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vosadrian said..
About 10 years for me with no button failure with mix of chlorinated pool water and salt at least 3 times a week. I doubt the pressure rating would change this failure. Not sure what is causing it in your case. I do nothing special with mine to care for it.

Seconded.

Of note - there could indeed be situations where water enters the watch buttons. A simple crash (into the water) will increase the pressure being forced into the seals by x10 fold (or more).

ergo ... dont crash ?

Chris 249 said..
I did not take the discussion out of context - I replied to your actual words. There was not a single thing you said that would have let anyone know that you were just talking about stuff that is only available for weekend warriors to purchase.

I dont need to specify weekend-warriors - this is the seabreeze.com.au website, not sailgp.com

nuf sed.

Chris 249 said..
Would any serious big racing boat be built of thick soft foam and the layups we use in boards? They've been into pre-preg Nomex for decades now.

Yes. Fountaine-Pajot - as a handicap class.

Whether the footstrap plug is metal or plastic or something else, isn't the main question -> what matters is how well the plug bonds to the substrate.

- If there is a significant difference in stiffness between two adjacent materials, it will have a natural-fracture-boundary.
- If the surface preparation of the plug is not suitable for structural-adhesion, then it will have a likely-fracture-boundary.
- _all metals_ have some form of rust - if there is any water or air contact to that surface, will cause it to rust to some degree. Rust increases the thickness of the surface which creates a stress point, which results in possible-fracture-boundary. **

** Aluminium and other metals are said to not-rust because the surface layers create a natural ceramic. That ceramic is still an oxidation of the Al metal. Same for Zinc, titanium, etc. It is still rust, just labelled differently.

Big boats have marine-grade stainless steel cleats and fittings. Generally speaking those dont fail, while still being bonded into fibreglass/carbon hulls. So it is possible to do the bonding/embedding with sufficient strength. But big boats aren't weight-constrained so they can use suitable construction techniques.

Windsurf gear is extremely weight-constrained, which limits what we can do to have effective bonding.

@MobZ - if you aren't desperate to get to Burrum before Friday, you would be better off to stay in Sunshine Coast for the few days.

Tuesday will be the windiest day this week. You could choose one of:
- Bongaree (South Bribie) for a long-distance sail, typically 2-3km per run / 6km per lap
- Bribie Bar (Golden Beach) for a possible speed run late in the arvo Monday / Tuesday, need big gear
- Golden Beach - short runs, be very aware of sandbars

You could also look at Lake Cootharaba (launch at Boreen Pt) IMHO a bit nicer than Weyba - maps.app.goo.gl/FdFc1w9xRq9b6BzH9

Wind meters - holfuy.com/en/map/wind&la=-26.64087&lo=152.93383&z=9.0

Best wind meter for Golden Beach - IMHO very accurate measured-at-meter vs usable-while-sailing, and its forecast seems to be very close to what we end up getting. wind.willyweather.com.au/qld/sunshine-coast/north-west-10-beacon.html

Nobody has said it so I will -> your boards are too big for your weight.

You can go freeride or stay slalom - given you description, it wont matter too much for the shape.... what will make a difference is the size.

For context - I am currently 69kg and use a 107L - it is great for really light wind, but it I use a smaller gear as soon as it gets powered-up.

This statement also applies to your 96 Kode - it is too big for you when using a 5.2m

ausbinny said..
Any synthetic material will stop stingers (Jellyfish) the nematocysts only fire on contact with organic surfaces

Also boardshorts cost $130 - $180 ? I need a pay raise

thx - that answers.

Given the cost of lots of boards+sails vs the hours spent on the water, I am already hundreds of dollars per sailing session (not including fuel). Spreading the cost out over many sessions make it "cheap" if it allows me to get on the water more.

Any insight as to whether they would stop stinger/sea-lice rash ? ... as that would be the key feature

oldmic said..

bowsa said..
Not golden beach but a few hundred km south on Sunday Yeuw

Looking good. Kingy?

indeed looks good ... which beach ? (... although at current fuel prices, that distance is a tough call for a day trip)

For those people that haven't ever done the soapy-water thing. Until you see it happen, you dont know what to look for. But once you see it bubble, it is really obvious... you will know instantly. You only need a sprinkling of quite-soapy water.

Here is one I prepared earlier for my own understanding... I had it fully-closed, waited for the board to heat up (a few mins in the direct sun) then loosened the thread.

MobZ said..
I'm keen to try GB. It seems like a place that would take time to get to know where sandbanks are right? How tricky would it be to learn quick and have a good sail there without worrying about bottom?

About 1 min - either sail in deep water, or you can see the depth of the sand. That track in the pic, is deep to very-deep. You would have _not look_ at where you are going.

Unless you want to sail in the northern section, inside all the sandbars... then sometimes you need to depth-check in some places. Usually there will be other sailors out, so you can ask them.

Honourable mention for the lake... it held the Guinness record for distance-windsurfing, with quite a few of us doing over 500km in an single day of sailable conditions.