Did you have both sails rigged the same way wrt gooseneck position etc?Had my sunfish out in 15 gusting to 20 today. First time in heavy winds with the racing sail.
Night and Day difference. The rec sail wanted to round up into the wind and I lost rudder control going into the wind with the gunal buried in the water.
The racing sail let me keep on the line and the rudder force was way less. I was able to keep on the edge even when the gusts really pushed and I had control. With the rec sail I had to back way off to keep control.
Hope that makes sense. I am really just learning.
Using Heron's Formula, I get 79.59 square feet for the Intensity Race Style practice sail.Isn’t the race sail a little bigger. 85 sq ft vs 75?
To expand a little on the prior posts, class-legal ILCA sails are currently made by three companies (North, Hyde and Pryde) and are under very strict control by the class.
Until recently, (class legal) Sunfish racing sails were manufactured exclusively in a North loft in Sri Lanka and sold through LaserPerformance (LP).
A year or two ago LP decided to switch sailmakers for the Sunfish which has led to a shortage. The class (ISCA) jumped in this year and has (temporarily?) legalized Sunfish sails made by North once again. These sails do not pass through LP (and do not carry the Sunfish image).
The poster said ILCA sails, not ISCA sails, are made by Pryde and Hyde.Where have you heard that Hyde and Pryde have been approved by ISCA to make class legal Sunfish sails?
The poster said ILCA sails, not ISCA sails, are made by Pryde and Hyde.