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Topic: New York City - Wingfoil and/or Wave Windsurf Spots |
bred2shred
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Forum: Eastern and Central USA & Canada Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 11:27 am Subject: New York City - Wingfoil and/or Wave Windsurf Spots |
If you’re willing to travel to New Jersey, I would think that Sandy Hook would satisfy both of your requirements since it offers opportunities for both flat water (bay) and waves (ocean) sailing. I ... |
Topic: Extracting Broken Batten |
bred2shred
Replies: 6
Views: 10031
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Forum: Windsurfing Discussion Posted: Fri May 27, 2022 11:50 am Subject: Extracting Broken Batten |
Agree, remove some stitches from the batten pocket. You can also remove stitches right next to the break location and then slide the batten out the side of the pocket.
Use a stitch ripper or very ... |
Topic: Sail construction |
bred2shred
Replies: 5
Views: 6278
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Forum: Windsurfing Discussion Posted: Sun May 08, 2022 9:30 am Subject: Sail construction |
Purple area? I see blue and yellow.
The blue area consists of several overlapping dacron patches. The X-ply may also be sandwiched inside. When all of those patches are stacked on top of one a ... |
Topic: Andy McKinney RIP :-( |
bred2shred
Replies: 6
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Forum: Windsurfing Discussion Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 10:51 am Subject: Andy McKinney RIP :-( |
I also enjoyed Andy’s posts on this forum. I had the opportunity to sail with him once during a trip to OBX around 2010. There was one very windy day blowing 3.5 - 4.0 at the Canadian Hole with on ... |
Topic: setting minimum or no mastfoot extension |
bred2shred
Replies: 16
Views: 16118
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Forum: Windsurfing Discussion Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 3:49 pm Subject: setting minimum or no mastfoot extension |
What do you mean by “no extension”? Do you mean running your extension at its lowest setting, or do you mean removing the pin and collar from the extension and just pushing the extension into th ... |
Topic: Mast sections separating at ferrule |
bred2shred
Replies: 22
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Forum: Windsurfing Discussion Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2021 11:36 am Subject: Mast sections separating at ferrule |
Yesterday evening I had very limited time to sail in mellow flat water and just sailed with them about 1/2 inch separated. Somehow while inserting the mast, I expect that they sometimes get separate ... |
Topic: Keeping center fin on in downwind |
bred2shred
Replies: 13
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Forum: Windsurfing Discussion Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 6:36 pm Subject: Keeping center fin on in downwind |
Leaving it on will not seriously effect downwind performance in light wind. The time to remove it would be after you can comfortably sail upwind, across the wind, and downwind with it installed and w ... |
Topic: Blown out batten? |
bred2shred
Replies: 11
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Forum: Windsurfing Discussion Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 11:02 am Subject: Blown out batten? |
I would suggest that you still look at how much outhaul youre putting on. You should not be pulling the sail flat. The sail needs curvature (camber) in order for the airflow to stay attached to the ... |
Topic: Winter Sailing |
bred2shred
Replies: 27
Views: 65368
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Forum: Eastern and Central USA & Canada Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 4:18 pm Subject: Winter Sailing |
Can they actually do that? I agree that it would be a disaster, but I don't recall of ever having, seeing, or hearing of it actually happen.
I have a friend whos a kiter, a few years ago while ... |
Topic: Shortening a Mast Extension? |
bred2shred
Replies: 20
Views: 36370
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Forum: Windsurfing Discussion Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:51 pm Subject: Shortening a Mast Extension? |
I agree, save yourself a lot of grief and just cut from the top. Ive done this before to salvage mast bases that have bent. I would recommend that you disable the holes at the top 6 of the base so ... |
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