SHEETIN said...
G'day all,
Just wanting know has anyone used a Severne blade sail with a X6 pryde mast.
If so how did it go.
Thanks
Ben Severne's reply to my post about rigging a Severne Gator on an X6 mast:
Hi Gazman,
As much as I'd love to get you on one of our Gator's, I gotta tell you that the mast you're intending to use is probably the least suitable of anything out there! Visually the sail would probably seem to set ok, but the flexier top section would overly loosen the upper leech giving you less bottom-end power. And the stiffer lower section wouldn't allow the lower part of the sail to beathe as intended which would make the sail stiff and back-handed in the gusts. So overall the windrange would be a substantially reduced.
The bend curve on the Pryde masts is a little unusual so the sails that'll really suit it best are Prydes. Most of the other sails that have been brought up are all designed around masts that are a little stiffer in the top, and flexier in the bottom ("constant curve").
Ben.
Also check out this post:
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=51913&SearchTerms=gator
