Bargain Bin Update

The side-stripe fashion went right through the industry back then.

Nothing wrong with the old boards, while my manta's are in repair been sailing an old 1998 Drops 8'10" (270cm) so far it's done 37.5 2 sec and rekon it will hit 40 on the right day, board is 53cm wide classic pointy nose and it actually gybes like a dream.

Hi Getsum, here is my old girl, still quick, 55 wide, see you at Primbee

Many of the boards from that era are very, very similar in shape on the back half to many modern larger speed boards. The biggest difference is the position of the mast track and an extra 30-40cm of nose hanging out the front. When I get on one from that era, (I still have a couple ) the biggest difference is to loooooong nose, waaaay out in front of the mast! . One local sailor (Mal F) just cut the nose off one! Works OK!

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Te Hau said..

sailquik said..
Many of the boards from that era are very, very similar in shape on the back half to many modern larger speed boards. The biggest difference is the position of the mast track and an extra 30-40cm of nose hanging out the front. When I get on one from that era, (I still have a couple ) the biggest difference is to loooooong nose, waaaay out in front of the mast! . One local sailor (Mal F) just cut the nose off one! Works OK!

The only time the long nose gets to be a problem is in real big gusts when it blows out of control. Whack it off and they are way nicer. I've done several. They often have 850+mm of flat in the tail so they work well as speed boards.

They also fit in the ute/van/hatch/trailer better

Is that blade in backwards?????? Doesn't look quite right to me

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decrepit said..
Is that blade in backwards?????? Doesn't look quite right to me

Blade looks right to me. Although my recipro lost its foot in the first few weeks of use and is much dirtier.

Blade can usually go either way in recipro saw.
Jig saw, Angle grinder with 1mm cut off disc. Recipro a bit agricultural n hard to follow a marked line. Blade wobbles around.Its more for demolition work where neatness doesnt matter.

NO! Sorry, I am bing taken out of context!!!!

Dont cut up those old classics!

At least not unless you crash and bust them.

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getsum said..
What gives the best / neatest cut , jig saw ?

Those vibrating Home Reno cutters are the go (use the semi circular blade). You can get the angled cut you will need in order to shape the new nose thickness profile. Very tidy.

Nice

have you found KA72.com? You can upload your gps file and get some analysis of your session on there, speeds, distance, tracks etc, can use any gps on that site. There's a group on KA72 for Primbee you could join too, a few of the primbee crew are on that, a good way to see what speeds are being achieved without having to go the full monty joining the gpstc.com

Nice choice! the sunnto ambit 3 is great, and in white = perfect. Once you've got movescount downloaded there are apps you can copy to your watch with the windsurf gps data logging setup, if you search for windsurf speedsailing in apps you should find one that will get you started. Then once a session is recorded you can sync the watch data either with cable to computer or Bluetooth to movescount on phone. It will give you a gpx data download file you can then upload to KA72. Sounds complex but after a few goes it's quick to do

Primbee still has some flatwater water on the edge in a southerly if that comes , or you might like the bump and jump out in middle on wave gear. Some of the guys sail Sanctuary Point in a southerly too, but primbee worth checking out. Fingers crossed the wind comes

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getsum said..
Thanks good idea

On the big 277, I've started marking out a few nose curves in pencil to see how it might look.

It could be fun to chop and have it as my project / experimental board


The Limited Edition Thommen / Dunkerbeck board is not getting the chop.

I've been all over the underside of it with the straight edge, and looking at it very closely.

I reckon that thing is gunna fly.

Word of warning.

Cutting back the nose reduces the aerodynamic lift of the board. This coupled with the lack of chop at places like Primbee, coupled with the extra lift at the tail of the due to the extra speed due to the flat water will result in the board trim being too flat.

Made this mistake once. Took the nose off a board prior to a trip to Sandy Point. Completely stuffed up the trim with the spay coming out by the mast foot and hitting the wall at 37.5, whereas prior to the chop it would release behind the front foot and I would go 3 knots faster in less wind and rougher water.

I had to move the straps back but then the mast track was too far forward so had to move that back as well. In hindsight some cutouts and a less aggressive nose chop would have been easier.

Slowie did a neat trick on his Hammer board pre his mistral days.

Shallow (~1cm) cutout at about 45 degrees to the centreline. That way you only need 2 cuts per side, plus you can use the bottom of the board you just cut out so you only need to glass rail and inside of the cut out. Plus doesn't really change the volume and once you up to speed the cutout are clear of the water. Way simpler that changing strap inserts and mast track.

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yoyo said..
Slowie did a neat trick on his Hammer board pre his mistral days.

Shallow (~1cm) cutout at about 45 degrees to the centreline. That way you only need 2 cuts per side, plus you can use the bottom of the board you just cut out so you only need to glass rail and inside of the cut out. Plus doesn't really change the volume and once you up to speed the cutout are clear of the water. Way simpler that changing strap inserts and mast track.

Interesting yoyo cheers!