Have just moved my 07 Exocet Warp Slalom 58 and found a dinner-plate sized depression on the bottom near the tail.....appears that on the weekend, while in a board-bag in my hatch-back, the sun through the glass has superheated the bag (now signs of heatshrink) and made the foamcore of the board melt and shrink. Thought a boardbag would protect against heat etc. The board is @#^^*#!
Has anyone else had this problem? Am devistated!

Vent plug was undone...didnt blow up....caved in.

wow, how unlicky is that? my tabou lived in my car constantly, without the vent plug, parked outside in the sun for almost 2 years except for when i was sailing it, and not a hint of delam or melting foam, and it was never in a board bag Maybe a manufacturing defect all along Mikey? Very sorry to hear it anyway

maybe boardbags + hot cars = bad

thank you but i don't think it's helping the wind any more than the boy with cantiloupe t*ttays

Styrofoam should be good to about 50deg, could have got a bit hotter than that, but it seems unlikely. I wrap my boards in black plastic and leave them in full sun for the final cure, under glass it could get a little hotter, but I'd also suggest the warranty route.

Are you guys for real. Ive seen the glass weave soften and start to show through in the exact shape of a black section of those flying objects board bags. I'v seen styrofoam melted under black footpads after the guy left it out in the sun on a 40 degree day to try and dry out a damaged area. I've seen all the foam in the last 4" of a nose melt from the sun shinning through the windscreen onto a red board.
The Salt water fever repair guy once told me that board bags cause heaps of damage, they heat up, they are sealed so the hot air inside the bag doesnt escape it just builds up, because the insulation properties of the bag trap the heat in the bag. It gets worse if you stick it in a car or tin shed, my wagon gets up to 65 degrees on a hot day and my shed up to 60 degrees. Stick an oven thermometer in your car on a warm day and see for yourselves how hot your car can get.
Mikey your lucky, no.... your smart that you had the vent undone otherwise you would have had a major bottom delamination.
Use a white board bag not that reflective silver either and dont zip it up. Park in the shade. Partially open your windows. Buy light coloured boards. Heat and sharp objects are your boards enemies. Use the vent plug.
Warranty I dont think so.

That's a real shame about that board Mike. What a bummer.

AND raising the issue of board bag design......

The bags function is to protect the board from bumps, scratches and uv damage to pads n straps.

They aught to be properly ventilated.

There must be a way to achieve padding with ventilation - discontinuous padding with porous fabrics is the obvious answer, light coloured fabrics obviously.

And if they have discontinuous padding they could maybe be expandable/compressible.

And while they're at it they could put some little tie patches on them so you could tie little loops through them to hook over the ends of the roof racks to stop them blowing off when you're untying them or stacking them on windy days.

Now there's a great idea! I like it
How often is it windy when sailboards are put on or taken off roof racks?
Usually it's a 2 person job.

in queensland, twice a year maybe ?

but like Mikey said, the board imploded, not exploded

riders

i'm having problems with my standard flat stockinette stitch...could i pop round for a few pointers...[}:)]

Is the depression hard or soft ? if it's hard i wouldn't worry about it just think of it as a concave who knows the board might perform even better.

Bog and spray, I'd imagine the fin box looks raised?
When I leave gear in the car on hot days the windows are left down an inch, makes a huge difference to inside temp. I bake my boards between 65 to 80 deg. for 2 hours to cure them which the car does easily in summer. Once the 'd'cell shrank from 5 to 3mm under the tail when it got to 95 deg. ( to hot to touch ) for 2 hours when I realized I didn't drill out the vent.No delam but needed bogging around the fin boxes.
Heat up 'D'cell and it will shrink.