Duotone Slick

[jondrums]

Hey Wingfoil - or anyone else who has a slick:

would you be kind enough to take a few pictures of the ends of the boom next to a ruler and also give me an overall length of the boom with fittings? 

I was able to score a slick wing without the boom and I'm going to make a carbon boom from a paddle shaft rather than buy the aluminum one for $80.  I figure on 3D printing the end fittings and hot gluing in place.   Unless the paddle handle fits in the front end as is, I'll use that since its super light.

[Wingfoil2001]

The stock boom is 1285mm, but any wing below 4 mtr can use a much shorter boom. The 2.5mtr takes a 1030mm boom and the 3.0mtr takes a 1075mm boom. A mate had his stock length boom pop out on his 4mtr, seems some 4mtrs need a longer than 1285mm boom.

Same mate made a mould of the front end as the 3D printed ones were heavy, now they are foam filled carbon.

[jondrums]

I picked up a 4.5m slick without a boom.

It turns out the Kenalu ergoT handle fits the front end perfectly.  I have a broken paddle shaft that I cut to size and I just need to make a stopper for the back end and hot-glue it in.  Its going to be super light, I'm psyched.

I would guess that just about any paddle handle would work and who of us doesn't have an old carbon paddle around. 

This wing looks sweet!

[jondrums]

FYI - everything works great.  It’s cheaper than the carbon handle to buy a ke nalu  shaft and ergo T handle and plug the other end.  Also this is about 200g solution versus the duotone 330g for the carbon mini boom.   I personally really liked the grip of the x tuff shaft.   I reckon that just about any paddle with a T handle could be cut to length.  Cheers!

[Caribsurf]

photos please!

[PonoBill]

FYI - everything works great.  It’s cheaper than the carbon handle to buy a ke nalu  shaft and ergo T handle and plug the other end.  Also this is about 200g solution versus the duotone 330g for the carbon mini boom.   I personally really liked the grip of the x tuff shaft.   I reckon that just about any paddle with a T handle could be cut to length.  Cheers!

Yup. Ke Nalu shafts turn out to be kind of the ultimate fabrication component for wings. The taper is just right for all kinds of stuff.