Neil Pryde MKIV?
Roland Bauhart
sure), and was just wondering if anyone else has one. I am pretty sure
it is a racing sail(six battens, six cambers), and am just wondering if
anyone could give me a little info on it. Is it an ancestor of the Z1?
Who knows, I just sail it!
Thanks, Roland
TomBuckOb2
It is a race sail, predecessor(I think) of the VX series by NP. I have a 6.0
and it has always (for quite a long time now) been one of my favorite sails.
Tom - Chicago
Exkraut
same here! all I have left of my MkIV quiver is the 4.5 - I dread the day when
that one gives out! Incidentally, after the MkIVs came first the Races, then
the VX - neither one I liked as much as the MKIV...
Eva
Joakim Roubert
>I own a 6.8m Neil Pryde MKIV(which I think stands for Mach 4, but am not
>sure), and was just wondering if anyone else has one. I am pretty sure
>it is a racing sail(six battens, six cambers), and am just wondering if
>anyone could give me a little info on it. Is it an ancestor of the Z1?
In 1991, the Neil Pryde World Cup Slalom was the state of the art
slalom-racing sail from Neil Pryde (=the one Björn Dunkerbeck used).
1992 the next generation of this sail came, and was named MKII. This
really was a great sail, which whipped most other sails of the track.
1993, there was time for MKIII, which looked very much like the MKII,
but had better functionality. I was, like the MKII, a great sail with
full power even when not over-powered.
1994 (hmm.. wonder what happened... ;-) MKIV saw the light of the day,
and this was/is a really extreme slalom/racing sail (I have a 4.7 myself).
I would call this a ketchup-sail (nothing, nothing, EVERYTHING) -- as
you probably know, it is extremely brutal when overpowered. This was
the year of extreme loose leech, and the MKIV feels best when haning all
the way down to the boom.
1995 it was time to stop the MK-developing, and VX was created. The VX
is faster and better and not as extreme as MKIV (I have a 5.5 VX myself),
and this one is my real favourite. You can't even think of your own
name before you're planning. Full power in the whole wind range. The
same year (I think) VX LTD was the follow-up to VX, but it wasn't that
great; the mast pocket was too big (about 10 litres, I think), but that
really didn't matter, because (tam-tam)
1996 (Am I getting these years right...?) VX2 was released, and I
haven't tried this one, but I think it's wonderful. Now it also became
almost compulsary to use a 95%-carbon mast (which was recommended to the
VX2).
And then we know what happened; VX2 was replaced by VX3, and then the Z-
generation started. Hmm.. I now feel that my stuff begins to grow old.
;-)
Well, forgot to say, but all these were the sails that Björn used in
the World Cup. And there's no doubt why when you use them (but you
already noticed that, from what I could read.. ;-) ;-)
/Jokke tmw.
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tombu...@aol.com (TomBuckOb2) wrote:
> Roland:
>
> It is a race sail, predecessor(I think) of the VX series by NP. I have a 6.0
>
> Tom - Chicago
>
>
You are correct on the lineage. I believe it was the '94 model year of NP
race sails. As most race sails of that vintage, they had pretty bad low end
compared to more modern designs.
Andreas
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winds.
Very fast but a bit heavy (big luff pocket) Needs lots of downhaul and
negative outhaul.
Neil.
Roland Bauhart wrote:
>
> I own a 6.8m Neil Pryde MKIV(which I think stands for Mach 4, but am not
> sure), and was just wondering if anyone else has one. I am pretty sure
> it is a racing sail(six battens, six cambers), and am just wondering if
> anyone could give me a little info on it. Is it an ancestor of the Z1?
Joakim Roubert
>You are correct on the lineage. I believe it was the '94 model year of NP
>race sails. As most race sails of that vintage, they had pretty bad low end
>compared to more modern designs.
True.
/Jokke tmw.
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Vaughan James Sanders
<exk...@aol.com> writes
>>it has always (for quite a long time now) been one of my favorite sails.
>
>that one gives out! Incidentally, after the MkIVs came first the Races, then
>the VX - neither one I liked as much as the MKIV...
>Eva
I still use a 5m and a 5.8 MKIV, it will be a sad day if the 5m ever
gives out.
The 6m was good, but I was never struck on the larger ones, I think they
were a different cut.
Jamie
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Henrik Klagges
Vaughan James Sanders wrote:
> I still use a 5m and a 5.8 MKIV, it will be a sad day if the 5m ever
> gives out.
> The 6m was good, but I was never struck on the larger ones, I think they
> were a different cut.
Right on the money, Jamie! The smaller MKIVs (I have a 5.0) really work
well, especially on a modern (CK75, CK95) carbon mast. But the bigger
ones, like the 6.8, were just too flat to be that useful.
Cheers,
HK
PS: I also use negative outhaul on the 5.0 if the winds aren't that
strong.
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