F2 Insolvent

effeminacy rules the market. male population emphasizes feminine part of their personalities, becomes more gently and stylish. market of "hard, powerfull and functional, performance oriented" brands as f2, north, mistral, most american brands shrinks. survives brands that has chinese, african, arabic or at the worst case italian look. the brands that talks to feminine part of man

[Ola_H]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

effeminacy rules the market. male population emphasizes feminine part of their personalities, becomes more gently and stylish. market of "hard, powerfull and functional, performance oriented" brands as f2, north, mistral, most american brands shrinks. survives brands that has chinese, african, arabic or at the worst case italian look. the brands that talks to feminine part of man

Wow, that's what I call an analysis.

[Anowan]

ROTFL Ola

To Dr Doom : Bic, GunSails and Hifly are doing very very well, thanks for them

Originally Posted by Anowan

ROTFL Ola

To Dr Doom : Bic, GunSails and Hifly are doing very very well, thanks for them

As far as I remember: The first Hifly (which was one of the most succesfull board manufacturers in the eighties) did actually went bankrupt. The name Hifly was later bought by the present manufacturer.

Yes if you liked sailing boards made of washing up bowls.
They were great if you wanted to drag kids about over shingle sand glass bricks etc etc.Think the term was variable rocker line.They bent quite a bit;especially in warm climes.
Sailed my mates (555; anybody else remember that !!!) and you could feel it flexing over chop/ripples.You could even look behind you and see boards vibration affecing wake ! (Really !)
They did fill a market at time though ! (Think they had first "fat head" sail too !;the 555 came with a 7.2 (unheard of those days;it was a 6.6 regatta with a "fat head" )
Couldn`t match Sailboard Sport or F2 Lightning though !
All gone now !!!????

[Philip]

Ten Cate
De Vries (sails)
Bombora
Tyronsea (Australia - as a board maker)
Windrush (Australia)
Cobra (as a board brand)

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Yes if you liked sailing boards made of washing up bowls.
They were great if you wanted to drag kids about over shingle sand glass bricks etc etc.Think the term was variable rocker line.They bent quite a bit;especially in warm climes.
Sailed my mates (555; anybody else remember that !!!) and you could feel it flexing over chop/ripples.You could even look behind you and see boards vibration affecing wake ! (Really !)
They did fill a market at time though ! (Think they had first "fat head" sail too !;the 555 came with a 7.2 (unheard of those days;it was a 6.6 regatta with a "fat head" )
Couldn`t match Sailboard Sport or F2 Lightning though !
All gone now !!!????

I actually meant succesfull in number of boards sold (exceeding 35.000 per year). I once had a 555 myself, but they also had a epoxy line, and they were at least as sophisticated as F2 at that time - and also very succesfull in racing. By the way, aren't we a little off topic now.

Waddel Sails
Seatrend
JB Sails
Obrien
Dufour
Windsurfer
UP
Berky Composites
Northshore Maui

Maui sails?

[steveC]

I think that poster #19 must be smoking something caustic to brain cells. Although I'm not sailing MS sails, I think that some of their products (like their carbon booms and detail components) are the benchmark in the industry.

Frankly, even though I'm light on experience with Barry Spanier's sail designs, if I was going to experiment with a different sail brand, MS would be one of my prime picks.