Planchemag 2005 - March/April
Tested: The LIP Wave Concept | Size 5.2
Also tested sails:
Aerotech Phantom 5.3 / Arrows Flight 5.4 / Gaastra Poison 5.4 / Gun Wave MC 5.3 / Naish Force 5.3 / Neil Pryde Search 5.4 / North Sails Duke 5.4 / Severne Blade 5.3 / Simmer Style Crossover 5.3
STABILITY AND SOLIDITY IN ANY TEST
The design
The Loft Lip offers pure sail lines. Its structure is 100% X-Ply and its complete upperworks make it one of the most robust, if not THE most robust of this group. The Loft Lip is "top-of-the-range".
Team point of view
Recommended to sit on a 400cm RDM, the Lip is a powerful sail that delivers a large feeling of stability. Stability is based on the exemplary work of the tip. With the fine and flexible time in control, it forms part of this sails' super fast performance and very is handy in manoeuvres.
The Lip is very easy and neutral when surfing waves, and has the possibility of accelerating when one wants. Only the true reproach that one finds to this sail, this is a weight that remains slightly over the average. It is the price to pay to obtain the best in terms of solidity for a sail which, point out it, presents an excellent quality/price ratio. Qualities which make this Loft Sails a frightening weapon in all the conditions, side or one shore.
Tester point of view - Maxime
"The Loft Lip is a very stable and very robust sail which brings much support in on shore conditions and jumps. In addition to the fact that it is a little heavy, there is a lack of visibility in the window: one sees less well than with other sails."
+ : robustness, price, wind range, neutrality/power, flexibility
- : the whole remains heavier without being embarrassing
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