X-OldHeader: From daddy@ilovemaggie.co.uk-DeleteThis.com Mon Jun 2 13:46:40 2003 Return-Path: <daddy@ilovemaggie.co.uk-DeleteThis.com> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.244.179]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_25183+JAGae58098)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id NAA27465 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 13:46:40 -0700 (PDT) From: daddy@ilovemaggie.co.uk-DeleteThis.com Received: from msgbas1x.cos.agilent.com (msgbas1.cos.agilent.com [192.168.148.33]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_25183+JAGae58098)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id NAA10565 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 13:46:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx.another.com (www.funmail.co.uk [212.62.7.9]) by msgbas1x.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 9757C170C1 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 14:46:38 -0600 (MDT) Received: (qmail 22617 invoked from network); 2 Jun 2003 20:45:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO www-a22) (172.16.100.22) by qm-a01 with SMTP; 2 Jun 2003 20:45:16 -0000 Message-ID: <2639547.1054586855120.JavaMail.root@172.16.100.50-DeleteThis.com> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 21:47:35 +0100 (BST) To: wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com Subject: Re: Boom Question X-Funmail-UID: 1605905 X-Senders-IP: unknown
Re: Lev: Now there's a sailor with his priorities in my kind of
order!
I just broke my fiberspar in the manner you describe "nose first".
broke in 5 places. I may consider going back to the cheapies. In
fact, I am sailing on my backup boom...a Nautix 170-220. It works
very well and the outhaul purchase is accomplished via the best
design I have ever used.
Problem is Nautix is probably out of business by now. This boom is
of unknown origin or age. Its making going to the shop and shell
out big bucks for a new boom a rather low priority. Just swim baby.
Kevin
-----Original Message----- From : Lev Brouk <levb@yahoo.com-DeleteThis.com> To :
Multiple recipients of list WIND_TALK
<wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com> Date : 02 June 2003 14:12:25
Subject : Re: Boom Question
>As someone who owned both Fiberspar and HPL in the wave size (used
it >with 3.5 to 5.8 wave sails) I can attest that HPL is a MUCH MUCH
MUCH >nicer boom. The sails rigged on HPL felt more solid, rigid if
you >will, like a wing. > >Durability-wise, I broke the Fiberspar
within a few months and the HPL >just after slightly over a year.
So, HPL scored better, even if not >perfect :-) But then I am 200+
lbs and sailed some rather hardcore >conditions here in Europe. And
if it makes any difference, the >Fiberspar just broke by itself,
whereas the HPL broke after a superhard >impact on the nose (caught
sand sailing onshore and got launched >forward really hard :-( >
>Just out of curiosity, why do you care about an adjustable outhaul
on a >wave boom? Seems like it would be a yet-another-thing that
can break >in the waves... > >Also, after having carbon booms for a
while, I switched back to >alluminum. They all break pretty
quickly, so I\\302'm going to stick with >the cheaper ones. Sure
they don\\302't feel as nice, but I don\\302't think >it\\302's
affecting my performance in any noticeable way. > >Writing this
from Guincho, Portugal. It\\302's sunny, windy, nice waves, >the
best espresso in the world, paradise... > >Keep shredding! > >-
Lev > >--- JM <fukitsnukin@hotmail.com-DeleteThis.com> wrote: >> >> HPL's not as
stiff as Fiberspar's?? Yeah right... Who told you >> that? In >>
any case, check out the new Windsurfing Hawaii Makai: >>
http://www.windsurfinghawaii.com/boom.asp >> These are stiff and
bomb proof. >> JM >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From:
\223cindoll\223 <cindoll@earthlink.net-DeleteThis.com> >> To: \223Multiple
recipients of list WIND_TALK\223 >>
<wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com> >> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003
8:57 PM >> Subject: Boom Question >> >> >> > I want to buy new
carbon booms that go from 140cm to 190. >> > >> > A requirement is
that they have an adjustment locker different from >> > the twisty
kind on fiberspar. (These are too easy to undo during a >> > duck
jibe.) >> > >> > I looked at Hawaiian ProLine, but they are not as
stiff as >> fiberspar >> > and they are narrower. Not as stiff is a
deal breaker. >> > >> > Neil Pryde has a 145 to 195, better for
slightly bigger sails, but >> > the back end is funky. There is no
place where your clew line is >> > captured (except the knot and the
cleat) so if you run any >> purchase, >> > the line might pop out.
(This is especially critical if you're >> > using an adjustable
outhaul, because the line is sometimes slack.) >> > I would like to
replace the back end hardware with two simple >> > pulleys. >> > >>
> Has anyone popped off this plastic piece? It looks like just one
>> > rivet is holding it on. >> > >> > Or maybe someone knows of
another brand of little carbon booms . . >> > .. >> > >> >
Cindoll >> > >> > [HTML file part2 deleted by listprocessor] >> > >>
> > > >
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