Maui Sails Loco 2009

Maui Sails Loco 2009 Größe: 4,85,25,66,06,4 Dieser Produktvariant ist leider nicht vorhanden.

inkl. MwSt (19%) zzgl. Versandkosten

Rising freestyle performers are finding the Loco to be an ideal way to have excellent performance with a reasonable cost and super light weight. Freestyle as a discipline demands very specific handling characteristics. There needs to be rapid acceleration, totally dependable reaction to rapid moves, and never a chance of the sail interfering with any of the complex tricks.

The Loco benefits from the super light, stable film construction that keeps the maneuvering and speed perfect for the portfolio of complicated tricks being dreamed up on a daily basis by aggressive young talents. Added XPly™ in the clew area will help resist damage from radical moves, and the use of our new lightweight chafe pads, batten tensioners, and sleeve material all help to drive sailing weight to a minimum.

Technical Features

Shaping advantages
We continue our quest for a light feel with full power character. Last year we separated the twist and leech tension from the desired rig loading by using methods developed in the TR-3 evolution. By bringing this same methodology to the wave and freestyle sails, we felt we made big advances in the softness-with-power search. But there was still more to be had in the refinement of the designs size by size. To implement the changes in 2008 versions, we used a blanket of changes, mostly relying on numerical projection as we had done with TR-3. You have to start somewhere.

By applying the numerical progressions we were able to get very close, and second tries got even better. But as you run into your deadlines, you call the final version, and move to the next project. And then you get to use the sails from production every day. This is what drives the next round of changes… the desire for something more.

So this brings us to 2009… many months of refinement on top of the radical beginnings that drove last year. The result is feather light in the hands as all the minor tension inconsistencies are smoothed, and the main body shaping is leaned out to keep chord depth positioned and matching the twisted shape. Leech tension and driving power with a minimum of dragging forces is the result. And shape neutral handling in transitions, even for the largest sizes takes the wave and freestyle series into a whole new realm of wave performance.

6mil window mesh
In response to sailors wanting a 100% fiber laminated wave sail, we developed a material slightly thicker than was commercially available. We felt it was better to increase the laminate thickness to add to the benefit of having the fiber reinforcement. There is no weight penalty versus a 7mil film window.

Tougher sleeve
Our fiber aligned designs can take full advantage of the new sleeve material we are using. It is more resilient using tougher yarns and very resistant to reef and rock damage.

Multi-strand Kevlar™ leech reinforcements
This year we decided to change the way the leech was designed for ultimate reinforcement. In order to toughen the lower leech where wave destruction so often happens, we added six strands of Kevlar™ and attached them with sewing before adding the tape edge cover. To further add beef through the most loaded leech areas, back to back woven fiber patches take the loads first.

Pearlescent white XPly™
We were looking for something unusual that would make the graphics more potent. We had tried several times before to make a ‘sparkle’ or pearlescent characteristic, but there were always technical problems that made the end result come out looking poor. Over last year we worked steadily with our laminator and came up with an interesting solution that turns out to do a lot of good things.

First we had to laminate two layers of film with the pearl material in between. This assures the quality of the reflective and puts it away from the colored glue. Then the double layer is laminated again with the white glue and fibers sandwiched inside, making the final high-end reflective look on the bright white color. The added benefit is very high UV resistance and higher puncture and tear resistance because of the multiple layers. There is no weight penalty for this new material.

Tack chafe reinforcement
Expanding the area of chafe protection in the lower sleeve has been approached in a way that results in solid protection for the areas that take the serious damage from decks and rails, and a very lightweight solution for the areas that are seldom, if ever, impacted. The end result is saving 250g and is soft on the feet, and tough in all the right places.

New batten tensioners
First introduced with the TR-4 race sails, these new tensioners go even farther to get the leech tension and batten loading equalized near the edge of the sail. They are made of injection molded polycarbonate, and use a 10mm stainless steel screw, and are 4g lighter.

Reduced foot bead:
This saves lots of weight and still does the job, hitting shins and ankles much less hard, and being more flexible in general.

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