Re: u-joint question, and Spectra

From: Manuel P (msprieto@hotmail.com-DeleteThis.com)
Date: Wed Jul 18 2001 - 22:02:33 PDT

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From: "Manuel P" <msprieto@hotmail.com-DeleteThis.com>
To: wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com
Subject: Re: u-joint question, and Spectra
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 22:02:33 
Message-ID: <F152nlT2NqFJ3sl3xbY00000d96@hotmail.com-DeleteThis.com>

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"Booker C. Bense" wrote:

On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 bgarrydo@sfsu.edu-DeleteThis.com wrote:

....What *does* bother me about the design of these
things is the single bolt on each end of the hourglass. If one of
those fails, the webbing won't help...you're swimming unless you
can make up some kind of rope joint with that extra piece of line
each of us always carries (right?). Mike Fick of rec.windsurfing
claims to have broken a couple of those. Has anybody here done so?

Hi JR,
It happened to me just recently. After my \223everyday\224 u-joint failed on my
first reach out in Waddell about 3 weeks ago I was able to sail back just as
happily due to the webbing and the fact that I new my \223back up\224 joint sat in
the trunk.

3 jibes and two jumps further into what promised to be a great session (for
a neophyte wavesailor) the \223back up\224 joint became loose from one of the
screws. At full speed the board just flew from under my feet and rode on
briskly without my burden. For a second or two I wondered about suddenly
falling into the sail without a catapult.... then I saw the runnaway board.

Instinctively I swam for the board and returned to find my rig floating in
place. I must admit, I experienced a flash of distress thinking of my
prospects: getting washed down to the beach while holding on to both pieces
in the landlord's backyard so I could have the rig smashed by an
opportunistic large set.

But, alas! I have just the piece of rope you describe: it's the same
extra-long downhaul that I had been tempted to cut every time I don't feel
like making one hundred runs and knots to wind it in place. It's a piece of
cake self rescue once you run it through the part of the joint/plate that
stayed on the board.

The only problem is that I was so stoked to get out so quickly, that I
sailed too fast (got on a plane and rode a bit wave in). The tolerance of
the rope translated into a mastbase making 2 holes on the trusty Hi-Fly
265 Fx's polyproilene deck.

By the way, after failing to get ANYTHING to convincingly stick to the
polyprop (including other pieces of polyprop from melted kitchenware--) I
talked to Eric from Hi-Fly who told me to forget the cracks, or put some
tape over at most. In his own words \223it won't take in water, and if it does
I'll replace it\224. Words that fly in the face of my instinct, but if I guess
I will have to test it.

Any thoughts?

-manuel prieto

"Navigare necesse est"
        [To sail is necessary]
               [Naviguer est necessaire]
                        [Navegar es necesario]
                                   - Gnaeus Pompeius
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