to them... Makes trying to water start interesting....


No they are different companies. Hot sails Maui make much better sails
jamdfingr
jamdfingr
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13 Jan 2012 12:38pm
Thanks mate, I may have to look into them.... Strath windsurf shop sells hot sails yeah?
legless
legless
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13 Jan 2012 1:20pm
jamdfingr said...

Thanks mate, I may have to look into them.... Strath windsurf shop sells hot sails yeah?


Yes they do.

legless
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13 Jan 2012 1:37pm
legless said...

jamdfingr said...

Thanks mate, I may have to look into them.... Strath windsurf shop sells hot sails yeah?


Yes they do.






divaldo
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13 Jan 2012 5:14pm
nice hijack
HAIL
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13 Jan 2012 6:58pm
I believe some jp pryde sailors hit 50knots the other day!!
JBATES
JBATES
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13 Jan 2012 8:05pm
I bought 3 new swats back in october. So far they have been bullet proof and for the money you cant go wrong. My 5.2 has been used plenty of times
divaldo said...

karina said...

I bought a new swat a couple of months ago and it has already started to delaminate Dont go el cheapo!



Take it back Karina, thats what I would do,





legless
legless
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13 Jan 2012 8:27pm
HAIL said...

I believe some jp pryde sailors hit 50knots the other day!!


Yes it is a pity he snapped his board that day! and they were not sailing against a HSM GPS.




Ben Severne
Ben Severne
WA
194 posts
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13 Jan 2012 6:04pm
karina said...

I bought a new swat a couple of months ago and it has already started to delaminate Dont go el cheapo!



Hi Karina - they're not supposed to do that!! Send some info to simon@severnesails and we'll get it sorted out.

Ben.
Scotty Mac
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13 Jan 2012 10:43pm
hey hazzelbanger,
You need to test one, i will be amazed if you can't feel the difference, better materials, so feel much lighter in your hands and easier to use, rekon thats a good thing for learners, intermediate and advanced. Hey windsurfing is meant to be fun, all windsurfing good. But like all things manufactured, some are good, others are better and some work harder to be the best. Be interesting if the other, so called major brands, can catch up?
pilchard
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13 Jan 2012 11:09pm
my ageing and varied quiver boasts a 2008 4.5m blade, i never have a bad sail on it. i love its wind range, light crisp feel and rip stop windows
and ive given it plenty after it spent its infancy in gero. so surely things would have gotten better since then.
only seen TAA's and maris's sails on the water and the look wild.
gotta be stoked with that level of customer service karina
Hazzelbanger
Hazzelbanger
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13 Jan 2012 11:16pm
Scotty Mac said...

hey hazzelbanger,
You need to test one, i will be amazed if you can't feel the difference, better materials, so feel much lighter in your hands and easier to use, rekon thats a good thing for learners, intermediate and advanced. Hey windsurfing is meant to be fun, all windsurfing good. But like all things manufactured, some are good, others are better and some work harder to be the best. Be interesting if the other, so called major brands, can catch up?


No doubt your are right.
With and young family and mortagages buying anything new for Windsurfing is now a luxury and a long term investment in windsurfing time scales for me these days. Given the lack of time on the water these days I look for equipment thats going to last at least a few years and with a price/performance ratio that meets my ability (or lack of....lol). No doubt things have changed in a few years I've had the same kit.

I must say I'm impressed with Ben's willingness to help out Karina. Quality service is a rare commodity these days in big business. Heck, I gave up getting a replacement footstrap from one of the leading brand board manufacturers after several emails and phone calls. If I spend $2500 on a board I'm sadly disappponted in a brand that can't provide a $25 dollar footstrap.
jn1
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13 Jan 2012 11:24pm
HB. I suppose there are better products (and it's most likely an individual thing too), but I am sticking to what works. I've tried a few recommended brands/models and they have not worked. I didn't go down the Neil Pryde band wagon as I didn't like brand matched masts/sails concept. I got stung with this when I was a Mauisails user. I like to brand match gear, but if I break a sail/mast when it's a bad time of the year or financially inconvenient, I like to have options (be this borrowing a mast from a mate). Most of my quiver is Gators. These sails have lots of settings and an extremely large wind range. I've owned gear (freeride) with very few settings. Once I'm over powered on them, there's nothing that could be done. The only criticism I can say with my sails (model years range between 2008 and 2011) is the luff cutout is very high. No issue for me, as I like a high boom, but if I preferred a lower boom, this would be a problem.

Ben: Love you gear
McFlying
McFlying
WA
247 posts
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14 Jan 2012 7:07am
Hi all,

Saw the Severne boys out at Coro's ealier in the week, man can those boys sail. There is certainly an increasing market share of Severnes over here in the west, only a few years ago everyone seemed to be on ezzys.

Have ya spied the new gorrila wave masts for $600, with a 2 yr warrenty. How good is that. Has anyone used this mast yet on a Blade I'd be super interested to know what they thought.

Marty
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