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by **Sting-a-ling-a-ding-do** » Wed, 24 May 1995 04:00:00

I was wondering what the concensus might be on the subject of sails. In a
perfect world we would have sails that are the performace of Neil Pryde, and
the price of World Sails.

What sails give you the most performace for the least dollar? And if
you were to use Neil Pryde as a yard stick how would they compare?

Thanks,

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by **NLW TFW** » Fri, 26 May 1995 04:00:00

Marc --
Which direction are you sailing? Upwind, it's hard to beat the VX. But
it's worth the typical race sail hassles only if you compete at serious
levels.

In the B&J and slalom regimes, PWR testers strongly preferred World Sails
over Pryde's New Wave and NR Slalom sails. So you can get two pieces of
cake for the price of one, and eat it, too. The World Sails offered much
greater draft stability than either Pryde, and the New Wave was hurting
for low end power.

I bought a new World Sails 6.5 after testing one for PWR and seeing the
other testers' reports on it and the smaller World Sails. If my Hurricane
5.2 is not powered up consistently, I go straight to my WS 6.5 for
consistent planing, snappy boom-to-boom jibes, and no fear of any draft
drift until spray is getting lifted off the water in the gusts. For $352
list.

Look at the construction and materials and judge for yourself. Sail World
uses top materials and rugged construction -- more of both than most
production sails. So why are they do damn inexpensive? No team riders to
support, minimal advertising, no middlemen. There are no hands being held
out between the factory and the retailer.

Who, me, working for World Sails? Naw, I just love 'em. And I've tested
well over a hundred sails the past 3 years.
Good luck.
Mike Fick

by **Stev** » Sat, 27 May 1995 04:00:00

Quote:

>Who, me, working for World Sails? Naw, I just love 'em. And I've tested
>well over a hundred sails the past 3 years.
>Good luck.
>Mike Fick

I was hoping you could tell me how many cams their sails have? Also if
you have some pull with the company maybe you could suggest the idea of
making some larger sizes like something in the 8.3 range.

Thanks,
Steve

by **NLW TFW** » Sun, 28 May 1995 04:00:00

Steve --
Their line switches from one to two cams at the 5.5 sail, if I remember
correctly. That's another reason they're so inexpensive; rather than
design two whole lines, they just carry the same objectives and design
philosophy through their whole line, so they don't have to rethink the
sails from tiny to mongo. They aren't just upsized; the single-cam and
twin-cam sails are different, as they should be, but not so different as
to require sailor adaptation or designer nightmares.

Naaa, I'm just a buyer just like you and everyone else. Get your friends
who also use big sails like that to vote with your phone calls and bucks.
If the demand's there, and an 8+ doesn't require redesigning things, Jim
may consider building bigger sails.
Luck.
Mike

by **Steve Hon** » Wed, 31 May 1995 04:00:00

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|> I was wondering what the concensus might be on the subject of sails. In a
|> perfect world we would have sails that are the performace of Neil Pryde, and
|> the price of World Sails.
|

Marc,

From everything I've read and heard the World Sails are very good
performers and they are durable. The list price of these sails is much less
than the list price of the Neil Prydes. However, don't be too fooled
by list price. The list price of the Sailworks Bravo is $485.00 compared
to $360.00 or so for the World Sails. You can get a Sailworks Bravo
right now at your local windsurf shop (try NH Hobie/Windsurf) for about
the same price (maybe a little more) as a World Sails. In doing so you will
be supporting your local shop and be able to rig the sail on your mast before
you buy the sail. I have not tried the Bravo yet but have 3 of the Sailworks
race sails and can tell you they are very good sails. As far as
durability goes, my experience is that the Sailworks are more durable
than Neil Pryde and Sailworks stands behind their sails better than
Neil Pryde.

Steven J. Honey

WSI Corporation

Mistral Screamer, Wind+Surf 8'6" Custom
Sailworks Sails

by **Windad** » Sat, 10 Jun 1995 04:00:00

Another point worth mentioning is the resale value of the sails.
When I started I had purchased two Aerotech sails, which were ok RAF
sails. But when it came time to move on I could only get $25 each, and
they were not heavily used.

Now I sail primarily North, and for the extra $100, if that much,
original purchace price, I can get about $100+, for a more heavily used,
but good condition sail. A higher resale percentage and it is much more
satisfing to get $100, now all I need is another $350 for that new Prisma.
(HA)

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