RE: Safety Fin

From: Manuel Paunet (manuel.paunet@businessobjects.com-DeleteThis.com)
Date: Fri Sep 27 2002 - 09:10:09 PDT


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From: Manuel Paunet <manuel.paunet@businessobjects.com-DeleteThis.com>
To: "'wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com'" <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>
Subject: RE: Safety Fin
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 09:10:09 -0700
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I'd like to know what is the lifetime of the rubbery thing on the mast base
We french call it a "diabolo", I think some call it a universal (not sure)
anyway I mean that black-funny-shaped-flexible part on the mast base
I broke plenty of stuff but never that bit
so I m not sure how often I should replace it
did anyone break that? if yes, how old was it?

Manu

-----Original Message-----
From: Allen H Zimmermann [mailto:allen.zimmermann@gte.net-DeleteThis.com]
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 4:30 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list WIND_TALK
Subject: Re: Safety Fin

Sailing the board backwards works pretty good, but could be difficult in
highwind/swell/wave conditions. Here is the best solution:

Before you go out, (especially on a big day) check all your lines (including
harness), screws (fin, release valve and footstraps) mast, booms, kite
struts etc.etc. I've broken a lot of stuff over the years, but have never
lost a fin or had a footstrap come undone. Shit happens, but it won't
happen often if you use a little preventative medicine. Not being that
mechanical it blows my mind how many of my high tech and engineering
partners in crime carry little or no tools to the beach. I'm glad you're ok
Ken!
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Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: Safety Fin

>
> I did the helmet trick once and found that my arms were toast pretty quick
> based on the excessive drag. The last time I lost a fin I decided to just
try
> and sail it in and it worked. Obviously, this technique depends on a lot
of
> factors including ability and board size, but it is possible. It's worth
> trying before you start rigging up a drag system. If you have sailed a
board
> backwards, you will be familiar with the feeling. The posture was a low
> crouch with the front foot just in front of the universal and the rear
foot
> pretty far back to keep the nose from going under. If you can keep the
board
> stable while sinking the upwind rail a bit it will resist the tendency for
> the board to turn sideways, but mostly you keep the tail light and use
your
> back foot to keep the tail in line.
>
> Peter
>
> In a message dated 9/18/02 1:23:46 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> surfnsuds@earthlink.net-DeleteThis.com writes:
>
> > I once made a drag chute when my fin dropped off. I tied my helmet to a
> > spare line, and tied that to a rear footstrap. It worked, sort of, but
it
> > created so much drag that I was catapulted off the board repeatedly.
And
> > the water friction tore the lining out of the helmet, which was lost
for
> > eternity to mighty Neptune. Not really a good solution.



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