I got a new Severne
9.5 Raceboard sail two days before the
Dam Jam. The cut is slightly different than my previous sail, and it now features more monofilm and less of the x-ply material that used to be used throughout the sail. The new sail also adds a 4th camber inducer (3 above the boom, 1 below). It feels a bit crisper now and is probably a bit lighter. I still need to adjust the cam and batten tension a bit to improve the rotation, but this is common with any new race sail.
I hope to have everything ironed out with the sail for
US Nationals in Worthington, MN in a few weeks.
Check out some pictures of the new 9.5 as well as some of the previous model.
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| My previous 9.5 Raceboard sail (2012 model year) |
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| New 9.5 Raceboard sail (2014 model year) |
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| Gliding downwind in light wind |
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| Heading upwind in a stiff breeze. US292 is on a 2012 9.5 Raceboard. I'm sheeted out a bit to bear off since the puff lifted us above the layline. |
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