Rigged on one of the brand’s Broomstick 90% masts and set for light airs, the Slayer requires minimal downhaul and only a little outhaul (in Bouke’s own words: “The sails like it to be rigged “bad”!”). This is the first opportunity we have had to test a Witchcraft sail, and have to say we were mightily impressed with the Slayer´s vast tuning range, employing both rotation and seam shaping to significantly alters its character between its various “sets”. uk test november 2018 on the Slayer 5.0: Especially in combination with our Wave V4 or V5, both board and sail enhance eachothers performance. The Slayer is best paired with the more dedicated high grip wave boards like our Wave, Haka or Reaper or similar boards from other brands. More drive and control in the bottom turn can be set very grunty for float n ride conditions A sail that keeps its shape feels lighter than a physically light sail that can´t keep its shape as well, either because its overstretched, less seam shape or has less battens. The sail is built to handle getting washed by waves, without ripping or overstretching and loosing it´s crisp feel. It also makes water starting between waves, where there is less wind down below, easier and faster to get out of trouble.Īs we are very experienced sail repairers as well, we can safely say that you will not be able to find a better built sail. The Slayer has the centre of effort located higher and forwards, placing the rider into a more upright, manoeuvre-oriented position and moving the sail around in turns has more effect. As luff length is more important than plain area, higher aspect sails are more efficient so you can rig around 0.3 to 0.5m² smaller than with other brands. The higher aspect ratio also keeps the boom shorter and gives more room to maneouvre the sail, to be able to lean it more into the turn without having to change its angle, allowing to make tighter turns and get closer to the lip. The dacron luff panel and PVC window gives a softer feel with the ability to go neutral allowing the rider to concentrate on the wave and not the sail. So in effect the whole range covers a bigger wind range than the sizes indicate. Our teamriders in Pozo did not want to have to go down to too small a size, you still want something in your hands, so the smaller sizes are increasingly designed for high wind control. The smaller sizes are flatter to handle high winds better. Heavy sailors love the power, light sailors love the stable predictable behaviour and precision. Set flatter, the Slayer becomes more direct, yet still smooth and stable. In its fuller setting, the power delivery is very smooth and the sail can still depower well as battens want to flatten by themselves.
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Because the sail has a full shape which pulls all the time, so this makes one feel pumping has less effect but in float n ride conditions, you can´t be pumping all the time anyway. Like this it delivers a lot more power, even when you think it´s too light to go out. Even higher up it gets shape where there is more wind, especially between waves. So the bigger sizes are also very good for float n ride, when set full the Slayer has a “turbo boost”. It is quite unique with a morphing seam shape through the range, with each size up, seam shape increases slightly to allow you to take a smaller big size. You can make tighter harder driven bottom turns than you could before without getting thrown off balance. The Slayer´s higher aspect ratio also gives more power on the rail to drive the board. Like where motocross has moved away from the more direct but nervous 2 stroke engines to 4 stroke engines, we wanted the sails power delivery to be very smooth and stable to be able to do more with the wave and hit the lip where you want to hit it. Don´t expect a flicky sail, the Slayer means serious business, aimed to delivery stable reliable power. The Slayer was born for solid wave sailing and riding.
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