Gaastra
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 (…)
7.8 SLALOM SAILS TESTS – POWER VS CONTROL
2014 7.8 SLALOM SAIL TEST REVIEW REPORTS It’s an age-old question. Tame and channel the power to your advantage, OR, be (arguably) smarter and choose a more (…)
WINTER STORM HERCULES – CODE BLACK
It’s likely that, in ten year’s time, U.K. wavesailors will look back on the winter of 2013-14 and talk about it in the same tones as a (…)
7.5 NO-CAM FREERACE SAIL TEST
2014 7.5 NO-CAM SAIL TEST REVIEW REPORTS PUSHING THE ENVELOPE In recent seasons, for mere mortals, it’s pretty much been proven you don’t need cams in a freerace (…)
GAASTRA SAVAGE 7.8M 2014 TEST REVIEW
GAASTRA SAVAGE 7.8M 2014 TEST REVIEW OVERVIEW Outline Short luff, squat racy outline. (Shortest luff and, due to large cut-out, shortest boom length model on the trip (…)
SCOTTISH POWER
Two huge storms headed across the North of Scotland were too much temptation for the Motley Crew to resist. The infamous Red Phone soon started flashing, a (…)
BWA RHOSNEIGR MEGA GALLERY
BWA RHOSNEIGR 8-11 May 2014 A mega forecast for the BWA Rhosneigr event drew in a record number of entrants. Hosted by Dave ‘Bucky’ Buckland from Funsport (…)
COAST – EYE OF THE NEEDLES!
Words & Photos JOHN CARTER (This feature originally appeared in the January/February 2014 issue of Windsurf Magazine. To read more features like this first, Print and Digital subscriptions are available. (…)
GAASTRA MANIC 4.7M 2014 TEST REVIEW
GAASTRA MANIC 4.7M 2014 TEST REVIEW BEST FOR All shape and sizes and board types, but a genuine hard-core sail that might attract a few heavyweights usually (…)
5.3 WAVE SAILS – POWER VS. CONTROL
Traditionally, in wavesailing terms, 5.3s were the clunky workhorses in most people’s quivers. Rigs of this size were termed as ‘power wave sails’ and often billed as (…)