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Windsurging gear - what is this ?

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Created by garfin > 9 months ago, 23 Oct 2007
garfin
WA, 4 posts
23 Oct 2007 3:13PM
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Hi,

I have just bought a "job lot" of windsurfing gear and there is one piece of equipment that I don't recognise.

I have attached a picture of the gear to help identify the item.

There are two of them and they look like they attach to the mast.

If anyone knows what they are and how they attach to the rig, could you let me know.

Thanks

garfin.

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mkseven
QLD, 2315 posts
23 Oct 2007 5:16PM
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They are removeable camber inducers- they attach to the mast at the end of battens and force shape into the sail.

Juice
WA, 280 posts
23 Oct 2007 3:18PM
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It's a cam it sits inside the mast sleeve of the sail it butts up to the mast and the batten fits into it.

garfin
WA, 4 posts
23 Oct 2007 3:25PM
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Ahh, I see.

So they stop the battens hitting the mast and induce the camber.

I guess there would be one above and one below the boom (where the cutout is in the luff sleeve)

Thanks for the quick response guys...

garfin

Haircut
QLD, 6491 posts
24 Oct 2007 7:46PM
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quote:
Originally posted by mkseven

They are removeable camber inducers- they attach to the mast at the end of battens and force shape into the sail.



also affectionately known as old men's batten benders or style cripplers and mandatory requirement of the chair police club

DavMen
NSW, 1508 posts
25 Oct 2007 8:31AM
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As they all said its a CAM (camber inducer), but since the is a lot of velcro consider this:-
Some older sailes eg: KA Reactor had extenal cams that velcroed around the mast in the cut out area - early 90's - slip over batten end (would have velcro at this end) then wrap around mast.

P.C_simpson
WA, 1491 posts
26 Oct 2007 10:41AM
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yer it's off one of those old sails, raf sail not raf sail kind of thing, the funny thing is, no one ever used them, like the old twin cam Pryde sails.

Crash Landing
NSW, 1173 posts
26 Oct 2007 2:06PM
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Gaastra:

www.seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=6623



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