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J64TWB
Joined: 24 Dec 2013 Posts: 1685
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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Bamer, way to get my noggin thinking! I like! Zip lines, hologram possibilities, drones, rail systems.
So let me get this right. Main concern is weight of water in mast and boom for bolting to lake bottom? How much Sun can sails take if I go above water? |
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U2U2U2
Joined: 06 Jul 2001 Posts: 5467 Location: Shipsterns Bluff, Tasmania. Colorado
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LUCARO
Joined: 07 Dec 1997 Posts: 661
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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I am liking the anchor idea. You could always remove board and stuff it on top of sail under the boom (tie off somehow) and that may partially submerge rig.
Maybe get some superfreaks. I believe dacron holds up better than mono film in the sun. |
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nw30
Joined: 21 Dec 2008 Posts: 6485 Location: The eye of the universe, Cen. Cal. coast
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 12:49 am Post subject: |
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60 feet, really, all this over 60 feet?!
You must be used to having it really easy. Try going WSing along the coast of remote Maui, or along the remote parts of Cal. or Or. coasts, or the Gorge, where some of the best WSing conditions can be had. Many long, tricky, sketchy trails that are a whole lot longer than 60 feet.
People do it daily as long as there is good wind. |
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MalibuGuru
Joined: 11 Nov 1993 Posts: 9300
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 1:42 am Post subject: |
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You can easily leave the board down there. Lash lock will secure it from theft. You must cover it, or it will be toast after a couple of months, As for the rig, just de-rig it every night and store it in a durable bag or container. (maybe a 10 or 12 inch by 8 foot ABS pipe attached to the dock?) Store the boom in the board bag, and the sail, mast and base in the pipe. |
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Arrgh
Joined: 05 May 1998 Posts: 864 Location: Rio
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 8:26 am Post subject: |
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Where's that yvanboniec guy when we need him? |
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Wind-NC.com
Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 980 Location: Formerly Cape Hatteras, now Burlington, VT!
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, there are some great solutions suggested here!
One more thing to look out for if you do decide to store the rig underwater is silt/sand creeping into the moving bits of your rig and seizing things up. Your boom will probably become impossible to adjust, the extension might get stuck in the mast, europin extension buttons will seize, pulleys will freeze up, etc. All probably in way less time than you'd imagine, maybe even just your first test run. _________________ formerly known as hodad.andy
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norcom
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beaglebuddy
Joined: 10 Feb 2012 Posts: 1120
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 2:50 am Post subject: |
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Definitely sounds like a three stooges adventure to me |
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spennie
Joined: 13 Oct 1995 Posts: 975 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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Storing the sail in the water will destroy it. A friend of mine used to leave his sail in the water all day like you're proposing, only just tied to a small buoy. Fine silt got in the batten pockets, and the gentle rubbing wore through the batten pockets, causing the battens to pop out the sides and ruining the sail. First-hand experience, not a guess. Don't remember how long it took, and don't want to find out! _________________ Spennie the Wind Junkie
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