After many years of an older sail (circ 1988) I bought a new sail this year and after all the talk of Hyde vs North, I decided to spend the extra $85 and get the Hyde and be done with it. This way there was no second thinking or people telling me I should have got this or should have got that....it is only money anyways and better safe than sorry.
The problem is that when I used it for the first time in a regatta this past weekend the new sail was horrible. It was very windy 15-20 and I could not depower it and was more bagged out than my old sail. The problem is that I could not crank on the cunningham and it bunches up around the gooseneck with nowhere to go.
Once on shore, I laid the 2 sails over each other and the older sail was 2 inches shorter in height. When I compared it to a brand new North bought by a friend this year from the same place, it too was at least a full inch shorter than my Hyde and none of the seams matched up either.
If I went to a serious regatta and they measured my sail, mine would not be spec as it is larger.
What is going on here...I thought that this was a strict one design??? Now I have a full rig sail that is bigger than everyone else's but unable to be de-powered.
Do I have a case here for a replacement?
By the way, for all the talk that the cloth is the same, it is not, the Hyde feels stiffer and thicker and is a creamier colour than the North which is a brighter white
The problem is that when I used it for the first time in a regatta this past weekend the new sail was horrible. It was very windy 15-20 and I could not depower it and was more bagged out than my old sail. The problem is that I could not crank on the cunningham and it bunches up around the gooseneck with nowhere to go.
Once on shore, I laid the 2 sails over each other and the older sail was 2 inches shorter in height. When I compared it to a brand new North bought by a friend this year from the same place, it too was at least a full inch shorter than my Hyde and none of the seams matched up either.
If I went to a serious regatta and they measured my sail, mine would not be spec as it is larger.
What is going on here...I thought that this was a strict one design??? Now I have a full rig sail that is bigger than everyone else's but unable to be de-powered.
Do I have a case here for a replacement?
By the way, for all the talk that the cloth is the same, it is not, the Hyde feels stiffer and thicker and is a creamier colour than the North which is a brighter white