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Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23684 posts
WA, 23684 posts
12 Oct 2007 9:31pm
Yes that is NOT a typo.... a standup paddleboard for $100.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/paddle-surfboard-sailboard_W0QQitemZ320167934888QQihZ011QQcategoryZ2920QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

snides8
snides8
WA
1731 posts
WA, 1731 posts
13 Oct 2007 10:35am
been looking at my windsufer stocky sitting in the drive and wondering (apart from construction)what the differnces might be from that to a modern day 'sup'
Chris 249
Chris 249
NSW
3585 posts
NSW, 3585 posts
15 Oct 2007 3:45pm
In a discussion on the Hot Sails Maui forum about using old booards for longboard wavesailing, Jeffrey Henderson said "Windsurfer was actually the closest shape to wht we are doing. If you aded about a foot of rocker, widened the board a few inches and tuned the rails for surfing an got rid of the daggerboard tht would be a sweet board for what we are doing."

Jeffrey (who is, I think, the guru) later told me that rocker had to be "At least 10 inches. That is the board laying on the pavement, the center of the bottom of the board needs to be at least 10 inches off the ground. That is for surf, for flat water paddle, you can have less. Tape over the daggerboard hole."

I took my One Design out in the surf a couple of weeks ago. First time since wooden wishbones. It was great....a lot easier than I thought in small (up to waist high) surf, in winds so light the kites had come in when I was rigging up. I got out of wavesailing a while ago since I got sick of light wind days, but I may get back into it if I can find the right spot for longboarding if the wind is too light for the small stuff.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23684 posts
WA, 23684 posts
15 Oct 2007 6:48pm
Well now that gets me thinking. Showing my age here but the windsurf books used to show a method for putting more rocker in those old boards by putting weights on it and using black plastic on it in the sun to warm it enough that it bent!!! (No sh!t)
Some blokes used to park a car on it with a bit of wood under the end, and heat with a heat gun.
Maybe worth a try.......
mikey100
mikey100
QLD
1109 posts
QLD, 1109 posts
16 Oct 2007 4:17pm
Stick the nose of the board (upside down)between 2 treads of your front steps, put a heavy tool box on the other end and pour buckets of HOT water over where you want the bend. Once the bend is correct, support board till it cools. Simple as that. To remove the extra rocker, turn over and repeat the process. Did that for years to my old Windsurfer, depending on whether I was using it for flat-water racing or rough water sailing.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23684 posts
WA, 23684 posts
16 Oct 2007 6:01pm
and another one shows his age
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