Make sure the screws go into the screw holes... Miss, and it'll be, well, screwed

sboardcrazy said...

Cripes put the Tabou 125 Rocket next to the old Free style wave & the older board looks like a gun slalom board compared to it! No wonder these new boards are stable! Has deck grip to kill but the area you use is padded..next problem is how to set up the footraps..heaps of holes..also i assume the screw supplied is for some sort of vent..?

Foto's please

I 've decided to put the footstraps outboard ( even though I think Id find it easier inboard..learn correctly from the start, although if Im doing a lot of lightwind work maybe not..?) I also used the holes at the front of each option as i figure at 5'6" maybe I need that as I have a smaller stance..?
Re vent ..I will usually have the board stored on top of the car in a cover although tomorrow I have to go to a specialist appt so i was going to see if i could store it in the car..is it really a problem with the heat? How come all this stuff re vents these days.. Ive never heard of it with older boards? I hate having a new board at least the part where Im worried about wrecking it..No more beach starts with a 45? cm fin.. grr Ill have to waterstart like everyone else or uphaul..
Next problem will be how to carry it.. we have special cradles on top of the car for the kayaks & they are too narrow for the board.. I may have to put one of the older boards in first & then tie the new one on top of that..Oh what a lot of problems to have..

sboardcrazy said...

Cripes put the Tabou 125 Rocket next to the old Free style wave & the older board looks like a gun slalom board compared to it! No wonder these new boards are stable! Has deck grip to kill but the area you use is padded..next problem is how to set up the footraps..heaps of holes..also i assume the screw supplied is for some sort of vent..?

Funny how you hadnt notice the vent on your old HiFly.

ooh ah.... luverly ....

The rude man logo is missing but being an artist you can paint one yourself :). Actually you'd think they'd give you those things as a decal to stick on if you wish.

Footraps :) (sic) forwards is probably ok but if you want to achieve blistering speed you should try them all the way back, the back ones anyway.

Watto5 said...

Nice board. Looks like inboard and outboard settings are pretty close though. Looking at where you have the straps on the Hifly, I'd agree with Mobydisc and try the inboard setting 1st.

I ended up putting the front straps outboard settings 2nd last hole to the back & rear straps outboard not sure what holes..If I have trouble Ill change things..
Does it really make that much difference?

sboardcrazy said...

What rude man logo? Have I been shortchanged..?[}:)]

Well yes I think so. Come to think of it I haven't seen that logo for ages. It was a neat little thing reminiscent of a tiki - a little man with gonads :)

Isn't the Tiki Man a Starboard graphic, not Tabou?

No Tabou's I've seen have a little rude man on them.

Rockets are sweet looking boards, the graphics have a certain style to them.

mineral1 said...

flash as now, girlie
Process I follow, however each to his own in regards to the vent. Some never take them out.
I take board out of trailer, get Philips head for fin, tighten vent screw (just nip it tight, dont wrench on it), fit fin, fit base to mast track.
when I come back in, I take out mast base, loosen vent screw, take out fin, put board in trailer Vent screw washers I check about every month or so to clear any sand and or check rubber O ring condition. O rings you can get from shop or local hardware store. Never fit board bag until end of season, so the board doesnt sweat in the bag and go all gungy

Ok so you dont have to take the screw out .. just tighten & loosen it.. that would be a bit dicier I maybe as you could glance at the board & think it was tight..?..Ive made BIG cardboard signs to stick everywhere to remind me until I get into the habit.. I have to put my board in its bag at the end of each sail as its tied on the roof & I dont want to damage it..If you left the zip a bit undone it would dry out wouldnt it?
Feel silly re not knowing about vents but Ive always bought 2nd hand & noone ever mentioned them to me..even this one the only reason I heard about them was on the forum.
The Tabou isnt the latest model its 2008 but it was still in its plastic bag in the crate.I might reset the footstraps more conservatively tomorrow as I wont be really powered up so ill have a more upright stance.

