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Equipped with three cambers sitting in a
reasonable-sized luff pocket, the Booster is the Gun Sails freerace sail. It
sits just under the Meag XR, their race sail, within the range of this direct
sales specialist. The mast cut-out, to leave space for the boom, is wide so as
to provide ample space and facilitate attachment and removal of the boom head.
This is a good idea from a practical point of view, but not fantastic
aerodynamically. This shows the ‘leisure’ orientation of the Booster, which is
very powerful but a touch heavy in the hands and in handling terms.
Nevertheless, this sail is one of the most user-friendly. It’s also the one
which provided the earliest planing in the group. Of course it was also the
biggest but it can’t be denied that it developed great power for its size,
especially when rigged with a little bit of shape. Because of these two
qualities, it showed very good performance in low winds. However, even when the
wind gets up it remains pleasant to use and accelerates well when you want to go
blasting. Even so you shouldn’t be afraid to flatten it out slightly. In its
upper wind range it becomes a sail which can move around a little in the hands.
It won’t hold on as long in high winds as a Pryde or Gaastra GTX. During
manoeuvres we liked the soft and quick rotation of the foil.
In short, the Gun Booster is a sail aimed at early planing and ‘cruising’, which
offers good performance in low and medium winds but pulls a little more on the
hands in its high wind range. Recommended for summer sessions with a gentle sea
breeze.
+ power and low-end performance, early planing, user-friendliness.
- elastic tack strap a touch short, heavy in the hands.
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