Neil Pryde

MATRIX SYSTEMwww.neilpryde.comJosh’s Guide to Buying GearSo let’s say you’ve found the Move up a level to X5 and you’ll find the partssail you want – how do you get a little lighter and a little stiffer – and for thischoose the rest of the rig? you pay a little more.Well, with rig parts the two most important things Then you’ve got X7 – top of the line – the lightest,to look out for are – weight and stiffness, and stiffest masts, all-carbon booms, world Cup Prowith the Neil Pryde Matrix System the more you performance gear. All you have to do now isspend the lighter and stiffer the parts get, which decide: How light, how firm, and how much youmeans higher performance.want to spend on performance? Simple!So, me and the marketing geniuses have keptPROthings simple by structuring the range into threeperformance levels...HIGH PERFORMANCEYou start with the X3 level, these parts work greatPERFORMANCEin any sail – we call this the Performance level.MATRIX MASTSAsk any sail designer and they’ll tell you – thekey to a sail’s performance is the mast. Ourdesigners have developed a line of masts thatall share exactly the same bend curve.Why did they do that? Well, if all the masts inthe range have the same curve, then thedesigners know they can cut all the sails in therange to match this same Neil Pryde curve – it’sall about compatibility.So now you know – whatever Neil Pryde mastyou buy, it’s going to work great with any of thenew Neil Pryde sails.MATRIX BOOMSThe Matrix booms work on the same X3, X5, X7price/performance structure as the masts. X3booms are our performance level aluminiumbooms, X5 booms use a stiffer, lighter aluminiumand X7 booms are all-carbon, which makesthem the lightest, stiffest, booms in the range.All you have to do to get the right boom is checkthe specs on your sail to see the length of boomyou require. After that, you decide how light orstiff you want your boom to be – simple!Last but not least are the extensions. Here thechoice is even easier. You’ve got X5 extensionsin Aluminium and X7 Extensions in Carbon –the choice is yours!3637