X-OldHeader: From bbense@shred.stanford.edu-DeleteThis.com Mon Jun 25 13:47:55 2001 Return-Path: <bbense@shred.stanford.edu-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_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id NAA01294 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Mon, 25 Jun 2001 13:47:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msgbas1.sgp.agilent.com (msgbas1.sgp.agilent.com [141.183.101.235]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id NAA14483 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Mon, 25 Jun 2001 13:47:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shred.stanford.edu (shred.Stanford.EDU [171.64.13.91]) by msgbas1.sgp.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9B901E1 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 04:47:51 +0800 (SGP) Received: from localhost (bbense@localhost) by shred.stanford.edu (8.11.2/8.10.0.PreAlpha1) with ESMTP id f5PKldp17384 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Mon, 25 Jun 2001 13:47:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 13:47:39 -0700 (PDT) From: "Booker C. Bense" <bbense@networking.stanford.edu-DeleteThis.com> To: Multiple recipients of list WIND_TALK <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com> Subject: Re: Board: How many hours and suggestions for a big guy every day board In-Reply-To: <3B379A30.F299FEE7@ix.netcom.com-DeleteThis.com> Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0106251327270.8072-100000@shred.stanford.edu-DeleteThis.com>
On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Kirk Lindstrom wrote:
>
> How many sessions/hours do people expect to get out of a board?
- I would expect at least 3 seasons of 80 days for a board
that I was jumping a lot with. 5 seasons for a board that mostly
stays on the water. I don't break boards though and I'm about
50 lbs lighter than you.
> My ASD Mutant is taking on water: delam between finbox and mast
> track, crack at fin box, etc. I found it harder to pass people...
> weighed it and it was 30 lbs AFTER draining some water!
> Bought it in 1997 so it has seen many hard sailing sessions
> Usually sail way wound up on a 6.5 or 5.5 with a good sized fin so plenty of
> stress and chop hops for my #230 body.
> My guess is 200 -250 sessions so perhaps 500 hours?
> Some big guys I know break a board every year so they only buy used. I don't
> jump high so perhaps mine last longer?
>
- That sounds like an entirely reasonable lifetime to me, particularly
for someone your size. To get more you'd have to pay a weight penalty
I suspect. I'd "like" my boards to last longer, but I wouldn't be
dissapointed with a board that lasted that long.
> I'll probably get the same board as this really works for me and
> it took a long time to get just what I was looking for to sail
> those 18-25 knot days...
- I certainly see no reason not to get another one from the above.
In the past I've gotten new boards because they sail so much better,
not because I've "worn them out". I've averaged a new board every
3 years or so since I've moved to the bay area. My '97 Seatrend 8'9"
is starting to look a little long in the tooth, but still seems to
be going strong.
- Booker C. Bense
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