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by **Glenn Woodel** » Sun, 01 Oct 2006 11:05:08

I just unpacked my new SE Wave 5.2. This has always been my favorite
sail. The bags are yellow this year but the same otherwise. The tack
strap wraps up the sail as in previous years. What was very obviously
different was the integrated tack pulley. It's beefier and larger than
those I have seen on other sails and the rollers actually roll.

The window seems to be a little smaller than in the past. The leech
ends of the batten pockets have what looks like an extra layer of
material to protect against abrasion. The colors are much better
looking than the art work I had seen of them before. This sail is
red/yellow with some black accents.

I doubt I'll have enough wind over the next few days to get to try it
out but I'll rig it up and get it properly tuned in advance.

My 6.5 Infinity got left on the FedEx truck so I'll probably not even
get to see it until Monday. Of course I'll probably have had enough
wind to have been able to use it over the weekend. Go figure huh?

Glenn

by **Brian M** » Sun, 01 Oct 2006 19:43:20

Just out of curiousity, tell us how it rigs. I watched a friend rig
his 2007 Ezzy Wave SE 6.0 on the beach last weekend. He used a 430
Nolimitz wave mast. The only thing that look strange to me was when he
downhauled the sail, the battens had a huge curve at the luff (they
wouldn't go up to the mast at all), it was like they wouldn't
straighten out and stick close to the mast. It's like the luff didn't
rotate. Maybe it was because the sail was so new and the luff
material hadn't loosened up yet. They straightened out when he put
the outhaul on. Anyway, this looked odd. I was wondering if the mast
was right for the sail. I was relieved when he put the boom on, as I
thought the curve was severe enough that the batten ends would break.
Anyway, this may have been caused by us rigging the sail. I haven't
had an Ezzy in years, and it was his first one, so it could be a case
of the blind leading the blind on rigging that particular sail.

You right, that is one heck of a tack pulley on the sail!!!
Bombproof!!! Nice colors on the sail.

Bri

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:05:08 -0400, Glenn Woodell

Quote:

>I just unpacked my new SE Wave 5.2. This has always been my favorite
>sail. The bags are yellow this year but the same otherwise. The tack
>strap wraps up the sail as in previous years. What was very obviously
>different was the integrated tack pulley. It's beefier and larger than
>those I have seen on other sails and the rollers actually roll.

>The window seems to be a little smaller than in the past. The leech
>ends of the batten pockets have what looks like an extra layer of
>material to protect against abrasion. The colors are much better
>looking than the art work I had seen of them before. This sail is
>red/yellow with some black accents.

>I doubt I'll have enough wind over the next few days to get to try it
>out but I'll rig it up and get it properly tuned in advance.

>My 6.5 Infinity got left on the FedEx truck so I'll probably not even
>get to see it until Monday. Of course I'll probably have had enough
>wind to have been able to use it over the weekend. Go figure huh?

>Glenn

by **The Do** » Sun, 01 Oct 2006 22:04:34

I've not played with the new SE's yet, but I've got a couple of
sessions on the 2007 Infinity 7.5. Like the SE, the Infinity is
supposed to be a huge, draft forward design. Most of the tuning in
accomplished with the outhaul. Unlike many of the sails I've ridden, I
was able to run the downhaul through what looked like the entire range
of adjustment without changing the mast extension.

As for rotation, the Infinity goes with almost zero effort. Not one in
50 plus jibes did I have to pop the sail. It was always ready when I
went to sheet in. Bottom end grunt is exceptional and the top end
seems very good (wind was gusty/marginal so I never got a prolonged
overpowered ride).

Rigging seems easier than older Ezzys. I was able to one-hand the
downhaul. Cams popped on easily. No problems.

Two paws up.

Dog

Quote:

> Just out of curiousity, tell us how it rigs. I watched a friend rig
> his 2007 Ezzy Wave SE 6.0 on the beach last weekend. He used a 430
> Nolimitz wave mast. The only thing that look strange to me was when he
> downhauled the sail, the battens had a huge curve at the luff (they
> wouldn't go up to the mast at all), it was like they wouldn't
> straighten out and stick close to the mast. It's like the luff didn't
> rotate. Maybe it was because the sail was so new and the luff
> material hadn't loosened up yet. They straightened out when he put
> the outhaul on. Anyway, this looked odd. I was wondering if the mast
> was right for the sail. I was relieved when he put the boom on, as I
> thought the curve was severe enough that the batten ends would break.
> Anyway, this may have been caused by us rigging the sail. I haven't
> had an Ezzy in years, and it was his first one, so it could be a case
> of the blind leading the blind on rigging that particular sail.

> You right, that is one heck of a tack pulley on the sail!!!
> Bombproof!!! Nice colors on the sail.

> Bri

by **Glenn Woodel** » Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:10:43

Quote:

>Just out of curiousity, tell us how it rigs. I watched a friend rig
>his 2007 Ezzy Wave SE 6.0 on the beach last weekend. He used a 430
>Nolimitz wave mast. The only thing that look strange to me was when he
>downhauled the sail, the battens had a huge curve at the luff (they
>wouldn't go up to the mast at all), it was like they wouldn't
>straighten out and stick close to the mast. It's like the luff didn't
>rotate. Maybe it was because the sail was so new and the luff
>material hadn't loosened up yet. They straightened out when he put
>the outhaul on. Anyway, this looked odd.

I just rigged up my 5.2 SE Wave and my 6.5 Infinity. Pictures coming
soon. The 5.2 rigged as you described. I rigged mine on the
Ezzy/NoLimitz 430 top and 400 bottom, the recommended mast. Like
always, a rig on the ground is quite different from a rig in proper
wind so for now I have no real opinion on this luff shape. Hopefully
I'll get to try it out on the water later this week.

Other observations are that the force required for downhaul seemed to
be about the same as previous years. Maybe this will relax a little
once the sail has been broken in. The leech looked about the same as
last year so I'm acxious to get it on the water to see if the draft is
any different.

I will say that the colors are much brighter than that of the artwork
I had seen.

I'll get my pictures posted as soon as I can.

Glenn

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