Hey Joe,

Sorry I didn't get back sooner I lost your info. I have the better mast
tracks ordered from Mistral. Should be here in end of April. I heard you
might need a weed fin and your going to South Padre. I booked a ticket for
April 1st to 8th. I should see you down there. My cell is 920-251-1002

Cheers

Kevin Gratton
Wind Power Windsurfing & Kitesurfing
920-922-2550
<http://www.windpowerwindsurfing.com/> www.windpowerwindsurfing.com




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From: usa_prodigy@yahoogroups.com [mailto:usa_prodigy@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of joethewindsurfer
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 5:52 PM
To: usa_prodigy@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [usa_prodigy] Adjustable Mast Track Availability



Here in Houston, we've been calling the 2 types of adjustable mast
tracks the 'thermometer' style and the 'rectangle' style.
The 'thermometer' style is wider than the rest of the track in the
pedal area, just like a thermometer is wider where the alcohol or
mercury collects. This track is readily available, but only fits in
blue trimmed hulls that have a thermometer-shaped cutout. The
majority of hulls in folks hands right now have a rectangular cut-
out, and can only use the 'rectangle' style track. It's the same
design as the Mistral One-Design's track.

When we did our group purchase in Houston, many of the hulls had the
rectangular cutout. North Sports was able to get us adjustable
tracks for those hulls, and promised that they would continue to
supply parts for them. Well, as everyone knows, they ran out of
parts, and have now decided that it's not worth their time to get
them manufactured.

It's getting near a crisis situation here. We've already passed on
buying some used Prodigies, because they had rectangular cutouts, and
couldn't be upgraded to adjustable tracks.

Does anybody have any ideas on how to get the guts for the
rectangular tracks? I know Kevin told me that there were some new
faces at North Sports. Can they help? Are the parts available in
Europe? Should we, as a group, try to build our own? Can we design
a narrow pedal for the new style tracks so that they can fit a
rectangular cutout?






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