Return-Path: <RZM1@pge.com-DeleteThis> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis [15.0.168.176]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id PAA23559 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 15:08:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cosrel2.hp.com (cosrel2.hp.com [15.88.200.10]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id PAA03922 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 15:08:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from can01new.pge.com (can01new.pge.com [131.89.128.10]) by cosrel2.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8017D30D for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 16:08:03 -0600 (MDT) Received: from dns01.pge.com (dns01 [131.89.128.65]) by can01new.pge.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA02109 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 15:02:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dns04.comp.pge.com by dns01.pge.com (8.8.8+Sun/SMI-4.1) id PAA04718; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 15:02:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from exchange01.comp.pge.com by dns04.comp.pge.com (8.8.8+Sun/SMI-4.1) id PAA23555; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 15:02:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by exchange01.comp.pge.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id <MRZJ3F5D>; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 15:02:41 -0700 Message-ID: <D9CB5ADB95A6D311A7A300805F8BA0D4021CDC10@exchange04.comp.pge.com-DeleteThis> From: "Martyn, Rick" <RZM1@pge.com-DeleteThis> To: "'wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis'" <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis> Subject: RE: Fiberspar boom front end replacement Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 15:02:38 -0700 Return-Receipt-To: "Martyn, Rick" <RZM1@pge.com-DeleteThis> X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain
I don't know what method they use, but the folks at Berkeley Boardsports
said that replacing a carbon front end was a simple (about $20) operation.
They claimed it was easier than replacing an aluminum front end.
Rick
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> From: Bob Prevett[SMTP:prevett@nvidia.com-DeleteThis]
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> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 2:53 PM
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> Subject: Fiberspar boom front end replacement
>
>
> Has anybody tried replacing the carbon front end of a Fiberspar All Carbon
> boom? I bought a carbon front end replacement kit, but the instructions
> are
> for replacing an aluminum front end with a carbon front end. The main
> difficulty is how to remove the old carbon front end from the carbon boom
> spars; they are epoxied together and I'm not sure of the best way to
> seperate them.
>
> BTW, I bought this Fiberspar All Carbon boom in April '98 and it now has
> signficant cracks in the front end. We can put a man on the moon but
> still
> can't build a boom that lasts more than a few of my typical windsurf
> seasons
> ....
>
>
> BobP
>
>
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