Select to expand quotephiln said..Gestalt said..
You know what this means... review incoming 
Nope, it means guaranteed no wind. :-(
Select to expand quoteJohn340 said..Gestalt said..
How many battens?
3.5, the same as the Gen 2
Cool thx. Do you know what's different.
Select to expand quoteGestalt said..John340 said..Gestalt said..
How many battens?
3.5, the same as the Gen 2
Cool thx. Do you know what's different.
Only what I can see in the photo. A slightly larger window and colour change. I also suspect a change in reinforcement layup.
Select to expand quoteGestalt said..
Lucas meldrums new vid looks promising.. could be the new board sponsor though.
Very interesting podcast with more details on the plan with 3Di and the traditional race sails North is using this season.
Well, I've jumped off the deep end and placed an order for 5.2, 6.0 & 6.8 3Di Gen 3 Race sails. ETA in about 6 weeks (coming by slow mail from The Netherlands). I own a quiver and love the 3Di Gen 2 Wave Sails and can wait to try the Race sails.
Select to expand quoteJohn340 said..
Well, I've jumped off the deep end and placed an order for 5.2, 6.0 & 6.8 3Di Gen 3 Race sails. ETA in about 6 weeks (coming by slow mail from The Netherlands). I own a quiver and love the 3Di Gen 2 Wave Sails and can wait to try the Race sails.
Sick!!
Select to expand quotesheddweller said..
5 years isn't long enough to develop a race sail? PMSL! ??
Its not like they have started from scratch and are new to the sport, the team bring years of experience and the 3di technology has been developed over the past 30 years. The guys from Phantom are also on board and have great past results, they may not nail it in the first year but I reckon they will get it together really quickly.
Select to expand quotesheddweller said..
5 years isn't long enough to develop a race sail? PMSL! ??
I think this is a function of the 3d production process as opposed to the traditional sail loft approach. Vincent mentioned something like a 6-month turnaround time for a proto; even if exaggerated a bit, that is clearly of a totally different order of magnitude than what small lofts like... Loft (in Tarifa), P7 (Garda) or Duotone (Maui) can do: build, test, adjust, retest... easily within 24h or less.
Select to expand quotebel29 said..sheddweller said..
5 years isn't long enough to develop a race sail? PMSL! ??
I think this is a function of the 3d production process as opposed to the traditional sail loft approach. Vincent mentioned something like a 6-month turnaround time for a proto; even if exaggerated a bit, that is clearly of a totally different order of magnitude than what small lofts like... Loft (in Tarifa), P7 (Garda) or Duotone (Maui) can do: build, test, adjust, retest... easily within 24h or less.
Yup. That is exactly the point why the time lines are longer. Can't see that working long term.
ben severne can build a sail and be on the water the next day testing.
also let's not forget the non pwa market is loving the 3di sails. It cannot be denied there is something there. Plus , talk that any mast can be used.. that in itself is significant.
Select to expand quotealso let's not forget the non pwa market is loving the 3di sails. It cannot be denied there is something there. Plus , talk that any mast can be used.. that in itself is significant.
Apparently Goya is the perfect fit.
Select to expand quotephiln said..also let's not forget the non pwa market is loving the 3di sails. It cannot be denied there is something there. Plus , talk that any mast can be used.. that in itself is significant.
Apparently Goya is the perfect fit.
Also know people using np masts happily. I think John above is using different masts. Maybe john you can chime in??
Select to expand quoteGestalt said..philn said..also let's not forget the non pwa market is loving the 3di sails. It cannot be denied there is something there. Plus , talk that any mast can be used.. that in itself is significant.
Apparently Goya is the perfect fit.
Also know people using np masts happily. I think John above is using different masts. Maybe john you can chime in??
I want to use my power xt extensions so I'm going to try my Duotone & KA SDM & RDM masts to see if they work. If not, then I'll get the north 430 MDM which fits both the 6.0 and 6.8.
