Imax1 said..vosadrian said..Imax1 said..vosadrian said..
Probably not an issue with these masts, but NP slightly reduced the diameter of their SDM masts at one point and then the sails were also made to work with the slightly reduced diamter mast. I did not realise this at first and found my newer sails were not rotating on the cams well and researched and found this info out and got a new mast and the sail now rotates beautifully. The sails seems to rig nicely on the old masts still in terms of sail shap etc. but the cam just had a lot of resistance.
I bet your talking about V8s ?
Yep.... I got a late model (24?) V8 6.2 and 7.2 and both seemed to rig well on my old masts but would not rotate well. I knew nothing about the change and may not have gotten the sails if I did know. I ended up replacing my 430 and 460 with later masts and all good now. But I really only stuck with the NP V8s when I got them as I figured I had the matching masts so should get NP sails. Then I had to change the masts anyway! I get everything used anyway, so cost was bearable.
You now have a very nice sail and mast combo. When its windy , I give them a lot of downhaul, even though I'm heavy. Then they feel light for a cammed sail.
Yeah, I like the setup. The 6.2 works realy well and have used it in up to about 30 knots up to around 35knot 2s on Botnay Bay. I do have some issues with tuning the gear so I am not pulling my front foot out of the strap. Not sure if that is my technique or something not working well with my equipment. I can tune to avoid that, but involves base forward and boom down which stops the board flying as well.
