Slot Gasket
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Category: Dinghy classes
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Topic: Slot Gasket
Posted By: BBSCFaithfull
Subject: Slot Gasket
Date Posted: 24 Feb 09 at 8:23pm
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Have a new board arriving soon. Need to repack case to make it fit. Whats the best/ cheapest stuff to use. Cheers, Alex ------------- Greatfully Sponsored By www.allgoodfun.com Int 14 GBR 1503!! |
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Posted By: gerunamo=]
Date Posted: 24 Feb 09 at 8:26pm
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erm i cut some carpet from my bedroom to do the 29ers g ------------- 49er 884 |
Posted By: mike ellis
Date Posted: 24 Feb 09 at 8:29pm
nah thats the daggerboard case, for a slot gasket my mate with a fireball used thick dacron sail cloth, seems to have worked. I'm sure grumpfs will show up in a bit to tell you what superior technology the windsurfers have been using for decades, leaving the dinghy world in the dust ------------- 600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it. Also International 14, 1318 |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 24 Feb 09 at 8:34pm
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The title says gasket, but the description sounds like packing. The cheapest slot gasket is duck tape (but certainly not the best) but for packing, be careful using carpet, as it picks up grit that will scratch your nice shiny board. Chandlers sell stuff on a roll for it. ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: Phil eltringham
Date Posted: 24 Feb 09 at 8:46pm
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for solid packing, either go fully bespoke and fill the slot with filler (just around the base, not the whole case!! Failing that contact adhesive soaked webbing is good. For simple, adjustable, and solid grip the white fluffy stuff (polar bear pubes as its affectionately know) used on the mustos is great. Maybe not the absolute cheapest, but great value in terms of what you get for your money. Just make sure if you use it that the surface is really really clean and dry before you stick it on. ------------- FLAT IS FAST! Shifts Happen |
Posted By: Jamesd
Date Posted: 24 Feb 09 at 9:20pm
| jap tape |
Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 24 Feb 09 at 9:21pm
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Jap tape is the answer! This is presuming that you are packing the case, rather than fitting a slot gasket to an International 14, which would just be silly....... ------------- Needs to sail more... |
Posted By: G.R.F.
Date Posted: 25 Feb 09 at 9:58am
Nope it's the bane of our lives as well, there was a period when Fanatic used a folded air encased flat tube of rubber on either side and they worked quite well. But now they use a PU compound that they alternately cut with and counter the grain so some are stiffer than others. LDC do a kit for their boats and supply the glue which seems to work fair enough, we changed the 500's slot flusher 3 times each season we owned it, they are that important to the boats performance. I quite like the folded sail cloth and alu battens that some 470's and 50's use, I haven't dared check the Asbo, we had enough else going wrong that needed fixing last season, but I dare say it will raise it's ugly head. Hawke slot gasket which used to come from down Hayling way was another system I've used a lot over the years and looks similar to the stuff LDC supply. I really must bone up on what the glue is the LDC folk supply it seems to do the job better than the old impact adhesives of yesteryear like Dunlop Thicksofix and Evostick. Boards use Industrial superglue like Loctite 416, superglue is acually 40% water soluable (not a lot of people know that)but it's still a nightmare to get off when the time comes to change. So sorry can't help with any improvements the windsurf Industry have made and anyway their foils tend to be thinner and higher speed so pass through more easily. ------------- https://www.ease-distribution.com/" rel="nofollow - https://www.ease-distribution.com/ |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 25 Feb 09 at 1:28pm
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hawke stuff + sikoflex ------------- |
Posted By: kanga
Date Posted: 25 Feb 09 at 2:01pm
| Definetly Jap Tape for packing, might want to use an independent adhesive (impact adhesive or somethign) to stick it as its own adhesive is not very durable. |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 25 Feb 09 at 2:08pm
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For packing a daggerboard you need spartight ------------- |
Posted By: Strawberry
Date Posted: 25 Feb 09 at 2:21pm
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Rick, have you got a source for spartight?
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Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 25 Feb 09 at 2:42pm
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Sorry; it's not permitted for the Musto Skiff; we keep it simple & use the 3M fluffy stuff. I would have have thought you'd get it from Simon Hiscocks http://www.shocksailing.com/index.html - http://www.shocksailing.com/index.html
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