Neil Pryde HellCat

ITS ONE HOT RIDE. New for 2008, the HELLCAT is a no-cam freerace sail designed for speed and acceleration.

IT’S ONE HOT RIDE.

New for 2008, the HELLCAT is a no-cam freerace sail designed for speed and acceleration. With race sail inspired shaping and outline, the HELLCAT is lightweight, planes easily and is quick to accelerate to top speed. The camberless design ensures the HELLCAT is easy to rig, handles smoothly with a soft easy rotation and is the most manoeuvrable sail in the 2008 NeilPryde flatwater collection. So, whether you’re blasting with your friends or fine tuning your slalom gybes, the HELLCAT is one hot ride.

• Using a classic flatwater outline with a longer boom and increased foot area, - relative to a wave or crossover sail - to promote speed. This, in conjunction with the Compact Boom Concept, delivers more controllable power. Refer to page 72 for more details on the Compact Boom Concept.
• Reducing the luff-curve to allow the sail to ‘inflate’ rapidly when exiting gybes or sailing into a gust therefore ensuring responsiveness and acceleration.
• The introduction of a ‘hollow’ leech to promote draft stability, and help prevent the mid-leech from ‘blowing out’ and distorting the profile of the sail.
• Increased shaping (relative to the Saber) in the bottom of the sail to ensure good low-end power, acceleration and draft stability.
• Reducing the surface area in the head of the sail to assist in achieving power with control. This redistribution of surface area ‘down’ the sail effectively reduces the aspect ratio, making the size of the "power triangle" (an imaginary triangle that joins the tip of the mast, the clew and the foot) smaller and bringing it closer to the rider delivering a significant increase in control.
• The HELLCAT’s luff pocket has been designed to easily accommodate wider diameter masts (X3 & X6) and the no-cam design ensures the sail is quick and easy to rig.

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