Hi all. Recently bought myself a (used ) 7m cheetah but struggling to find a used 460 ezzy mast. Annoying I used to have to mast and same sail.
can anyone recommend a good other option ? I've seen a few tushingham masts SDM with high carbon content but not sure if I'll lose some performance? Thanks
I have a cheetah 7'5 i use it with a 100% carbon sdm exocet constant curve, work fine.
RDM works best in the 7,0 ,North ,simmer ,are two I have used with good results
The tush SDM will work ,you just don't get that nice belly in them as a RDM .great sails
NoLimitz works fine. At my weight (105kg) I actually slightly prefer SDM in the bigger Cheetahs, but the NoLimitz Sumo is very good option - I'd say it pumps better than the Ezzy Hookipa.
I have an SDM GT brand mast with a constant curve that I use with my cheetah 9.5, think it's 80% and works well.
Based on the Unifiber comparison chart, the most similar bend curves are Duotone, North or Gaastra.
www.unifiber.net/masts-selector
I use Powerx and Nolimits Sumo with my Lions and Cheetahs,both RDM and work fine.
Select to expand quotelemat said..
I have a cheetah 7'5 i use it with a 100% carbon sdm exocet constant curve, work fine.
My mast is an XO sail (XO is exocet sails)
I use it first with a simmer 80% sdm, work too but with a slightly less "good shape".
Select to expand quoteJetlag said..
Based on the Unifiber comparison chart, the most similar bend curves are Duotone, North or Gaastra.
www.unifiber.net/masts-selector
Just what I needed !
Older Tushingham masts were more flex-top in 460+ SDM. Any Tushingham mast will be old as they closed in 2016.
www.unifiber.net/masts-selector-v2014-2
I wouldnt go for one of those.
I've used Simmer SDM in Ezzy sails, Lions and Cheetahs and they performed fine. Being slightly more flextop than Ezzy meant the leech at the very top of the sail was too loose, but hardly noticeable in use. Those masts were from 2009.
Exocet/XO sails were made at the same place as Simmer, so I would guess masts also at the same place and specs as Simmer masts. One of XO freeride sails and a foil sail was the same as a Simmer as they collaborated a bit. Same with a couple of Exocet and I99 boards.
I've also rigged on Duotone and they looked fine, although I didnt actually sail with it. I was just comparing masts before I bought Ezzy in 2016.
Here's a picture of my 2016 cheetah on the 460 Simmer 2020 80% RDM .I'd have to say it is a little flexie when rigged
But still a great choice ,with 105 Tabou Rocket
I use SLAKE MDM for Cheetah 7.5, and Lion 8.5, constant curve/medium profile, work fine for my 95kg
no experience with ezzy masts or other sdm/rdm in the sails, so can't offer a proper review ...
Select to expand quoteSurfing Uk said..
Hi all. Recently bought myself a (used ) 7m cheetah but struggling to find a used 460 ezzy mast. Annoying I used to have to mast and same sail.
can anyone recommend a good other option ? I've seen a few tushingham masts SDM with high carbon content but not sure if I'll lose some performance? Thanks
I echo the Nolimitz experience. I have 1 Ezzy mast (460) and 2 Nolimitz (430, 490) and all 3 have serial #s in the same format. It's obvious they are made in the same factory. I use the Nolimitz 490 RDM with my 8.5 Cheetah.
