I thought you did not sail cam sails ''not for me'' i think were your words.
Next you'll be telling us on heavy weather that you no longer buy the official fairytale.
Hi Mark
I had no luck finding the Gaastra x-cams, so I sent an email to Barry and Rick at Maui Sail and the sorted me out in no time
Stuart
Windsurf shops usually have a box of spare cams, even ones of brands they don't sell. Take one of yours next time you go in and see if you can find a matching one, or contact Jesper at Sail Repair WA. He certainly has lots of KA ones, and probably other brands as well.
it shouldn't be hard to find a cam , i had a 5.0 ka concept rigged on a skinny with 3 cams ,the cam above the boom was a wide gaastra and the other two were the smallest n/p that fit a standard mast, have a look at some of the older pryde's they are numbered but are the same length
Hi Mark, I have plenty of spare Cams here but I guess without a picture it would be hard to work out which one. May be able to help you out.
Thanks for the offer Moondoggy - I don't have the sail with me cos it is in the nearest capital city to enable easy viewing. Grrr I am buggered either way hahaha
When I can I will examine a cam and let you all know.
Have a Tush race sail a few years older so might cannabilise that and see.
Mark, check with the importer Remi. I'm sure he has a stash of them.
www.thewindsurfingshed.com.au
OK will try Remi (was talking to him about something else and never thought to ask - duh Mark) but before I commit to buying new, here is the pic.
This is a Gaastra cam that was on the sail and is identical to the Maui Sails ones
Gaastra X-cam.... gap where batten goes in is 40mm wide..... rear edge (where batten seats) to the rollers is 43 - 45mm
anyone got one (I am stingey and the sail is for sale so I don't want to spend too much on it if I don't have to!)
Also - I was going to try a Tushingham cam from an old sail and it would not fit. so from the sail I have 4 tush cams and a few tube/rod battens if anyone needs anything. It was a 7m "Airforce" which about 10yrs old
Mark, that's a great shot of a cam and shows us its made of plastic and it has rollers (also of plastic)
How about a shot from the side so we can see what it should look like?
, here's a bunch of cams ranging from the old red wildwinds to n/p and gaastra, you will notice the gaastra & smallest n/p are exactly the same length, but different cup size
Keef, what's the one with the white rollers? I took apart a Gaastra sail years ago, and when I got some Koncepts I noticed that the KA cams looked just like the Gaastra ones.
Is it a KA or Gaastra?
ka used to be wild winds and there still using the same cams well that cam is from an 08 koncept the ones without rollers are wildwinds
