Weed fins and concrete

I know the feeling had my fair share of hits in the bay.
Weed fins may help but not in all cases .

Keep the ray
Cut flaps off
Punch them with a bit of sharpened waterpipe to get nice white circles about 1" (x 1/2" thick)
Mix little white circles with scallops to take on a bit of smell
Sell the whole lot as real scallops.

(Chinese restaurant trick, wonder why 'rays are so popular to catch and there ya have it)

^^ They are designed to. The clearance between bolt and the barrel nut insert is a tiny bit more than for a normal nut n bolt, so as to save your board.

But yeah the box in a board is pretty damn strong and I have had the fin let go earlier than I'd like. EG a walking pace collision with rock, that would obviously not damage the board. In that case the fin manufacturer sold me a fin at cost! Top marks to them

Think that you still end up better than the ray

Potentially unpopular opinion warning:


Quite seriously, in your opening post you say it presumably wrecks the rays. Indeed if you are having massive over the fronts, I'll bet that's true in quite possibly a pretty gruesome way. They're just hanging out, at home, doing ray things.
Maybe it's worth considering not sailing so fast in this location, in fairness to the Rays.

saltyheaven said..
Potentially unpopular opinion warning:


Quite seriously, in your opening post you say it presumably wrecks the rays. Indeed if you are having massive over the fronts, I'll bet that's true in quite possibly a pretty gruesome way. They're just hanging out, at home, doing ray things.
Maybe it's worth considering not sailing so fast in this location, in fairness to the Rays.

Yes, it's a concern, haven't hit anything noticeably big this season but have narrowly missed a shark and a seal. Power boxes are designed to merely save the board. Shouldn't we think about a bit more precision in the breakaway? In normal sailing the fore and aft force is only a kilogram or two of drag. A calibrated hinge to the rear at 5 kilograms would greatly improve safety for other water users.

The sailor should avoid the catapult and still have enough fin action to get back to the beach and fit a fresh shear pin.

I only know one bloke called Ray and I don't think he swims there, why are all these Ray's getting together in one place anyway.

ikw777 said..
I'm starting to get a bit gun-shy about blasting down the Queens Beach speed-strip.

What, Queen's has a speed strip now? I thought it was wall to wall bumps.

Get an iSonic* - it'll solve all your problems. The fish lives, and your fin's as good as new..... [funny that it's still quite raw ]

*(preferably a model around 2012 when they had an inherent weakness at the wingers)

Mark _australia said..
You lot should start being sensible, he asked if it hurts the rays.

I reckon it probably just stings.

Mark,
I don't want to get in a flap but was that barb directed at me.
Hooray...

Buy a Fanatic Ray, that way you'll still be able to fly with them, just not hurt them or yourself

How about the old multi fins canard clip. Back to the future for fin saving.