2003 North or Sailworks

[<Stevo>]

Hi

Im looking to update my sails this year - something along the line of:

1 x 8.5-9m  (Retro or Crossfire/TransAM)
1 x 6.5-7m  (Retro or Crossfire/TransAM)
1 x 5.5m    (Revolution or Instinct)
1 x 4.7m    (Revolution or Instinct)

Do you think this quiver (spacing) would work well? (to use with 80 litre Goya , 100 liter Cross and 145 litre freerace Ray)

Need also to decide between North or Sailworks?
The european mags often seem to "imply" that Sailworks are a bit old/heavy compared to the likes of NP, North, Gaastra?  Anyone got any real comparisons as to performance?

Cheers,
Stevo

[sukhdev]

Hi Stevo,

     

quote:1 x 8.5-9m (Retro or Crossfire/TransAM)
1 x 6.5-7m (Retro or Crossfire/TransAM)
1 x 5.5m (Revolution or Instinct)
1 x 4.7m (Revolution or Instinct)
 

can't fault your thinking, thats a really good spread. 1.5 sq metre between larger sizes is ok. Your smaller sail choice looks good too and would suit the dimensions of the boards you have very well (though I have no personal experience of the fanatics).Given the tuning range of the Retros I'd tend towards 9 & 7 & 5.4,4.7 Revo..you may be able to get away with 5.8 instead of 5.4. This will let you use your smallest board in less wind. You can downhaul/outhau the crap out of the 5.8 or not as the case may be, its rangy.

Re sailworks, the sails are about the lightest around.
NX2 9.0 5.1kg   vs  RS3 9.0 5.65kg
says it all. The retro is lightweight and the 2003 is very well constructed with new reinforcements.

By the way the Retro is very very tunable, one of my friends here who bought a 6.5 2003 made a classic remark.."I can rig the 6.5 to behave from anything like a 5.5. to 7.5". You may want to look at our article on tuning the Retro at  Tuning your Retro

Its been a long time since I sailed a North, no experience with the models you mention.
 
 [ 18. February 2003, 01:59 PM: Message edited by: sukhdev ]