Got a chance to get out today. Was having a ball of a time until I starting seeing lines of debris in the water. Mainly wood, twigs vine looking stuff. On one tack I got thrown two times b/c of stuff getting caught on the fin. Tried to go round it, tried to jump it, thought if I went further out maybe I could track up the beach and find a tack that might have a clear path to the beach. Tried all this out for about half an hour until I saw a whole tree bobbing up and down in the water. And I thought it was time to go in.
It was just after some heavy rain so I presume that all this stuff came down the waterways.
Any suggestions on how to get through some of the small stuff? How to clear the fin without having to stop? I think the tree level of debris is not passable.
Select to expand quoteHenners said..
Got a chance to get out today. Was having a ball of a time until I starting seeing lines of debris in the water. Mainly wood, twigs vine looking stuff. On one tack I got thrown two times b/c of stuff getting caught on the fin. Tried to go round it, tried to jump it, thought if I went further out maybe I could track up the beach and find a tack that might have a clear path to the beach. Tried all this out for about half an hour until I saw a whole tree bobbing up and down in the water. And I thought it was time to go in.
It was just after some heavy rain so I presume that all this stuff came down the waterways.
Any suggestions on how to get through some of the small stuff? How to clear the fin without having to stop? I think the tree level of debris is not passable.
Jump might be a bit optimistic. More like tiny chop hop or fin just still in the water.
Where do you sail from ?
Up this area theres quite a few rivers that have been fast flowing lately and theres quite a bit of floating debris.
Select to expand quoteWind Smurf said..
Where do you sail from ?
Up this area theres quite a few rivers that have been fast flowing lately and theres quite a bit of floating debris.
Hi wind smurf, I now live in Japan. The spot was new but the coast sort of stretches for 30km and I sailed out of other spots there.
It was just a shame to cut the session short. This stuff just loved wrapping around the rear fin. I thought of getting out my small board which has smaller fins. Though maybe if I used a quad then the fins might be small enough to avoid all that muck.
Mast experience with plastic bags is to bare away and see if it comes off but I would normally have to stop and remove the bag, put it in my wetsuit as for sure I would be hitting it coming back.
We deal with weeds a lot here in FL so I typically run weed fins. They blast through most everything, especially the Maui Ultra weed slaloms I got. I also have some weed waves that work just fine on my dyno. Think they are k4 dugong fronts and an mfc center.
But, if I don't have a weed fin or am running a foil and get fouled, I do a half-tack and make sure the board sails backward. Or, do a full tack. Usually see what was on the fin float out and off.
The backwards motion clears most of the fouling, about 80-90% of the time, without having to take a bath.
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We deal with weeds a lot here in FL so I typically run weed fins. They blast through most everything, especially the Maui Ultra weed slaloms I got. I also have some weed waves that work just fine on my dyno. Think they are k4 dugong fronts and an mfc center.
But, if I don't have a weed fin or am running a foil and get fouled, I do a half-tack and make sure the board sails backward. Or, do a full tack. Usually see what was on the fin float out and off.
The backwards motion clears most of the fouling, about 80-90% of the time, without having to take a bath.
That sounds so simple. So obvious. Thanks very much, aerognr.
Select to expand quoteHenners said..aeroegnr said..
We deal with weeds a lot here in FL so I typically run weed fins. They blast through most everything, especially the Maui Ultra weed slaloms I got. I also have some weed waves that work just fine on my dyno. Think they are k4 dugong fronts and an mfc center.
But, if I don't have a weed fin or am running a foil and get fouled, I do a half-tack and make sure the board sails backward. Or, do a full tack. Usually see what was on the fin float out and off.
The backwards motion clears most of the fouling, about 80-90% of the time, without having to take a bath.
That sounds so simple. So obvious. Thanks very much, aerognr.
Hopefully it works for you, it sucks so bad!
