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OldM8
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30 Oct 2015 8:35am
After a few weeks of work my foils are almost ready to hit the water, just a matter of adding mast tracks to the bottom of the board next week and a bit of bog and sanding.


OldM8
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30 Oct 2015 1:45pm
Excuse the spelling errors in the subject line, I hadn't had my morning coffee yet!
Adriano
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30 Oct 2015 2:39pm
Windsurfing? Surely not.
drift
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30 Oct 2015 6:49pm
Adriano said..
Windsurfing? Surely not.


Oh I bloody hope so!!!! What could possibly go wrong?????
Adriano
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30 Oct 2015 4:02pm
drift said..

Adriano said..
Windsurfing? Surely not.



Oh I bloody hope so!!!! What could possibly go wrong?????


Smithy
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31 Oct 2015 10:07am
Looks good, mask looks a long way back on the fuselage compared to other windsurf and kite foils, any reason?
OldM8
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4 Nov 2015 9:05am
To be honest, gut feel, I've gone to the extreme of having in back but can move it forward quite easily as I've reinforced the area from the front foil to where the mast is now.

Having it back i feel will move the centre of lift forward closer to the middle of the mast load and sailers weight and yet have the mast of the foil between your feet to keep the sailing feeling as close to normal as possible.
Spotty
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4 Nov 2015 3:38pm
Does your front foil have a ffap? If so are you fitting an auto stabilizer arm off the nose like on a moth and the other flap control mech?
OldM8
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4 Nov 2015 3:51pm
It does but I have locked it in place for the time being . The foils are old Moth foils I have modified.
Bertie
Bertie
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6 Nov 2015 9:57am
im about to undertake the same project with old moth foils too.

keep us posted how u go!
OldM8
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12 Nov 2015 12:52pm
I set some mast tracks in HD foam and routed out a 135L HyperSoinc I picked up on gumtree. The big concaves are a bit annoying but working around it.



Once I finished getting the holes right for the tracks I laid up a few layers of DB carbon and some uni and then set the tracks in. Put the lot under a mild vacuum as the foam the board is made of is super light and didn't want to crush it.


Ill be laying up a layer or two over the top tonight and have a little bit to do on the foils still and then should be right to give it a go ;)
westozwind
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12 Nov 2015 10:31am
Best thing to ever happen to a hypervomit.
OldM8
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12 Nov 2015 11:25pm




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