Standup Zone Forum
General => The Shape Shack => Topic started by: outcast on July 11, 2019, 06:20:13 PM
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In part spurred on by this forum, and in part as a foil exploration i converted an old kids sup into Frankenfoil.
Design was for mostly wavefoil sailing / sup....The board was just lying around....now my kids just borrow mine, and that board really was never right for them anyway
Too much rocker, but i knew i could paddle it, and up haul it
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I cut off the tail...flattened the rocker, dropped in boxes, and vac wrapped it in carbon
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Like most recycling projects, i saved nothing environmentally, and new build would have been cheaper lighter and easier...but maybe not as fun...buying one off the rack would have been the smartest play
Design parameters have been met...5'10...wide enough to uphaul , and paddle I plan for it to be a wind wave thing with 60% sail/30% paddle/10 tow
It did come in heavier than i would prefer, but the kids sup weighed too much to begin with
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Buying off the rack give a tiny burst of pleasure that fades faster than a popcorn fart. That's a nice design, well done.
My last "peel off the old glass and make it new" effort is going to wind up guarding the gate at my shop. I like looking at it.
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Backing this 100%. And you can’t buy the fun of building crazy projects.
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Thanks guys ..means alot
Kind of took me too long in life to recognize that the willingness to make mistakes and be comfortable with them is a real asset....
The Tuttle box gave me fits....Not for alignment, but the board at that point is almost 6" thick, so lining up the bolt holes was a pita. May not do another tuttle, although that's what i usually run...the prebuilt double A boxes look easier
Laying the wedge of divinycell on was first done with spray on 3M 77, but then the sanding started to lift it, so i started over and had to poxy it down.
The glasswork was easy...I overbuilt with kevlar tape on the rails.
Paint scheme was intended to do the dorsal/ventral fade of our Great whites, with a fishing lure fluorescent orange tail as a motivator to keep it flying!
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It looks awesome. Does it work?
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Sailing yeah
For Sup, I thought about adding (but did not do) the Kalama forward fin to stabilize paddle yaw
Truthfully, I just want a lighter foil and mast, may move away from slingshot for that reason