KEEPIN IT REAL

MikeLaRonde · Joined: 11 Jun 2001 Posts: 768

I think I might have a clue. I had an old F2 Strato longboard with this setup ..naturally, I always chose the 'locked' setting instead of "500 Nm"

I was just learning to use the harness with this board. and so of course, one day I had a nasty catapult, with the mast hitting squarely on the nose..which wasn't exactly delicate, and didn't get much damage.

nope, instead, the entire mast track was yanked clean out of the board. It was only held in with a few small sheet metal screws and maybe some glue.

sailingjoe · Joined: 06 Aug 2008 Posts: 1087

Those boards and universal systems are new to me, mlaronde and bred2shed. It's simple with my board, a Hi-Fly Curtis with a mast track that's adjustable on the fly. The bungee pulls out of the mast track and fits into a hook in the universal. If you wanted to jerryrig one on a modern board, however, you would have to screw something in to the board to hold that end. You also need some way to attach the bungee to the universal. I only have two other universals that have something like that, both are for adjustable mast tracks and no longer manufactured. Back to the failing, I have a hard time understanding how someone could sail for an hour on the north shore of the cape with the Chinook two bolt universal not securely fastened. I'ld stick to the faulty tab theory. You may have somehow unlatched it on the water, but that seems rather difficult to do. I'ld be very careful about sailing again with it.