Duotone Foil Wing boom adjustment

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warwickl
warwickl
NSW
2361 posts
NSW, 2361 posts
30 Aug 2019 7:42am
Anyone experimented with adjusting the boom for different wind conditions?
Is there an ideal setting for up wind?
Or is the boom adjustment ineffective so not really a buying benefit?
hilly
hilly
WA
8146 posts
WA, 8146 posts
30 Aug 2019 7:59am
warwickl said..
Anyone experimented with adjusting the boom for different wind conditions?
Is there an ideal setting for up wind?
Or is the boom adjustment ineffective so not really a buying benefit?


Same as with Windsurfing sails. More outhaul for stronger winds and less for lighter conditions. Does make a difference. Stronger winds and flatter sail = better upwind.
warwickl
warwickl
NSW
2361 posts
NSW, 2361 posts
30 Aug 2019 4:23pm
I understand that for windsurfing as did that for over 20years .
I was wondering how efficient the Duotone is from people's experience?
hilly
hilly
WA
8146 posts
WA, 8146 posts
30 Aug 2019 6:46pm
That is my experience with my 4m Duotone wing.
Piros
Piros
QLD
7312 posts
QLD, 7312 posts
31 Aug 2019 12:53am
Yes make the boom shorter , gives it more grunt . Longer is less power and better up wind. I actually thought it was the other way around. Makes life a lot easier doing this out on the water when conditions change , it's a huge help.
Camarillo
Camarillo
369 posts
369 posts
31 Aug 2019 3:06am
I tried to adjust boom length of my Duotone 5m2 on the water when the wind increased to 25 knots and it was not easy at all.

Perhaps I am doing it wrong?
Piros
Piros
QLD
7312 posts
QLD, 7312 posts
31 Aug 2019 6:11am
25kn on a 5m trying to push that boom out on the water would be very hard. I was the reverse , shortening it on 4m when the wind dropped.
Fishdude
Fishdude
315 posts
315 posts
1 Sep 2019 4:46am
Dwight made a nice quick adjustable carbon boom for his duotone. Looks like a real good simple design.
www.instagram.com/p/B1w2YzDHxGo/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
JEG
JEG
VIC
1469 posts
JEG JEG
VIC, 1469 posts
2 Sep 2019 9:19am
another alloy thinking, maybe the carbon are on there way for 2021?

I heard and seen a lighter material had been made more light weight and even stronger and game changer for sure.
franchetto
franchetto
WA
306 posts
WA, 306 posts
15 Apr 2020 10:45pm
Can the Duotone boom be easily bent or damaged on impact?

Francone
LeeD
LeeD
3939 posts
3939 posts
16 Apr 2020 5:44am
Impact would damage the much more fragile inflated wing.
But yes, run over by a car, the boom suffers damage.
franchetto
franchetto
WA
306 posts
WA, 306 posts
20 Apr 2020 3:37am
LeeD said..
Impact would damage the much more fragile inflated wing.
But yes, run over by a car, the boom suffers damage.


Unless you are jesting, kind of improbable, I must say, for a car to smash into the wing while on the water ,( unless it is an amphibious car..)
I was thinking more along the lines of me falling over the wing's metal boom or the boom hitting the board when falling, as has already routinely happened to me when learning on a regular windsurding board..
Actually, the Duotone I am looking at has a slightly bent boom, because, the seller says, he used the wing on the snow and the wind load in these conditions is much stronger than on the water. This is why it bent slightly. He says this will never happen on the water, unless, perhaps, you surf in 30 knts...Just wanted to ..keep him honest..

Ittiandro
AUS 808
AUS 808
WA
518 posts
WA, 518 posts
13 May 2020 2:49pm
Francone said..
Can the Duotone boom be easily bent or damaged on impact?

Francone


The boom is made from 7000 series alloy which is very strong, stronger than any other alloy boom available except for Techno Limits, they use or used to use the same material.

Carbon would be easy & cheap in this application
Scotty Mac
Scotty Mac
SA
2060 posts
SA, 2060 posts
13 May 2020 10:09pm
Been using an old adjustable sup paddle shaft for 6 months with my duotone. Grip it up like a windsurfing boom. Works sweet, weighs bugger all.
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