If you want to use smaller than a 2018, definitely go Gaastra as they don't make anything bigger then 2000

I think mr first post is a bot..... the sentence is a bastardisation of something in another thread

Sorry gang, a bit low in the tank when I posted. I am looking for a similar feeling sail as a next size down from a Severne 2018 Blade 5.0. Eager to hear of anyone's experience with another brand used in their quiver , say a 4.5 ish size.
Thanks !

7186, what masts do you have ?

Thanks for the replies thus far. I have 430 and 400 Severne g2s. The 2018 5.0 is a beautifully handling sail. Next size down is a 2013 4.5 Blade that I can't seem to get right. I've tried the NoLimitz hard top mixed length solution on the 4.5 without much success. (430 Sumo top 370 Reg bottom.). I weigh 90 kgs at 6'4". I also have NL 430 and 400

Faff , care to elaborate on the improvements post 17 models ?

Bespoke Sam, thanks for the suggestion. I'm in the US and don't think they are available here.

isn't the 4.5m blade recommended on a 370 mast? i can't find the spec sheet on it? have you tried it on the right mast?

7176 said..
Thanks for the replies thus far. I have 430 and 400 Severne g2s. The 2018 5.0 is a beautifully handling sail. Next size down is a 2013 4.5 Blade that I can't seem to get right. I've tried the NoLimitz hard top mixed length solution on the 4.5 without much success. (430 Sumo top 370 Reg bottom.). I weigh 90 kgs at 6'4". I also have NL 430 and 400

Faff , care to elaborate on the improvements post 17 models ?

Bespoke Sam, thanks for the suggestion. I'm in the US and don't think they are available here.

What year are the masts? AFAIK 2013 is when Severne switched to CC (without telling anyone). They were really HT before. Now they are CC (slightly towards the HT end).

It was a while ago, but I briefly had a 2013 3.7 Blade. Other Blades I've had - 2017 3.7/4.2/4.7/5.3, 2017 5.0 Pro. I don't really wave sail, mainly bump and jump. The 2013 felt like a small locked-in freeride sail with a deep, stiff sail draft. The 2017s felt way softer, flatter, with the dacron strip next to the luff sleeve allowing the sail to easily go flat or billow out. I believe the 2018/2019 Blades follow the same design program. They are very different to older Blades. The Pro Blades are very different again. The 5.0 Pro I had pulled like a truck. Too much for my 70 kg (I've moved onto 4-batten sails since).

At my 90kg I used to run a 4.2 blade on a 400 gorrilla and 400 sumo nil issues for me. I tried a sumo top and bottom combo of a 370 430 on my 5.0 blade it was awful.
Maybe you just got a badly cut or sown sail or is had a bad repair not lined up right. Get rid of it and buy another 4.5 Blade.

BTW, when I got the 2017 Blades, I had an old nolimitz skinny 400 (10 years old?) Worked fine with 4.7/5.3. Could not get the 4.2 to rig properly.

Mark, trying to avoid buying another mast hence the original garbled post :). Quick look at the spec has the 4.5 at 403 luff length. Perhaps it will take the 400, tho Severne recommends the 370.. Faff, I'll keep a lookout for a 2017.
Kai, I agree the Revos are beautiful sails. I've owned them in the past. I will consider them

Currently the vendors in the US only have the 4.2, 4.7, Blade available. No RRD or Point 7 sail presence that I'm aware of

Again, thanks to all for your time and guidance. I appreciate it.

Never had the 2013 blade but used extensively the 2012 and 2014 in a 4.5 fantastic sails with great top end control always had to rig them atleast 2cm more than the specs as standard.
Prefered the 2014 to the 2012 but also to the 2017 in that size which seems more grunty.