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Topic: Rs feva daggerboard

Posted By: Macwylie
Subject: Rs feva daggerboard
Date Posted: 05 Nov 12 at 6:08am

My rs feva aluminum daggerboard fills with water. Probably good for ballast, but I read that they're supposed to float! Any suggestions for sealing the end? Silicon?

Thanks,

Macwylie

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Posted By: radixon
Date Posted: 05 Nov 12 at 8:27am

I would email RS sailing, take some pics too. The Ali centreboards are newish, you may have a faulty one.

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Posted By: Moppo
Date Posted: 05 Nov 12 at 10:46am

Contact RS before you do anything with it. It may need to be reftrofitted with more foam before sealing up (the maintenance guy at the Feva Worlds in 2011 spent 3 days doing just that, solidly).

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Posted By: Macwylie
Date Posted: 06 Nov 12 at 5:57am

Richard & Moppo, thanks for your advice. I'll post back when I've got a solution!

Macwylie

Posted By: themeaningoflife
Date Posted: 07 Nov 12 at 11:15am

I think if you contact RS they now can supply some closed cell foam moulded to the cavity that is a fairly instant fix for the problem.

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