Ezzy 2007 Wave SE

David Ezzy Explains

The new 2007 Wave Special Edition sails have radically more shape forward than previous sails. I am referring mainly to the two battens directly above the boom. Battens #3 and #4 have a very deep draft right behind the mast. Having this extreme shape forward gives the sails a very stable, yet powerful feeling.

The critical design feature is that the draft does not extend back. The Endo-Batten allows us to really wind up the batten tension and still keep the sail symmetrical and easy to flip. A traditional batten pocket would not work with my new profile.

The draft in the middle battens is very rigid, almost like having a cam, but the sail still has a soft feeling and flips easily. The fact that the batten is so locked makes the sails very stable.

New Rigging Concept for 2007

The required downhaul tension is much less for the 2007 sails. In fact, if you over-downhaul you kill the nice feeling. If you downhaul too much you remove a lot of the forward draft that is built into the sail.

The new sails have a huge outhaul range: from as little as 2.5 cm up to 6.5 cm. The outhaul is the main way to flatten the sail. In strong winds you use a lot of outhaul. Having a lot of positive outhaul is a good thing. It equates to how much range a sail has. Many sails on the market have one outhaul setting that varies about one centimeter either way for light or heavy wind. This means these sails will have less wind range.
Our sail, on the other hand, can be set totally bagged out or super flat. Both settings feel great.

Click here to view the video of David Ezzy rigging the 2007 SE Wave

Other Refinements

The Wave SE has new sleeve cloth this year and it has surpassed my expectations. We now have much stronger yarns in the warp and weft, plus an extra weft yarn that stops the tears from traveling up the sleeve. While testing the sleeve cloth, two of my riders broke masts at Hookipa. Neither of them tore the sleeve. What was most surprising is that both of the guys sailed their rigs back to the beach with fully broken masts and the mast sleeve material held together and did not tear. In 30 years of windsurfing I have never seen this happen, let alone twice!

Also new this year is the tack pulley. I have had many people request a pulley over the years and I finally got around to designing one. At first I looked at just using the same pulley design that Pryde and everyone else uses. After testing it I realized that it had a design flaw because the pulleys turn in opposite directions when threaded for a standard base. They need to have dividers to stop the pulleys from touching. The dividers also stop the rope from jumping a pulley while rigging.

There are other improvements as well. A new clew patch, head patch and extra reinforcement on the foot of the sail distributes load throughout the sail better. The window shape and additional leech stabilizers between battens #3 and #4 are new too.

The 6.5 and 7.0 have 6 battens (like last year) but the boom has been shortened up a bit on both to improve performance. These two sizes are called "Ezzy Wave Free-Ride Editions".

Last but not least, we have greatly enhanced the colors for 2007. All the new colors are very noticeable on the water. Feedback has been terrific.

• Designed for flat water, freestyle, side-shore, onshore, any-shore wave sailing
• Endo-Batten Construction for a symmetrical profile on both starboard and port tack
• Spectra® reinforced X Film stops rips dead in their tracks
• New foot cloth with double the Spectra® yarns, stops harness-hook punctures and board-nose tears
• Vinyl window provides maximum visibility and durability
• No monofilm
• Strong RBS® Epoxy battens
• Outhaul gauge lets you easily set the correct boom length
• Super-thick mast pad wraps around your universal and flips up for easy rigging
• Fits regular and skinny diameter constant-curve masts
• Every sail is rigged and inspected before it is shipped

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