took delivery of f-16 the other day thought id share a few piccs of its maiden voyage wheeing her out of the hanger
un packing at mossies
shooting the rocks
im glad it isnt 7 1/4 ' thick
whats hotter than this a f-16
a few do nuts
paddling with freinds on the father of f-16 the 14'8' starboard the point
all dun now the proud owner of f-16 sicccccc brudas
Well Captain Rad that looks "fully SIC"..nice buy
Lookout hilly flight captain Radmans guuna catch you on the next DWer.
That area at mossies looks a great place for a casual paddle must get down there more
mossies rocks spent three days down that area, is so peace ffuull under neath that clify area birds singing, no traffic noise, wind dissapears on anywhere from nth to swest ,all those flash house owners dont no what there missin, they should be out ther suppin,hilly i think i be only 10 secs behind you now instead of 30 look out bruda i cumin to get you you havent seen the 12'6' hobie in action i do beleive its a tad faster in the flats and in the dw conditionds we had on sundy
but like dj said its not a race
Nice shots Radster here is a couple more that I didn't send to you, man that was a nice few days wasn't it.
BTW you and Hilly don't stand a chance once I get a bit more training happening
Geez this thing looks slippery as doesn't it
Check out the Osprey nest in the background
Beno was was that happy with the new board he was just spinning out
Suburbia.....where.... nothing but the sound of birds chirping and the gently lapping of the water on the hull here
just over 3 gs deliverd to wa from qld ,pretty cheap for a hollow moulded full carbon race proven winning machine,id be buying 10 of them at the moment as the aussie dollar is so strong but my wife wont let me, i think i may have got a good deal as it was the last one off paddling promotions in tugun thanks Chris
id heard rumours they were up to 5 gs deliverd out of hawai ,this is one that was built in china but the boss of sic has taken back the moulds so maybe price goes up ,i am a lucky radman
had the f-16 out for its first downwinder on the weekend, paddled with telstra john and new recruit aaron on his 14'8' starboard, paddled from lighthouse to st geoges with a10-12 kn w/s/sw approx 4ks found the f- 16 a joy to paddle and was able to bust onto runners and keep the big girl on the plane with a bit of gut busting,this baby flys found my self flying ahead of the others whitch was good as i was able to have a break after my gut busting runs.aaron did well on his starry on only his forth outing only fell in three times, and was able to find some form at the end and bust onto a few runners. goes to show how good that 2008 model board was and still is, cant wait to get the f-16 out in 25 kns man its gunna go would have to say it s probly 20% faster than the starboard, i just hope that hollow carbon construction hangs in and dosent snap in half you feel a bit of flexing when punching into it, just need to swap the steering arm to suit my natural footed surfing stance,has any one had any experience with swaping the cables over i assumre youy use a thin stiff bit of wire to draw them through and maybe sum super gleu to attach the string,glue the carbon scuff pad down with some kwip grip after trimmig the deck grip off.capt radman over and out
Try Downwinder. He has had quiet a few threads about SIC boards, so should know the drill.
doh thats exactly what i didnt want to hear Hux,couldnt emagine any thing worse than spliting open 5 mile out to sea,howd they fix it externally or internally or both.was yours a chinese one , i think i be taking it easy punching into it,are you heavy or light. been tinkring up the shed swapped the steering over to the left hand side changed out the stranded steering cables for five strands of 8olb braid was a whole lot easier to deal with tie ing knots ect,used some electrical heat shrink tubing to make neat,glued the scuff pad on with locktight 406, extended the breather tube with some more shrink tube,shes sic now brudas
That us some serious tinkering.
I'll be passing through your neck of the woods over the weekend but won't have time to paddle unfortunately.
il be in kalbarri sat/sundy wiyh the family,not going up there by any chance plan to do a bit of paddlin on the murchison, maybe some fishin and get some surf if its not 6ft and makking
nice work radman
that is one sweet looking ride
by the way get out there and cop a 6 fter on the head for us all
