Hello,
i am thinking about buying MKIV-LE 7,8+6,2
Can anyone tell something about that sail?
I have heared that MKVI should be worse than MKIII. Is that true?
Thanks for advice.
I think NP's best sails were the 2008 RS Racing/ EVO 1, and the MK III RSS.
Closing the compact clew in my opinion didn't work, and completely goes against the theory of it in the 1st place.
Another Severne convert here....
I had the 6.2 and 7 MKIII's
I did'nt like the 6.2, for me it became overpowered very quickly.
The 7 was much better and in its wind range it was both early planing and quick, however it was a handful overpowered.
These sails a good light freerace sails within their wind range, if you are looking for sails for GPS in overpowered conditions then I think there are better choices.
I have an 6.2 RSR evo 1, bought from Magus and this is a great sail, handles the gusts really well and is light in the hands. I've sailed with Haggar on similar boards, him on his Rss and me on the evo and his sail was having trouble in the gusts compared to mine. Sometimes newer isn't better.....
Bender, I am looking at the RSS mark 4 LE on the web site and the recommended extention for a 7.8 is 14 cm, not 10 cm. Is the one you jumped on a prototype, or maybe printed with the wrong base ext recommendation. I have seen that before.http://racing.neilpryde.com/rs-slalom-mkiv-le/sail.html
Alot of people seem to hate the new neilprydes from about 2010 onwards. I have found them absolutely brilliant. By reading the rigging guide, Tuning it and trying many different settings ect I have found their sweet spot. Yes they are a hard sail to master getting it right. by now I have found the newer ones are getting better and better. Love using the 2011/12 rsslaloms and yet to try my rsr evo4. The neilpryde are really dependent on masts I feel as if they work better on x6 masts as well as the north gold/platinum work very well as well. The more time on the water with the sails they are really starting to prove how good they are with the new clue system as well. They dint feel much different compared to my evo2 4.7.
Bender I've had a 5.4 Alpha with incorrect extn info printed on it and a V8 with incorrect outhaul settings. So I don't doubt for a second yours said 10cm. It would explain some of the difficulty you have experienced. 
My MK4 had the incorrect settings printed on it as well, 10cm ext instead of 14cm. It was correct on the website when I looked, but not the sail. Fairly obvious when you rigged it!
However I think the R&D at Neil Pryde is lacking, given their latest innovation is 'blue' & 'LE'. Also what are thinking trying to retail the race sails for nearly $2k??
You got to remember that the settings printed on the sails are only a starting point or guide, when rigging my sails I watch the leech twist off while downhauling and stopping once I get enough/less twist for the conditions.
Some of the major manufacturers could do themselves a favour by winding back the prices of their race sails, put simply they are pricing themselves out of the market and the only people using their gear will be team riders.
