RE: Avoiding Rhinoplasty with a Skinny

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Subject: RE: Avoiding Rhinoplasty with a Skinny
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 13:35:13 -0700
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Interestingly, I have beaten up my JP board a lot less with my skinny
mast--I think that it stays higher off the deck than the regular mast and
that the sail hits the water without the mast hitting the board for most of
my falls. I prefer the skinny for grabbing the mast. However my skinny is
heavier than my regular diameter, and with a wider luff sleave, I can tell
the difference in the sail's tendency to sink. With tight luff sleaves, it
doesn't seem to make any difference. The nose of my JP is so short, that my
booms are off the top by a good two inches--very convenient. I haven't
tried a deviator, but I'd think it might get in the way of moves where you
tilt the mast forward.

Barbara Ross
FDR Systems Management West
925-686-7359

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Subject: Avoiding Rhinoplasty

I just picked up a high end carbon sandwich style board that won't take the
thumping my old bic sandwich boards will. So the question is, how do I sail
hard including trying tricks, backwinding, and catapulting without cracking
the nose to pieces? I run my boom high enough to avoid boom head strikes,
but
when I was in Maui I put some minor crunches in the JP board from the mast
hitting the side of the nose. I don't want a deviator beacuse I want to be
able to tack step right in front of the universal.

Yesterday I tried strapping a mast foot pad under the boom to soften mast
strikes. It seems to work out well but it makes it hard to grab the mast
below the boom for tacks and saves because the pad is so bulky. I'm now
wondering whether a move to a skinney mast might be part of the solution. My

first thought was the lighter rig would do less damage, but then again the
narrower mast puts the force into smaller area.

I'm wondering if there might be a good way to pad the skinney mast to
protect
the board while still making it grippable for tacks and the like. Even with
padding, the skinney would be a nice diameter to grab. Maybe I could use a
longer piece of the clear tubing material that is used to allow a regular
boom head to grip a skinny mast... let it hang down an extra foot and tape
it
in place.

 How are skinneys to tack anyway? Are they harder to grab onto?

Peter



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