Available March 2009!
With the Warp F2009 Kai Hopf introduces a revolutionary way of putting profile into the sail. We call this the INDEPENDENT.SHAPING.CONCEPT. Instead of having one shape for the whole sail (body and sleeve) Kai now works with 2 separate (independent) shapings for the sail body and the sleeve. Even though this means twice the design time/effort for Kai the advantages of this shaping concept are a break-through in sail design as it enables Kai to also create different tensions of these 2 parts of the sail:
- The sail body tension is still pretty high plus oriented towards the internal leading edge. Through the leading edge oriented sail body shaping the Warp F2009 rotates even better than its predecessor plus we could also improve the high end control again.
- The independent shaping enables us to use much lower tension for the mast sleeve area. This makes the Warp F2009 much more dynamic, especially when accelerating (at the start or after jibing) or going through lulls (since it needs less wind pressure now to develop forward motion). This also makes the new Warp a lot less physical to sail.
Focus on the race not on the sail
The second thing we have focused on during the development of the new Warp is to reduce the weight as much as possible. The design team has achieved this by reducing the number of battens from 8 to 7 in all sizes up to 7.0. In addition we have replaced the heavy XPly materials in the head and around the boom area with lighter (printed) monofilm. In total we were able to reduce the weight by approx. 15% compared to the Warp F2008.
To sum up the new Warp was designed to match the new PWA 6-3 rules which require that the sail covers a greater wind range. Through the INDEPENDANT.SHAPING.CONCEPT we could increase the wind range by 25% compared to last year’s Warp. In addition the sail is much less physical to sail due lower sleeve tension and the reduced overall weight.
Attention: All tech data subject to alteration
| Size | Boom max (m) | Luff max (m) | Vario Top | Battens | Camber | IMCS | Best Mast | Best/Alt. Length (cm) | Design Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | 1.79 | 4.08 | -- | 7 | 4 | 18 - 20 | **** | 400 | Slalom |
| 5.7 | 1.85 | 4.32 | -- | 7 | 4 | 20 - 22 | **** | 430 | Slalom |
| 6.3 | 1.93 | 4.52 | -- | 7 | 4 | 20 - 22 | **** | 430 | Slalom |
| 7.0 | 2.06 | 4.78 | -- | 7 | 4 | 24 - 26 | **** | 460 | Slalom |
| 8.0 | 2.25 | 5.08 | -- | 8 | 4 | 25 - 26 | **** | 460+CX40 | Slalom |
| 9.0 | 2.42 | 5.28 | -- | 8 | 4 | 30 - 32 | **** | 520 | Slalom |
| 9.8 | 2.51 | 5.54 | -- | 8 | 4 | 30 - 32 | **** | 520 | Slalom-Formula |
| 11.0 | 2.62 | 5.80 | -- | 8 | 5 | 35 - 37 | **** | 550 | Formula |
| 12.0 | 2.78 | 6.06 | -- | 8 | 5 | 35 - 37 | **** | 550+CX | Formula |
** Platinum Series ** Gold Series
CX = Carbon.Xtender 40 or 50cm
CX40 = Carbon.Xtender 40cm
CX30 = Carbon.Xtender RDM 30cm
