Guest Chris Batchelor Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 After months of devlopment and testing North Sails One Design USA has released an amazing set of F-18 sails to the open market. Please visit http://www.onedesign.com/class/f18/f18.html for more information Regards Chris Batchelor North Sails R/D USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 And what may i ask makes them so amazing??? they look pretty normal to me, and as for North's succesful Tornado mains, i have never seen one that was any good. nice yacht sails though, 3dl is funky stuff, would like to see a f18 main using that technique..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowdy Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 North sails Australia has also been developing sails for the F18 in thier Brisbane loft. Our latest main won the may day regatta at Yeppoon. To our knowlege 3DL f18 sails are still a long way off being competitive against the paneled versions for a number of reasons. I think you would find that our tornado sails are on the pace. Maybe you would like to try some Macca. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmessee Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 You are wasting your time. You should be developing a new rig for the Maricat 4.3 fella's. Let's try the T sails Macca! [This message has been edited by Emmessee (edited 14 May 2004).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Rowdy, I remember Nico had a couple of mains by North when he was sailing T's in 94-96, they were ok but in essence we just a copy of the benchmark Ullman Zuccoli main. I kow North are having a bit of a go with some guys in Europe now but they are still a bit of a way off the range that the zuccoli has. might be better to focus on the F18, there is a lot more room for improvement and development there. I would be interested to see what North could do with an F18 main, and I know some other lofts are working on a "moulded" sail for the F18 as the rules allow it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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