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Anybody able to bring gear to HR from SeaTac?   Message List  
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Re: Anybody able to bring gear to HR from SeaTac?

--- In NW-WINDTALK@yahoogroups.com, "shuriterenshi" <shurite7@...> wrote:
>I picked up the boards on Friday and delivered them to Bruce Peterson at
sailworks. I was able to deliver all five baords. No wind though, so my son and
I went SUP.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Craig
>
Craig,
thanks so much for helping out with this - it's much appreciated. Sorry to hear
you got skunked on Friday.

Cheers,
-Andreas
Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:45 pm

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I was planning on helping Darren and Scotia out by bringing some charterboards/rigs down for Nationals (Trident, the Starboard distributors, are making them... 		andreas macke
a_macke
Offline Send Email 		Jul 9, 2009
7:17 pm

I got a couple of battens broken on a 5.0 sail (#2 and #4 from the top). No biggie/ easy to replace with the superb Sailworks support, but I am just curious...
Alex Zotov
alexzotov
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7:30 pm

They break because my head is harder than carbon fiber....
Don Ledford
donledford
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7:32 pm

it's a theory, though it would work better if we were giraffes - these battens are pretty high :-) Are they really carbon fiber? To:...
Alex Zotov
alexzotov
Offline Send Email 		Jul 10, 2009
7:41 pm

Depends on the sail. Race sails usually have carbon fiber tubular battens down low and solid carbon or glass rectangular battens up high. --Rick ... From:...
Rick Martin
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Offline Send Email 		Jul 10, 2009
10:35 pm

To: nw-windtalk@yahoogroups.com From: alexzotov@... Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:40:39 -0700 Subject: RE: why do battens break? it's a theory, though it would...
Susan k
acksk
Offline Send Email 		Jul 15, 2009
5:16 am

Yes, some battens are carbon fiber. Usually the tubular battens in race sails and some freerides. ... From: Susan k To: nw-windtalk@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed,...
Rick Martin
segler999
Offline Send Email 		Jul 15, 2009
3:14 pm

A friend broke the 2 top battens on a 5.0 when he slammed down on a wave in Kanaha. A catapult on to the battens will break them....
Mike Baker
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Offline Send Email 		Jul 10, 2009
8:10 pm

Interesting. I do do "jumps". I mean take offs not necessarily followed by landing on the board :-). (though it's been a while since I catapulted... fingers...
Alex Zotov
alexzotov
Offline Send Email 		Jul 10, 2009
9:12 pm

Surf creates all sorts of new ways to juxtaposition your body and your gear. Said by a wanna-be wave sailor who muffed his only wave sailing opportunity so...
Don Ledford
donledford
Offline Send Email 		Jul 10, 2009
9:38 pm

Ways to help your battens last a long time :) There's tons that could be discussed back and forth, with pros and cons, and lots of details regarding this. ...
Greg Mejlaender
g.mejlaender
Offline Send Email 		Jul 10, 2009
10:49 pm

... Cheers, Craig...
shuriterenshi
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11:54 pm

... Craig, thanks so much for helping out with this - it's much appreciated. Sorry to hear you got skunked on Friday. Cheers, -Andreas...
a_macke
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5:46 pm
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