Harrow said...

Water coming out in drips when I suck on the hole. Advice?

You're a brave man asking for advice from the SB community on that one!

Take out bung..put a whick ( lamp wick is good ) or paper towel..something absorbent in the hole. Put board upside down in hot shed you can have it on saw horses or a couple of buckets - one each end.Replace wick every now & then with a dry one.Keep doing until whick is dry. Keep at is for days or even a week if you can.
Make a cardboard sign ( vent plug!!) to place inside the board bag so it drops out as you take board out or get into the habit of doing the vent up when you put the fin in..

If you were planing almost all of the time, and the board is more litres than your weight so it doesn't sink much, I doubt much water washed over the deck.
Maybe 100 - 200ml in the bung'ole - a good ding and then sailing back to shore will do that much (or worse) so I think all is not lost.

Wick it like Sue said, make sure the wick is in contact with the styro core. I reckon the thick string used on old-school mop heads is ideal. Stick a hair dryer blowing on the wick for a couple of hrs in the evening if it is humid and cool

shove a mini libra tampon in the hole and wait

Ask drj about vapour pressure and then consult a chemistry textbook, cause you'll have learnt nothing..

I've tried everything except spinning the board. I'm inclined to bet that spinning is the answer.. I base this opinion from having dissected a waterlogged board, trying to find the water!

Put a wet sponge in a plastic bag, then try and dry the sponge without removing it from the bag... Tqhere is no easy way.

fjdoug said...
I knew a guy who put a Hifly Race in a pizza oven

if it didn't dry in 30 minutes did he get it for free?

fjdoug said...
I knew a guy who put a Hifly Race in a pizza oven

Cripes must have been a big oven!

FormulaNova said...
Don't suck on the hole.

Looks like it's too late:

Your avatar encourages silly responses

robbo1111 said...
ask Duncan then do the opposite

Haha, funny funny because..

If your the bloke sailing the air port then I already gave my advise.

The only way to get rid of a large amount of water is the spin cycle. Drill two holes in the boards ends and attach to your ceiling fan.

Alternatively .........

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/sailing-with-the-plug-out/?page=1

All the misinformation you require is in the link above.

Still brings a tear to my eye.

Sorry Duncan couldn't resist, I thought the pain may have passed by now

actually, on second thoughts you board is now worthless. Buy a new one. I'll take the water logged on of your hands.

DunkO said...
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/sailing-with-the-plug-out/?page=1

All the misinformation you require is in the link above.

Still brings a tear to my eye.

Dunno about misinformation.

It was just about all good......... but then......

I had a board that constantly leaked water in through the footstrap holes, used to sit in rafters of shed with a wick (mop threads) for a few weeks at a time and eventually 'most' of the water came out. Funnily enough it was my favourite board even though it soaked about 1-2lts of water each sesh.

I ended up giving it to a guy that wanted to cut it up for the foam (for a canoe out-rigger...or something?) Anyways, I saw him last week and asked him "how rotten was the foam when he cut it up?" His answer - the foam was perfect, with the exception of around the footstrap holes where I had obviously made some repairs with foam & fibreglass...his comment - "I reckon you could've got many more years out of it if you just fixed the screw holes."

Wick it & weigh it - don't stress, it will be ok.