Zed,
How old were they and how did ya bust em

Have you tried an Ezzy out as well?

Severne are good in every aspect... except they use thinner mono and Xply than many.

Simmer X-Flex (or Ezzy if you must) all the way for durability

Well dunno about now but I have been seen the mono and the X-ply in the 1 y/o S1 to be thinner than in my 3 y/o Simmer X-flex
I won't dob the guy in but I was shown at a sail loft. It was obviously substandard X-ply in the foot panels.

You make awesome sails but some models were let down by thinner materials that's all. As I said... dunno about now.

You can't ignore it when you have seen it with your own eyes.... 7mil vs 5mil is obvious when compared side by side

Zed said...

Yeah they were a few years old 3 - 5 yrs. 2 were me landing on sail, other was a pulley ripping out.

3-5 years probably exceeds the life expectancy of most sails given regular use.. You landing on them would not be considered reasonable use either (they make trampolines for that..)

You're going to have to buy new masts as well if you change from NP.. It's a cunning marketing trap on their part..

Still, new gear is always nice.

Ben Severne said...

What, what? We use thinner monofilm and xply than other brands? News to me...

The Blade has a high density Dyneema xply in the foot panel, a Spectra/Kevlar blend in the window xply, then the upper panels have a twisted kevlar/polyester metalized xply. No monofilm panels at all.

Sorry to talk my own stuff up, but that comment got me! All good though...

I wonder when Pryde will post on this forum? I don't think you should apologise for explaining that someone incorrectly described your products. (I don't know anything about Severne sails so won't/can't comment either way)

I became an "anti-Pryde" man cos they appeared more fragile than others in my past experience when a couple of them bust far too early, but then along came a great deal on a 5.0 2006 Combat and I just had to give it a go (well, it does look like sex on a stick). And i gotta be honest, sailing-wise the Combat 5.0 is my current fave. Having said that...

1) I'd never had a pulley rip out of the sail in 11 years of sailing until exactly that happened with my Combat on a 25knotSE and building day at Sth Ricketts (Melb) recently. Funny thing is that i'd changed over my hacked up old downhaul rope in the car park just that session, so when everything went "BANG!" and the sail went into severe limp home mode I was stuffed if i could work out what had happened...
2) Havent sailed a Severne Blade, but have heard great things about them from several people, and you cant swing a cat in Geraldton without hitting one. (Plus you get a suntan from the silver coating...)

if you want strong don't rule out Sailworks, the revo's are strong as hell, haven't seen one damaged for about 5 years and that one was from a head high close out onto some rocks, the most i've seen these days with the new materials is harness hook dents, some 1cm deep and no hole.. the "08" i got the other day are heaps powerful. but i did see some new severne sails the other day, they look pretty hot. it appears they have sorted the dodgy mast sleeve prob from a few years back too..

um im just going to put my two bobs in.... in the end its all in the sailior!!!new strong gear is really nice! and lets face it a 06 any brand kit is better then a 1997 kit. i sail with a guy who has a 2000 pryde... he overtakes me without even blinking an eye! fight all u like! al companies are out there to make MONEY. some more then others!!!

P.S i love pryde... all there sails look so sexy......