I'm happy to pay the freight BTW.

Shame about that 5.8, knocking off 2-4cm of luff and have it work on 400 would have been nice

Kitekeeper said..

gavnwend said..
I like to see what weight the wase sails will be, constant curve l hope.anyone got any raw pics.

Here it is,

more info on the main site northwindsurfing.com/products/north-wave#technology

Hi KiteKeeper
3.5 battens on that 4.7. A lot of sails that size have 4 or 5 battens. Is the reduction in battens (and weight) possible due to shape created by the 3di construction process?

Thanks for the info.

Niichts, Liteskin is a sailcloth made in rolls by Dimension Polyant.
3Di is a carbon tissue layering process using very thin ply's to achieve strength.
This video shows the 3Di process

Interesting cambers. batten with a join in luff???

DarrylG said..
Interesting cambers. batten with a join in luff???

If the join there allows you to tension the batten separately from the camber inside the luff sleeve it's a damn good idea
a bit like the old Severne reflex system but moved forward

cald said..
wing dings would be getting mowed down left right and center

I guess what goes around comes around... that's my experience with most Wing Dingers at the moment... don't look down wind, don't look over your shoulder before you jump or jibe, don't look full stop. I guess just replicates the behaviour you see on the roads.

Incredible technology Jethro!!!! You guys doing stuff like that at Mona Vale??

mark62 said..
Return of the NS warp? Picture taken from windsurfing.nl. A Dutch guy is testing them, lucky lad

thanks for sharing!

but it'll likely just be called "RACE" or some-such. looking forward to the "official" reveal some months away still.

I am torn between thinking great to see someone else pushing tech into new directions and wondering what happens when anything on those sails breaks.

It's hard enough finding a quality repair place for current membrane sails. Can't imagine how hard it will be to find someone that can replace a broken batten or torn sail. Maybe they have a plan for that. On the web site far is just says "a repair kit will be available in future".

in a vid i saw online i think they said you can patch the sails like you patch a board because the sails are fibre and resin. not reallly sure what that means.

in a few years, once my sails wear out i might switch to north.

lol.

stehsegler said..
I am torn between thinking great to see someone else pushing tech into new directions and wondering what happens when anything on those sails breaks.

It's hard enough finding a quality repair place for current membrane sails. Can't imagine how hard it will be to find someone that can replace a broken batten or torn sail. Maybe they have a plan for that. On the web site far is just says "a repair kit will be available in future".

Rumors are that repair these sails is even easier than a normal sails, as it can be done in your garage with no sewing machine.

The sails will come with a repair kite that contains the 3di material on a tape and a specific glue, combining the 2 will create a fix very similar to an "epoxy patch" on your surfboard.

Kitekeeper said..
Rumors are that repair these sails is even easier than a normal sails, as it can be done in your garage with no sewing machine.

My backyard-off-the-cuff-randomised-button-generation-estimate would be >50% of sail-repairs simply need "sticky back' - no sewing machine necessary. That is because most sails only tear/split a single panel, so a patch is all you need. Which appears to be exactly as you described for these. So "even easier" needs some salt-grains applied.

Conversely any sail repair that goes through a seam - be they stitched, glued, epoxied, whatever - will need a professional'ish repair. For example, that ^^ sail still has battens, so a tear/split running through those batten-pockets needs to be suitably 3D-formed -> stitched sails dont patch all that well (or at all, because dacron is a bas'ted)... so a batten-pocket which could be epoxy-patched, might be a win **.

** not yet confirmed - I'd like to see demo of said batten-epoxy-patching, otherwise its just speculation.

Maybe this video is interesting. Unfortunately in German but the translator should fix it. The masts come from Australia apparently.

Kitekeeper said..

Mark _australia said..
I'm happy to pay the freight BTW.

Shame about that 5.8, knocking off 2-4cm of luff and have it work on 400 would have been nice

Hi Mark,

At this stage I only have a 4.2 wave with a 370 ultimate mast in demo.

I know you said it's to small for you but may be on a windy day?

anyway send me a DM and we'll try to sort something out for you.

is there any chance of a 5.8m demo around Brisbane / Gold Coast in the future.