Weed and foiling

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MProject04
MProject04
665 posts
665 posts
10 Aug 2020 7:52pm
Hi, anyone got a solution for this? Is there such a thing as a weed foil? At height of summer it is getting a bit annoying now. Last session I had to plunge in the water 10 times to rip off hands full of weed!
Subsonic
Subsonic
WA
3415 posts
WA, 3415 posts
10 Aug 2020 11:37pm
Find somewhere to sail where there's no weed.

Thats the only solution i've found. I guess depending on where you live, that might be easier said than done.
PatK
PatK
325 posts
325 posts
11 Aug 2020 1:46am
Try to get a dugong or manati
IndecentExposur
IndecentExposur
297 posts
297 posts
11 Aug 2020 3:40am
OMG, I live in Colorado. Weed and foiling mean something different... at least the weed part.

IE
Cyber
Cyber
145 posts
145 posts
11 Aug 2020 5:55pm
IndecentExposur said..
OMG, I live in Colorado. Weed and foiling mean something different... at least the weed part.

IE


Yeah, think MProject04 will find many similar 'affected weed windfoilers' along the entire US west coast and up in Michigan lakes area. And here in Europe in The Netherlands. Dont think the affected find it a problem though!?
NordRoi
NordRoi
672 posts
672 posts
11 Aug 2020 8:23pm
I think the demand surpass the offer in most place...

but what is funny, some spot where I cannot ride a fin board without a weed fin...the foil works fine.

It's mostly the very long weeds that catch and specially if they are attached at the bottom of the sea floor or lake or whatever.

On my closest spots there is a few shallow area and when I pass over....it's a hand break and I need to clean the foil...if I don't get over the handle bar. ;-) When I avoid them I'm fin...but I cannot ride with a wave fin or slalom fin.
WindMode
WindMode
812 posts
812 posts
11 Aug 2020 11:06pm
i wouldnt foil under influence ;).
Cyber
Cyber
145 posts
145 posts
12 Aug 2020 2:37am
WhiteofHeart said..
i wouldnt foil under influence ;).


I bought the 90cm infinity mast. Because I like to fly high!
segler
segler
WA
1663 posts
WA, 1663 posts
13 Aug 2020 10:41am
Foils are weed magnets. The Columbia River sites are getting weedy now in late summer. Ugh. At Roosevelt it is not unusual to collect 50 pounds of weeds before you get out into the clear. Same for 3-Mile and Port Kelley. Fortunately, Arlington Port, directly across from Roosevelt, stays clear because you launch directly into clear current.
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