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 AA00136; Thu, 17 Nov 1994 14:48:47 -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 AA19394; Thu, 17 Nov 1994 14:48:49 -0800 Received: from Eng.Sun.COM (mxchange.Eng.Sun.COM) by Sun.COM (sun-barr.Sun.COM) id AA15026; Thu, 17 Nov 94 14:43:47 PST Received: from jurassic.Eng.Sun.COM by Eng.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6.9/mh) id OAA19017; Thu, 17 Nov 1994 14:42:51 -0800 Received: from jalama.eng.sun.com by jurassic.Eng.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6.9/SMI-SVR4) id OAA02483; Thu, 17 Nov 1994 14:43:02 -0800 Received: by jalama.eng.sun.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA19740; Thu, 17 Nov 1994 14:43:35 -0800 Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 14:43:35 -0800 From: James.Paugh@Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis (Jim Paugh) Message-Id: <9411172243.AA19740@jalama.eng.sun.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Re: Dynafiber booms X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII
My experience with Fiberspar has been bad. Too many swims, sail
repairs, and time waiting for replacement authorization and shipping
(Fiberspar does honor their waranty). As far as their front end, it
takes more than one year to be considered successful. I also don't
like the fact that they use the least reliable method of carbon/epoxy
layup in their masts and booms.
No, I haven't bought a Dynafiber boom the first year they made them. I
am waiting to see how they hold up. A friend of mine is a team rider
for Dynafiber, and has been giving me some feed back on them as well.
The trust comes from the quality of their masts, which have performed
flawlessly. I am anticipating that their booms will have the same
success. But I am taking a wait and see attitude, besides it will
probably be another season before I am ready for a new boom.
Ken, I don't know if that was your first Fiberspar failure last summer,
but after your third failure, you'll probably question their quality.
After five failures*, you would probably do like I did, and clear out
all the Fiberspar out of your quiver.
Respectfully,
~Jim Paugh
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* 3 Fiberspar masts, 2 Fiberspar booms
> From: Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>
> > 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.
>
> You're not willing to trust a Fiberspar boom whose arms are well-proven
> and front-end now has a year's successful track record, but you are willing
> to trust a Dynafiber boom the first year they make them with *no* history
> at all?
>
>
> Ken Poulton
> poulton@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis
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