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- Argh... I knew that one wouldn't slip by.
On Wed, 17 Sep 1997, JMILUM.US.ORACLE.COM wrote:
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> When analyzing durability you have to divide durability into two seperate
> categories.
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> One category is "ding" resistance which is the ability to withstand punctures
> when encountering hard objects. These encounters mainly occur while not
> sailing (except from ones booms). Mistral and other plastic coated boards are
> much stronger than epoxy boards in this respect. If you are not practiced in
> getting in and out of the water, and hanlding your board out of the water with
> care, it is easy to damage an epoxy board.
>
- Right these are all the things I class as "abuse".
> Sailing durability is comprised by the ability to withstand heel dents from
> sailing, softspots near the foot straps from jibing, and
> buckling/cracking/delaming from jumping and chop pounding. In this aspect a
> well made epoxy board can be just as durable (maybe more) as the production
> boards. I know a lot of experts who have beat the heck out of ASD/Seatrends
> and not had any problems.
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- Jumping is not abuse, it's performance. This is exactly what I meant
to say. Oh well, now if I could just ditch this head cold and go
sailing...
- Booker c. Bense : bbense@stanford.edu-DeleteThis
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