yeh it shore looks impressive , the carbon is o.k but the kevlar is most definaterly a problem first you wont be able to cut it with out electric cutters and than you wont be able to sand it. it frays up like wool and the only way to stop it is to cover with more glass or carbon it is very heavy and unless it is prestreched it has no real benerfit execpt on the bottom of boats or surf ski it is more trouble than it is worth and it is not cheap you can get a carbon fiberglass blend that works well but if you are making a sail board just go for the old glass and carbon you can not go wrong

Yeah kevlar is a pain in the arse don't bother with it.

jim

Last season Decrepit did 3 nose repairs to my F2 within 4 weeks.

Needless to say I was a litle dark over the affair as all were due to soft impacts. So we decided to go the Carbon kevlar way and rienforce the whole nose section.

At the time Mike was muttering a little as the Kevlay has a tendency to feather when sanding.

All in all the repairs and rienforcing has proved successfully and The "Elmo" impacts are only hurting Elmo now.

Alby


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hey X i actually have a wave board with kevlar stringers, it is a custom board from tarifa which i got second hand. though i know adam quinn had a board for a while which had kevlar stringers going diagonally across the board. i think he liked it but he goes through so many boards who would know. (it's like he thinks he's robby or someone)

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Where's the wind ?? I'm keen to test it out !!

Just from your local hobby shop. You could probably get one piece if you went to the right place but I actually glued 4 lengths together (120 long) side by side for the bottom then sandwiched 10 lengths going the other direction for the deck so ended up 2 ply. I did this because I'm guessing that the deck will generally be in compression where as the bottom will generally be in expansion. I understand that End grain has better impact compressive strength but I used normal stuff (length wise grain) because I think it would be stronger during flex. May sound dodgy but my guess is that most of the strength comes from the encapsulating Kevlar/carbon jacket, the balsa is more of a 'filler' to create the shape and dissipate shock over a more even area.

Rode it for the first time down at Altona on Monday. Seems like a very quick board but I've only sailed one about same length (115) last summer on flat water. Not being used to riding a board so short in choppy water was challenging and I went A over T several times. Not giving up yet because it will probably come into its own on flat water - I'm thinking it's maybe not ideal for someone 6ft 2 tall on choppy water.