I'm going to heartily agree with Will on the sail information here. I
had an 8.1 Supersonic and a 7.5 Retro last year, and found I was getting
better low end with the Retro in the same conditions. Not to mention the
huge range of each Retro, improved ability to tune the sail on the
water, ease of rigging/derigging, and more durable construction. I
became a believer late last summer, and have now switched over to Retros
from 9.0 to 5.5 and am one happy camper/sailor.
Ellen
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> If your Supersonic is wearing out already, why another NP sail? Sailed
> the Diablo 7.2 last week and it's a nice sail, good top end, very smooth
> and nice looking, but my Retro 7.0 (compared back to back) had more
> power and felt like a smaller, more fun (actually jumpable) sail. If
> you read Roger Jackson's stuff on early planing you have to like what he
> says about the Retro, AND windsurf mag gave it a substantially better
> review. Do a Deja search on NP durability and I think the Sailworks
> proves itself worth the extra $$. Also check out Windsport (Canada)'s
> review of the Retro 7.5, IMHO it's a more powerful, more fun, and better
> built sail than the Diablo. Not sure of the price difference, but it's
> probably worth it. Oh yeah, did I mention the Retro is way easier to
> rig/de-rig? Well it is. Shamelessly plugging Sailworks for no personal
> gain whatsoever, just in this case I've sailed both, and one is CLEARLY
> better IMHO. Whoa, too much coffee..... gotta go.
> w
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> William S. Harper
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