Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA21099; Thu, 17 Nov 1994 11:32:23 -0800 Return-Path: <James.Paugh@Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis> Received: from Sun.COM by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.36.108.4/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA14428; Thu, 17 Nov 1994 11:32:25 -0800 Received: from Eng.Sun.COM (mxchange.Eng.Sun.COM) by Sun.COM (sun-barr.Sun.COM) id AA28128; Thu, 17 Nov 94 11:28:09 PST Received: from jurassic.Eng.Sun.COM by Eng.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6.9/mh) id LAA18095; Thu, 17 Nov 1994 11:03:33 -0800 Received: from jalama.eng.sun.com by jurassic.Eng.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6.9/SMI-SVR4) id LAA24125; Thu, 17 Nov 1994 11:03:47 -0800 Received: by jalama.eng.sun.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA19716; Thu, 17 Nov 1994 11:04:17 -0800 Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 11:04:17 -0800 From: James.Paugh@Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis (Jim Paugh) Message-Id: <9411171904.AA19716@jalama.eng.sun.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Re: Dynafiber booms X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII
With all due respect to those who've posted kudos to Fiberspar:
It will take more than one season of overcoming total failure before I
will trust my "personal safety" to Fiberspar. After breaking three
Fiberspar masts, and two of their booms (in one season), I lost the
faith. It made me nervous to sail equipment that failed so regularly,
and that was before I lived/sailed on the SF bay.
Aside from Ken Poulton, who spent a few hours drifting on the bay with
a broken Fiberspar mast, another friend of mine ended up *4 miles* out
to sea, after breaking a Fiberspar mast at Crissy during an ebb (he was
spotted by a freighter, and picked up by the Coast Guard, who told him
of his position). There is no room for poor product quality in this
sport. I would not even consider a product with such a history of failure
until after *years* of a complete quality turn around.
I switched from Fiberspar to Dynafiber masts and Gulftech booms, and my
equipment failures *ended*. My next boom will be a either a Dynafiber
or another Gulftech.
~Jim
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> From kirk@hpmsd3.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis Thu Nov 17 07:28:52 1994
> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 07:28:07 -0800
> Originator: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis
> From: Kirk Lindstrom <kirk@hpmsd3.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>
> Subject: Re: Re: Dynafiber booms
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>
> > If you get the DynaFiber booms, please post a summary to the net. Once I
> > work off my FiberSnaps, I think DynaFiber is my next buy.
> > Thanks,
> > Will Estes Internet: westes@usc.com-DeleteThis
> >
> Why?
> Fiberspar was very good about their warranty PLUS I've got a full season
> on my '94 (about 76 days not counting Maui) and I often sail way
> overpowered on sinkers so I can get back when it dies and my Fiberspar
> has held up like a champ. The 6 I broke before I got their '94 lasted
> about 18-22 sessions before snapping. I'd say that Fiberspar deserves
> out busisness until someone can show a better product with better
> reliability for the same price...or the same product features for a
> lower price.
>
> Kirk out
>
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