Does some one of you ever try compare race sail against freeride sail in pure speed?
We all know that cam sails have better stability,accelaration,breath when gust hits etc etc.. but does race sail is really faster in straight line than freeride sail?

As much "horspower" your sail has ,your are allways limited with your weight,so sail can not produce more "thrust" if your weight do not allow this....


same board,same fin,same weight,same skill, race in straight line -and does race sail will be faster than freeride?
If does, how much,1knots?

Problem is you can't compair cam vs no cam that way.
you can compair race sail vs free ride but is the performance coming from the cams or the overall sail design.

I think for most of us the fastest sails are the ones we can handle best. Unless you are really sharp with sail handling a freerace type sail ( eg Overdrive, Vector, S-type) will be quicker than a full race sail at least for 1hr, 500m, and alpha, if not 2second peak, and this will be more pronounced the rougher the water.

If if your sailing skills are really good then full on race sails do offer another level of performance, but lots of us are better off one notch down I think.

So you need to match up your skill level, the water state you'll be sailing in, and what your goal is. Most of us will end up on a freerace sail when you put that all together.

My 2c

Nubie said..
Does some one of you ever try compare race sail against freeride sail in pure speed?
We all know that cam sails have better stability,accelaration,breath when gust hits etc etc.. but does race sail is really faster in straight line than freeride sail?

As much "horspower" your sail has ,your are allways limited with your weight,so sail can not produce more "thrust" if your weight do not allow this....


same board,same fin,same weight,same skill, race in straight line -and does race sail will be faster than freeride?
If does, how much,1knots?

it's not an apples with apples comparison. more than just the cams create a sail. aspect ratio, leach tension, mast bend curve all make big differences.

look at the KA Koyote, pretty sure that's done over 40 knots. it has no cams.

^^ with some cams he would have won by more.