Board/case fit issue
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Topic: Board/case fit issue
Posted By: tack'ho
Subject: Board/case fit issue
Date Posted: 19 Nov 07 at 7:12pm
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I have just got a nice shiney Europe and the guys who shipped it over from the USA (it's ex us Olympic kit) put all the best looking bits with the boat I got. What his means however is the very pretty Mastrom Board is slightly too fat for the case! By slightly I mean I can push it down and move it but it is scratching the varnish on the Board. Should I just accept this (very pretty board!! Any ideas?? ------------- I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e! |
) try to slim the board slightly and revarnish or try to widen the slot a little?Replies:
Posted By: mike ellis
Date Posted: 19 Nov 07 at 8:11pm
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i would geuss making the board narrower would be more risky than making the slot wider as if you narrow the board theres the risk it could end up assymetric. and noone can see the inside of the case whereas if you adjust the board and it ends up not looking sonice next time you swim everyone will see it. ------------- 600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it. Also International 14, 1318 |
Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 19 Nov 07 at 9:47pm
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No, surely it's much easier to make the board narrower? Is it the actual blade that is too fat, or just the bit that always stays inside the case?
------------- Needs to sail more... |
Posted By: timnoyce
Date Posted: 19 Nov 07 at 10:29pm
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I think that you'll find that making the case wider will be a pain in the arse! In all our boats the case is laminated on a mould, and then built in when the boat is joined... apart from sand off all the gel on the inside to make it wider I can't think of another way to remedy it unless you want to cut you boat up and fit a new one?!
------------- http://www.facebook.com/bearfootdesign - BEARFOOT DESIGN Cherub 2648 - Comfortably Numb |
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 20 Nov 07 at 8:30am
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shave the board down! If your major worried about the boad send it away to someone like Millanes and get them to refinish it for you ! ------------- |
Posted By: Franco
Date Posted: 20 Nov 07 at 1:17pm
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If it goes in and you can use it, leave it alone. You just need to clean your slot or use a lubricant. The scratching will probably be dirt in the case. P.S. It's not varnish. |
Posted By: mike ellis
Date Posted: 20 Nov 07 at 6:11pm
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oeydokey, ignore me, i was only geussing. ------------- 600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it. Also International 14, 1318 |
Posted By: tmoore
Date Posted: 20 Nov 07 at 7:23pm
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im fairly sure this happens with most new boards. For certain it does in all rudder stocks i have ever came across. (apart from the cool vertically loaded ones) tom ------------- Landlocked in Africa RS300 - 410 Firefly F517 - Nutshell Micro Magic RC yacht - Eclipse |
Posted By: Graham T
Date Posted: 20 Nov 07 at 8:07pm
See various posts on the duffers topic re lubricating boards then sliding off them after capsition........... ------------- Osprey 55 "Tebutinnang" Osprey 1245 "Two Bob Bit" Miracle 1358 "Thumper" |
Posted By: Lukepiewalker
Date Posted: 20 Nov 07 at 9:06pm
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Maybe it's a necessary evil, so the board can be anglesd in the case. Or am I just imagining seeing Europes doing that...
------------- Ex-Finn GBR533 "Pie Hard" Ex-National 12 3253 "Seawitch" Ex-National 12 2961 "Curved Air" Ex-Mirror 59096 "Voodoo Chile" |
Posted By: Lukepiewalker
Date Posted: 20 Nov 07 at 9:13pm
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Just had a poke around the interwebnetandthat which seems to confirm that supposition.
------------- Ex-Finn GBR533 "Pie Hard" Ex-National 12 3253 "Seawitch" Ex-National 12 2961 "Curved Air" Ex-Mirror 59096 "Voodoo Chile" |