NEW HYBRID - RS:ONE - NEIL PRYDE

"One start line, one race course, one objective - victory. Victory against others, the elements and yourself in an accessible, performance one-design class.

NeilPryde presents its one design concept featuring one board and one rig from the same pedigree as the RS:X, the official gear for the 2012 Olympics. It will allow young athletes to achieve their first steps towards Olympic competition and weekend racers to compete together. See you on the start line!"

As one design class, like the Bic Hybrid OD, Bic Techno 293 OD, RS:X and Kona OD all gear is fixed.

The RS:One comes with a 7,8 m2 5 batten twin cam sail, a 460 cm. 65% carbon 2,2 kg. mast, a 200-250 cm. 30 mm. T6 alloy boom, a 48 cm power box finn and a 63 cm long centerboard, a US pin power joint and a 34 cm alloy extension (X3).

"Patrice Belbeoch the RS:One Board Designer say´s 

What is your involvement within this project? 

I wanted to work on a board which will be the natural step to the RS:X. It is a great opportunity for our sport and for our young racers as it seems that they are not satisfied with existing boards today. The one-design concept allows everyone to compete on an equal footing while encouraging and developing sportsmanship. Mr. Neil Pryde and I share the same view on this and our paths crossed.

WINDSURFER - COURSE RACE 370 - RACEBOARD

Windsurfer Course race 370 - is a new board on the market form 2010, and it is a board out of Windsurfer Japan Inc.

It look´s to be at true contender for high winds or the lighter windsurfers with its 247 l.  It is a narrow board with its 64,6 cm. and with its length of 369,8 cm. it must certainly be a worthy competitor even in light winds.

 It seems that Windsurfer has worked on keeping the weight down, with its minimal graphics, additions, and its sanded down appearance. It is build in 150 g. biaxial carbon in its full length (deck and bottom), and its weight is 12,9 kg.

It comes with a 74,8 cm. epoxy/glassfiber/ form  centerboard, with a 9,6 % profile. For the fin you find a power box with recess, and it is comes with a 37,5 cm. G-10 fin. Furthermore, it has a 76 cm. long adjustable marsttrack, and is equipped with 2 upwind and 4 downwind footstraps.

BRAND

MODEL

MODEL YEAR

Length (mm.)

Wigth (mm.)

Weigth (kg.) #1

Volume (L.)

Board martriael

Finbox type

Standard fin size (cm.)

Centerboard length (cm.)

Masttrack length (cm.)

No. Of straps

WINDSURFER JAPAN

Course Race 370

2010

3698

646

12,9

247

150g biaxiel Carbon sandwich

Power box

37,5

74,8

76

6/8

To see centerboard click HERE   To se more photos look in the photo gallery   To se videos click HERE    For more information click HERE

DEMON SAILS - VG5 10.5, 9.5, 8.5 AND 7.5 - RACEBOARD SAILS

"Demon Design Sails range is large and diverse, as well as the production sails listed to the left we have all manor of prototypes and development sails on the go the whole time, not to mention a back catalogue going back to 1984, all available should you choose. In light of this dont hesitate to give us a call for some advice, we are more than happy to discuss your requirements and get you using the best sail for the job.

Materials
The sails are built with the best fabrics on the market, which usually means Bainbridge U.S. Laminates. The leech panels utilise HMT45, a High Modulus Twaron aramid. These fabrics are extremely low stretch for a very low weight.

The rest of your sail is made of polyester and Pentex laminates. In 20 years of building we have found the lightweight, high-tech sail cloths to be very durable and very reliable in performance, often giving a sail life of ten years!

THE SPREADER BAR

A spreader bar is presumably a spreder bar, or is it ?

Ideally you want the spreader bar to spread the load to the back of your harness, and not move up and down. On top of that there are some details that can help you get the most out of your time on the water.

Do you want to rotate, or do you trim your sail by sliding on the harness hook ?

BLACK PROJECT - R TYPE FINS

"Black project fins - Tom Hammerton is the owner and designer of Black Project Fins. He officially launched Black Project in 2010 after spending several years working to develop them with the simple goal: To make the best fins possible.

Black Project Fins is something that has grown and evolved over the last few years. It all started because I simply was not happy with the quality of fins available. I had tried all kinds of brands and it just seemed I was not getting the performance I should. Being a sail designer and having studied aerodynamics in college I thought I could do better.

The very first fin I made had the exact performance predicted and exceeded my expectations for control – it was an excellent start. Encouraged by this I dove into some serious research and started using Computational Fluid Dynamics software to test various stock foils ( I have a library of over 1000!). Most foils are in fact designed for aircraft and were never intended to be used as windsurfing fins in water. So I developed my own foils that are specific to water and the correct scale.