Captain skip bogan (50112km):
4300 days ago Arvo sesh at Boggy Lake with Sam and Leon. 3rd time in a row arrived to see some wind . Wind looked more than 10 - 15 knots so decided on 7m and 2012 113 fanatic falcon - 2nd time out and 1st time out since getting it back last week from a couple of touch ups including the fin box. Sam and me decided to try and get an hour in. I set off - wind was a constant 13 knots gusting to 18. After 3 runs out and back the footstraps didn't suit the booties i had on so went and took the them off. Back out again and cruising out towards centre island and BANG .
At 1st i thought carp and kept cruising for a few more metres and then thought i would get off and check fin. The fin was pushed back at 45 degrees and resembled a weed fin. The fin had pushed into the newly repaired rear of fin box, the front screw missing and the rear screw was just hanging in there . I managed to sail back to shore and pulled the fin out of the box and found the screw was bent in a "S" shape. After this i took out the Fanatic falcon 102. The wind had become gusty on both ends of the lake for gybing and also had dropped a little since 1st going out. Tried to get an hour in to back up Sam but wasn't great. Ended up a good cruise even with the painful start.
On more inspection of the fin and board - i found out the impact was pretty hard. The brass threads had threaded and allowed the fin to slide backwards without damaging the top of board. The fin base is cracked though but is repairable. Painful and costly sport sometimes but great fun.....
PS. I think that might have been Joes and Norms post. Please let me know co-ordinates so we can remove that Bastard.
2012 Fanatic falcon 113 / 2011 7m loft blade / R375 fin.
2010 Fanatic falcon 102 / 2011 7m loft blade / 35cm sl7.
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