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Check prices under ”specifications”:
http://www.5-oceans.com/4_batten.html
4-batten 5.0 sqm is GBP 475 in standard version and GBP 550 in technora version.
5-batten 5.0 sqm is GBP 495 in standard version and GBP 540 in technora version.
You can also contact the danish agent:
The best about custom is that you can decide the colors….. no really, I am tired of poor quality in production sails and boards, that is why I am on Flikka boards since january with great help in deciding the shape from Andreas O. Right now I’m waiting for my 3rd Flikka arriving in a couple of days together with 3 other boards for 2 friends of mine.
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We are 7 windsurfers in Denmark that have been on 5-Oceans since april and all sails are as new allthough they have taken a lot of punishment. 2 of us (not me unfortunately) have been 2 weeks on Reunion with a couple of times on the rocks – with no problems at all.
5-Oceans are not built light to sacrifice durability. The cloth that 5-Oceans uses is a high tech cloth not to compare to cheap and heavy X-ply.
One of the danish/dutch 5-Oceans windsurfers is a former sailmaker at North Sails Denmark (building sails for top sail boats around the globe, fx America Cup racers) and in his and his boss’ opinion most production windsurf sails are made of poor material and very poor craftmanship.
I have 4-batten sails from 3.4 to 5.0 and a 5-batten on 5.9. I have mostly used my 4-battens that are of standard construction. Before I had Simmer Icon 2010 sails. The 5-Ocean 4-batten has better low-end power than the Icon and the top-end is just as good. The handling is much better. Even though the mast is fairly long it rotates significantly faster in forward loops – I quess because of the low swing weight.
One of my friends just bought Hot Sails Maui Firelight in 5.3 and 4.7 and he has already smashed the one of them!
Just a couple of pics from a hangover-session in gusty off-shore wind last saturday north from Copenhagen.
http://ripandsnap.blogspot.com/2011/12/just-another-day-at-sticks-vol-2.html -
Hey Poppo,
Thanx for answer and what a nice pic (and board).
I am light like you (72 kg.) and like a very loose board like the RRD Twinwave. How is your board compared to your Goya Twin in terms of how loose it is, how fast it is and compared to that the Goya sits quite low in the water (from what I have heard)?
