Hi David,
just came back from kingscliff. was not enough wind to go out there. Was greate yesterday at narrowneck until i broke my mast pretty far out there
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To the landsailer: I used normal cheap skateboard trucks, made a little groove with a file and used some u bolts (25mm) to connect it to the axles. The ones of supercheap are perfect. dont shorten them, you have much better control with wider axles. Screwed the trucks about 15cm from each end on the board (dont know why so far, is maybe better to put them right on the edge).
The deck is an old wakeboard, 140cm long (that is a good length to stand stable and comfotable on it) at the ends it is 25cm wide and goes up to 40cm in the middle. i drilled a hole about 10cm forward from the front axle for the mast base. makes it verry hard to tack (but still possible with wavesail). if you make the board to small or put the mastbase to far back you will sail a bit cramped and not as efficient. you can make holes for the mast base in different positions to find out what suits your style.
To get a good grip on the deck i have sprayed some clear paint ($2.50 per can) on the deck and sprinkled some sand of the beach on it before i gave it a second coate of clear paint. works excellent. did that before on my sailboard.
Put some old footstraps on it and with a bit of wind you will have a greate time. Just dont fall
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I still have all my downhill mtb gear...