The trouble with just loosening the vent, is the #@%$$ thing can come right out while traveling, I've lost a couple that way. (But if it's in a bag, you should be able to find it again)
The other problem with vents is sand getting into the hole and stopping a good seal as well as abrading the rubber "O" ring.

Some boards manage to survive not having the "O" ring undone, but a lot of others have been destroyed, (the pressure inside blows them up causing de-lamination of the bottom).
That nice blue of yours will probably get hot in the sun, I'd make sure the screw is undone unless it's in the water.

The other thing with front and back footstrap position, I think it's better for light sailors to have them back and heavy sailors to have them forward. It's about the board's attitude, light forward means the board sits too flat, and there's more board in the water slowing it down, gives it a "sticky feel". Heavy too far back means the nose rides too high, making the board "push water" again slowing it down.

Having them outboard means you have control over a bigger fin, in fact you need a bigger fin to stop the windward rail sinking.

Grats on your new board! Look forward to hearing about your first session.

mineral1 said...

flash as now, girlie
Never fit board bag until end of season, so the board doesnt sweat in the bag and go all gungy

This got me thinking - never heard this before. I picked up a new Futura in November with a Pro-Limit bag - sits on top of the car. Are you suggesting that boards shouldn't be left in the bag after a session and allowed to 'breath'?

CROWEMAN said...

mineral1 said...

flash as now, girlie
Never fit board bag until end of season, so the board doesnt sweat in the bag and go all gungy

This got me thinking - never heard this before. I picked up a new Futura in November with a Pro-Limit bag - sits on top of the car. Are you suggesting that boards shouldn't be left in the bag after a session and allowed to 'breath'?

Na, on top of car should be OK, lots of air flwo to dry. Mine goes inside a closed in trailer, so not much air flow. Its well protected on two padded support rails, and gets a chance to dry out the foot straps. The standard silver coated liner JP board bags don’t let too much in or out so moisture stays inside the bag for some time, so any board breathing with temp changes inside the bag will drag in moist air to internals of board. Once its got moisture in there, its a bugger to get out.
But as I said, each to their own on what we do in regards to vent screws and board bags.

Leman said...

Grats on your new board! Look forward to hearing about your first session.

Couldnt really call it a session.. Ill post the first decent sail I get but for now Ill just copy an email about todays sail that I sent to David of Gybe Sports where I got the board..


"Sailed today..good test of lightwind performance as it was about 5 -8kts occ 9/10 but not long enough to get going..Usually I wouldn’t bother but I HAD to use the new board..Only had a 5.7 so there wasn’t enough pull in the sail to use it to balance against except for the occasional gust.I used the harness as my arms are whimpy.Found it tiring as we were wobbling a bit in the slop & boat wakes but good. Didn’t get planning or near the straps..standing up near the mast foot. I found the guy crib upwind technique Ive been using on my other board didn’t work but I think that was just because there wasn’t enough wind as when it picked up I could hang my weight of & angle the rig upright to windward a bit. In lighter winds I found I had to unhook & lean the rig back & pull it on to get upwind..still Im not used to it yet. Went upwind good considering, I think once were planning it will be great. Only muffed 1 gybe as tired..I think the problem is going to be that its so forgiving ( I was doing terrible gybes and a few tacks & still surviving ) that I wont know whats hit me when I get back on my waveboard.. Ill have some bad habits I think..Great for uphauling- I especially like the fact that it has padding where you climb on so my waist harness hook doesn’t damage the deck..I was avoiding practicing uphauling on my other board because everytime I did it got new scratches."

Cant wait to get it to planning conditions & I hope I can handle it up to 20kts as I don’t want to go back to my old gear..!
IM thinking of getting a JP nose protector setup just in case..
The big cardboard " vent" signs worked to remind me of the vents. Do you have to take them out or just loosen? Also if I loose one is it easy to get replacements?
Bye

nice thread here.
i'm just new in this sports, and this thread really works for me.
It feeds my mind..
thanks