Gaastra
GA SAILS PHANTOM 7.8M 2015 TEST REVIEW
GA SAILS PHANTOM 7.8M 2015 TEST REVIEW OVERVIEW The Phantom is surprisingly straightforward to rig for a sail with a deep luff sleeve. With pockets on both (…)
ROSS WILLIAMS – WIGHT WINTER !
ROSS WILLIAMS – WIGHT WINTER ! For the first time in seventeen years, Britain’s number one all-rounder, Ross Williams, made the decision to drop his normal winter (…)
COAST – OUT OF THE BLUE
COAST – OUT OF THE BLUE Many wave hungry sailors have faced those barren stretches of windless forecasts and then spotted a tiny glitch on the weather (…)
7.5M CAMMED SAIL TEST 2015
THE WINGS OF A DOVE – 7.5M CAMMED SAIL TEST 2015 Test Editor Tris Best // Second Testers MAURIN ROTTENWALTER, JOE NORTH Photos ANDY STALLMAN // Test Location (…)
GAASTRA CROSS 5.6M 2015 TEST REVIEW
GAASTRA CROSS 5.6M 2015 TEST REVIEW OVERVIEW The Cross is the smallest sail on this test, both in terms of quoted sail area, as well as luff (…)
5.7M CROSSOVER SAIL TEST 2015
5.7M CROSSOVER SAIL TEST 2015 Board testing is a relatively straight forward affair, being easy to control variables as you experiment with different set-ups in changeable conditions. Sail (…)
GAASTRA POISON 5.4M 2015 TEST REVIEW REPORT
GAASTRA POISON 5.4M 2015 TEST REVIEW REPORT OVERVIEW ‘GA Sails from Gaastra’ have re-vamped the popular Poison powerhouse with a new reduced seam outline and batten layout (…)
GAASTRA VAPOR 7.9M 2014 TEST REVIEW REPORT
GAASTRA VAPOR 7.9M 2014 TEST REVIEW REPORT OVERVIEW The Vapor is Gaastra’s flagship slalom and Formula racing sail that sits alongside the Phantom twin cam freerace and (…)
COAST – WALES MISSION – THE GOWER HOUR!
December 2013 just has to go down as the most consistent months for UK wave sailing in decades. With low-pressure systems lined up in an orderly queue (…)
5.3M WAVE SAIL TEST 2015
DECEPTIVE POWER 5.3m Wave Sail Test 2015 More marginal wind on a wave test trip had us really testing the bottom-end of this selection of the latest (…)
GAASTRA COSMIC 8.0M 2014 TEST REVIEW REPORT
Gaastra Cosmic 8.0m 2014 Test Review Report OVERVIEW Gaastra – or GA Sails as they’re re-branding themselves – have two twin cams on the market. The Phantom (…)
6.0M CROSSOVER SAIL TEST 2014
READY FOR ANYTHING 6.0m Crossover sail test 2014 Crossover sails probably have the most demanding brief of all brands’ development programs. As the clichéd ‘Swiss Army Knife’ (…)
GAASTRA CROSS 6.0M 2014 TEST REVIEW REPORT
Gaastra Cross 6.0m 2014 Test Review Report THE LOW-DOWN Gaastra have re-worked the Cross range for this season and thrown quite a lot of expensive materials and (…)
COAST – A DETOUR TO IRELAND
COAST – A DETOUR TO IRELAND – ROAD TRIPPIN’ Fifty-six and a half hours on the road with JC and the Motley Crew! Ever had everything organized (…)
7.5 – 8.0M TWIN CAM SAIL TEST 2014
HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE 7.5 – 8.0m Twin Cam sail test 2014 After taking a bunch of no-cam freerace sails (7.5s, see April 2014 issue), we questioned why (…)