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vracer
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 Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:02 pm Post subject: Question about new mast |
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| I just purchased a new powerflex mast. It arrived with no mast cap, or cap on the lower half of the mast. My question is; Is it necessary to have mast caps and "fill" in the mast for optimum perfromance? Or can I just leave it hollow? |
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scooper
Joined: 28 May 1987
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Location: Massachusettes
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I've had problems with the masts filling up with water! I once had a 6.8 in light offshore winds just messing around. I had a failure with the connection to the board and the rig became seperated. The mast filled with water as I was trying to reconnect the rig. The rig was like a rock, pointing straight down, trying to sink. I just barely kept from losing the rig. It was a nightmare getting it reconnected, drained and back to shore. I now have all my masts plugged on both ends and foam in my mast bases too. |
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madspaniard
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| Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:29 am Post subject: |
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| scooper wrote: | | I've had problems with the masts filling up with water! I once had a 6.8 in light offshore winds just messing around. I had a failure with the connection to the board and the rig became seperated. The mast filled with water as I was trying to reconnect the rig. The rig was like a rock, pointing straight down, trying to sink. I just barely kept from losing the rig. It was a nightmare getting it reconnected, drained and back to shore. I now have all my masts plugged on both ends and foam in my mast bases too. |
That is exactly what happened to me last weekend out at Crissy Field (no offshore winds but ebbing). My rig got separated from the board. The mast was a Naish rdm 400 (new) with no inside plug, the rig started sinking so I had to swim for the rig and then get the board in choppy waters and ferries passing by, real nightmare reconnecting rig and board, which I finally did thanks to the help of a fellow windsurfer. I'm getting a plug for the mast. |
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vracer
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| Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:51 pm Post subject: Thanks for the input |
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| Thanks everyone for the answers. Based on your input, I am going to plug the mast on both ends. |
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