| North Upwind Sails |
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| Premium Paneled Sails... unmatched combination of design, durability and performance |
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Crosscut Premium Paneled
Polyester
Performance options available |
Radial Warp-oriented Radian
woven Polyester
Performance options available |
NorLam Radial Polyester laminate
Performance options available |
Radial Dyneema or
Dyneema/Carbon laminate
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| 3DL thermo-molded sails... superior shapeholding and speed |
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Aramid or aramid/carbon yarn
with North TF2 taffeta films on both sides |
Black aramid yarn with
lightweight films
Performance Films available |
Black Aramid/Carbon yarn with North Performance Films™
Lightweight films available |
Carbon/Black Aramid yarn
with lightweight films
Performance Films available |
100% Carbon yarn with clear,
lightweight films
Performance Films available |
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| 3Di thermo-molded composite foil sails... ultimate upwind performance |
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Aramid/Dyneema
composite foil |
Carbon/Aramid/Dyneema composite foil |
Carbon/Dyneema
composite foil |
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| NORTH UPWIND SAIL CODING |
| 000 ◄ 1st digit in sail code = primary fiber (or composite core in 3Di) |
000 ◄ 2nd digit in code = secondary fiber (or composite skin in 3Di) |
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| 1 = Fill-oriented woven poly |
3 = Polyester laminate |
5 = Paneled Aramid/Technora
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7 = UHMWPE* filament tape
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9 = Ultra-carbon |
| 2 = Warp-oriented woven poly |
4 = Woven UHMWPE* laminate
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6 = Aramid |
8 = Carbon
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| Lower digit = LOWER MODULUS (more flexible/durable) |
Higher Digit = HIGHER MODULUS (better shapeholding / upwind speed)
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* UHMWPE - Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (Spectra or Dyneema) |
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