Hey guys do you think it does the boards any good putting carbon boards straight into a board bag after sailing. Then leaving them in there wet until the next time you sail.

In my view, all that stuff is mostly unaffected by water, however, I open the zip when I get home and pul the board out to the front straps.
Push the board in after a few days, once the straps are dry on touch.
I make sure it's never exposed directly to sun.

On the 2016 fanatic sups (saw it on the allwave LTD carbon models) is a red triangle sticker near the vent plug warning not to put board in bag wet, to dry it first.
I'm guessing they will not accept any warranty clams if or when they do bubble / blister paint.

In 30 years I've never had the problem. If it's happening it will be due the poor paints they are using

I've got a little problem at the moment with one of my boards from a certain brand where the fancy graphic design on the bottom is coming off. The under lying paint is good, however the graphic you could remove with the sticky side of grey tape. Every time I sail it comes off (in the water), the most paint lost is on the starboard rail between the foot straps - guess what, we have starboard tack sailing conditions!

I have other boards from the same brand but other years - no problem. Other brands but from the same manufacturer (guess who?) and no problems.

I've been discussing with the so called brand about warranty with this board - they've said its due to the fact the you put the board away wet in a board bag. For the above reasons I think that is just rubbish - its crap paint.

I would suggest when you by a new board use the grey tape test. If the paint lifts when you remove the tape - its a poor a paint job.

You have very little recourse with the big companies and I'm starting to doubt whether or not they would ever honour a warranty claim no matter what it is. It does make you re think about buying locally (including NZ) as at least you can "shirt front" the person if need be.

I once had a Windaction board that I put it in a board bag wet and the paint bubbled very slightly I think most modern boards are not painted as much but I always towel off the bottom of my boards and leave the zips undone for a few days.
In the old days we used towel like bags they were good cause they breathed but they could be hard to put the boards in and out more so if you had aggressive deck grip on the board plus they didn't offer as much impact protection.

I always take mine out and put them in the sun( vent undone) till dry then re store them in the bag.

MrSpinout said..
I've got a bucket with me

reminds me of;

First issue I have ever had with wet boards in bags was this winter. I went to Europe for 6 weeks and the boards stayed at home in the garage in their bags zippers open but my freestyle boards paint job bubbled like crazy. It's just the paint but still doesn't look too flash and not sure how it effects planing efficiency.

Needless to say it only happened on one board out of 4 and this boards graphics started coming off on their own in year 1 so not really surprised moisture got under them. Needless to say next time I know I'm off the water for more than a couple weeks boards might come out of their bags.

mathew said..
A towel is your friend.

I've had a board bubble up from leaving it in a wet bag. I now always give it a quick towel dry and leave the bag open slightly, easy Solution!

We can send a man to the moon and yet we can't make a material that offers a level of protection and breathes all in one

PS - Moon conspiracists need not reply.

I wash my gear in fresh water and leave out to dry when I get home after a session. Sounds like not to many guys do this so am I wasting my time?
cheer

Mark _australia said..
I would not wash sails that have been in salt water and the salt helps stop mould
Boards, maybe to get sand off so they don't get scratched in the bag but if not sandy I don't see why you'd wash them.

About the only thing is maybe any metal bits, bases, extensions, now and then.

I was wondering the same thing. However, I dry my sails for 2 days outside of the bag and loosened up to speed up drying and prevent mould. Isn't that better than leaving the sail wet in the bag with salt water?

MrSpinout said..

Mark _australia said..
I would not wash sails that have been in salt water and the salt helps stop mould
Boards, maybe to get sand off so they don't get scratched in the bag but if not sandy I don't see why you'd wash them.

About the only thing is maybe any metal bits, bases, extensions, now and then.

I was wondering the same thing. However, I dry my sails for 2 days outside of the bag and loosened up to speed up drying and prevent mould. Isn't that better than leaving the sail wet in the bag with salt water?

I have rolled them up wet for years, longest I have had a sail is maybe 5yrs with no dramas

Then again when using the 2010 -12 ish age Neil Pryde the tack pulleys rusted
Bad enough that the most used one snapped off.....