North Upwind Sails
Premium Paneled Sails... unmatched combination of design, durability and performance
North Sails Performance Series Upwind Sails
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

 
3DL thermo-molded sails... superior shapeholding and speed
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
3Di thermo-molded composite foil sails... ultimate upwind performance
Aramid/Dyneema
composite foil
Carbon/Aramid/Dyneema
composite foil
Carbon/Dyneema
composite foil
   
 


CODES DES VOILES PLATES NORTH
000 ◄ Premier chiffre = première fibre (ou cœur composite 3Di) 000 ◄ Deuxième chiffre = deuxième fibre (ou couche supérieure en composite 3Di)
1 = Polyester tissé " fill-oriented " 3 = Polyester tissé laminé 5 = Technora 7 = Cuben fiber
9 = Ultra-carbone
2 = "Warp-oriented woven poly" 4 = Spectra tissé laminé
6 = Aramide 8 = Carbone
M = "Modified yarn layout"
Lower digit = MODULE INFERIEUR Higher Digit = MODULE SUPERIEUR (meilleure tenue de forme et meilleure puissance)
* Panneaux en aramide remplaçant le 3DL 580                               ** UHMWPE = Polyéthylène à très haut poids moléculaire (Spectra ou Dyneema)