azymuth forum posts in last 60 days

djl070 said..
I have used Mark a few times, I concur, top bloke and does a great job 👍

cheetos said..
Have seen a lot of reviews of the electric foil assist (e.g. FoilDrive, Duotone Foil Assist, Stoke Foiling) for wing foiling, SUP foiling, prone, and downwind, but nothing for windfoil. Has anybody tried using any of the system for windfoiling?

The main challenge I see is mounting the controller on the boom, or accessing the controller on either side of the boom. The duotone electric foil assist seemed to be best suited for this with the thumb controller. The motor should have enough thrust to boost onto the foil even with the extra weight of the windfoiling gear. But wondering if anybody has real world experience with this?

Mainly looking for an electric foil assist to maximise on water time as I work full time and there are more days of marginal wind condition than none. Plus with young kids at home, time on the water is precious. If I can get out of wind shadow and up to the line quickly,or even get back to shore safely when the seabreeze dies, that would be well worth it...if it works

lao shi said..
Epic action but such a shame to see Jaeger injured in a massive send.

2keen said..
Even if it is gusty, filmed from the deck is pretty sweet ??

Awalkspoiled said..
Nice to see someone having success of a FoilX - our Tampa Bay crew mostly couldn't deal with the squirreliness. Wichita Lineman! A blast from the past. Crazy windy in Wichita but no water that nice. Typical Wichita quiver back in the day was a Doyle 8'0" and 3.2/3.7/4.2/4.7 - only fins then of course.

utcminusfour said..
I just took a "trip" to Tassie with google earth. It's gonna take you a minute to even scratch the surface of all the amazing places to explore and sail! Hobart looks like a big city but then it goes wild as soon as you get out of town. You are surrounded by national parks, mountains, peninsulas and islands. Yeew!!!
XPS is has its pros and cons, it makes sense for homebrewing. One often cited con is outgassing leading to delam. I want to get another board online before August so I can put this board to the ultimate test, leaving it in my car in summer's heat. If it survives that I may never go back to EPS. I need to figure out what shape to try next.
You don't need shop if it short enough to fit in the bed of your truck, the foam is waterproof so you can build it outside!
I feel like what I am doing is windsurfing's version of mid length. And yes, length is useful for glide with the con being swing weight but that can be offset by moving the tracks forward. I do not feel that length is a detriment to pumping particularly at the lower volumes in our free ride boards. You can pump a longer board harder without burring the nose.
One more comment on my recent build, the white one. It is like industrial velcro with the slightest touch down! Normally I would not care because you just need to sail better but this board is next level grabby! I need to sort out a shim under my mast plate, that will help with pearling and touchdowns.
Are you using bigger sails with that bigger board in your new environment? That board can carry them.

utcminusfour said..
Love it JJ!
I may pick up one of those up and add tracks to have it as a spare. It takes me about a month to build, and I just had a stretch off the water because I only had one board and it had issues.
Here is what I just built with similar goals. 200x68x14.5 150 liters and 18 pounds. Hollowed out XPS foam, carbon and glass.
It's 3" shorter than my last build and I miss those inches when slogging. I lowered the rocker line really aggressively in the nose to keep the uphaul power in the shorter length. That worked but the new board is got its name after a few rides. "Pearl"
Overall, I am thrilled and its pros and cons are getting added into the Database.
NZ! Wow! Congrats mate!

Mark _australia said..
Oh no. You were going to be one of my official testers for something similar to that but you live in western NZ now.