How good was that North Easter yesterday? Just what I needed to make me realize what an awesome playground we have right here in Brisbane. Am looking farward to a lot more of them this season. Was using one of the new north sails and it seems like they must have adopted some of the hucker technology because they just love to float you in the jumps. There were about 8 out at the wynnum launch, which is really good on a high tide and seems to have 5 knots on manly in a ne. Anyone at manly? I couldn't see a lot of sails.
Hi, I guess most of them were at Wello. It was really busy there. A lot of nice people :)
Welcome back to the water Scott. If you hadnt of gotten out yesterday I was going to start taking the piss
!! I worked but still managed to sail from about 4pm from Darling Point. Good lumpy bits eh ?
The NE's have kicked in up the coast too at Yeppoon. I can't believe how early they have started this year. Good times, 4 of us enjoying the early summer on the water yesterday.
Good to hear you are back in town Scot. Had a great sail yesterday up the S.Coast, almost under Pt. Cartwright. Couple of meters of N.Easterly wind swell with 1525knots, dead side shore. NICE!!! The hollow carbon wave board is in the water, used it yesterday for the second time, works really well so far.
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Shhhhh Scott, we don't want it to get too crowded ;-) 'Twas a great sail. I'm thinking I may have to get one of the new Dukes too, possibly the 6.4 to go with the older 5.4 for lighter days when I don't feel like cammed sails.
Bugger, I'd promised myself I wasn't going to buy any sails this year 
But a new sail would cheer me up 
Hey, I thought I was the only windsurfer to enjoy Buddina in a Northerly. Anywhere south of Point Cartwright is unreal in a Nor-Easter, usually only Kiters doing down-winders. Some company would be nice next time it blows. The hollow carbon board looks a blast.
Yep, hollow. no core & lots of carbon.
Having sailed it now, I've definitely over built this one, it weighs 7 ish kg, not too shabby for around 85/90 litres of volume and it is a brick under foot. Feels nice and lively, accelerates great, it is just bloody hard. Only used it with 5.7 & 5.3 but the shape//design will really come into its own with 5.0. Hangin for the next good SE.
Hi Brent,
You have toe in on your fins it looks like. Are you happy with that?
And what sort of lay up and sandwich thickness did you use?
I'm happy with the fin set up as it works for me. This toe in combined with fin placement is something developed back in the early 90's when I was building boards for Neil S. at Windtech in Perth; idea originally used on the first twin fin surf boards. We had also noticed that when you look at the water exiting a board when it's planing, the water doesn't always appear to come straight out the back, particularly on boards with v through the tail. We trailed various set ups (plenty didn't work!!) with the aim of lining the fins up with the angled water flow rather than the obvious. For myself, I found a moderate amount of toe in combined with the fins set slightly further apart was great for wavesailing in certain waves and I just grew to love it. It does hurt the top end a little but we were aiming for on the face performance. It must be said that fin choice is critical on any board but the more fins you have, the more important it is to get them right. I still use an old set of G10 CNC fins Neil & I developed with Kenetic, around 6.25 inches with quiet flexible tips.
laminates are still ongoing and I don't really want to let the cat out of the bag. Hollow boards have been done before but are expensive in material and time to make. There are lots of pro & cons, especially when it comes to the buggers sinking if they get holed, the up side is you can drain them easily! All fun and games really. At the moment I'm creating them because it is something I've wanted to do since my time in Perth. So far, this board has proved my theory is sound, the next stage is to make a slightly better one next winter with the lessons learnt from the construction of this one. I also enjoy having something that no one else on the planet potentially has; a twin fin, hollow, full carbon wave board.
Hey Brent, that board looks great. love the graphics also, you must know someone in the business.
Had another great sail yesterday with an awesome NE rolling in. Would have liked a bit more bump in it but I went after work and the tide was pretty low by then.
