Woody for the beginner
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I'm going to make a woody beginner TT board. size about 160x47 cm . Any comments/suggestions for board size for beginner. I weight 80 kilos and my kite size is 17 m2. KiterFriend of mine said that maybe I do not need a big beginner board at all. Just start with 150x40 TT. It may take just a little bit longer to learn. I have a windsurfing background.
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TT is OK.
I made my first a bit longer (195cm) but narrower (43cm)
Take time with the PU glue (one component): I leave it for 48hrs in the "mould" (rocker table). If shorter then some people complain about the tips loosing a bit height.
In order to gain upwind capability: add a 1/8 plywood strip (4-5cm wide on the heelside bottom) This helps a lot !
Make sure you bend up the tips enough (7-8cm) as you are going to make a lot errors during your first waterstarts. The higher the tips the more chance they stay above the water.
Do add a middle fin too.
For fins: just use an Aluminium L-Profile (40mm by 40mm) out of which you shape your fins. Just bolt them on with 2 screws to the bottom if there is enough wood underneath (servaes hollow building method) then you can even sink them in.
Lightweight: you need Okume plywood (twice as expensive) or sandwich build ply+foam+ply with ordinary plywood.
The advantages of a woody:
If you drop it, you don't care
If you loose it, you build a new one in a few days.
If you outgrow: just build a shorter one for less than $50,- (USD)
Eddy Cormon
I made my first a bit longer (195cm) but narrower (43cm)
Take time with the PU glue (one component): I leave it for 48hrs in the "mould" (rocker table). If shorter then some people complain about the tips loosing a bit height.
In order to gain upwind capability: add a 1/8 plywood strip (4-5cm wide on the heelside bottom) This helps a lot !
Make sure you bend up the tips enough (7-8cm) as you are going to make a lot errors during your first waterstarts. The higher the tips the more chance they stay above the water.
Do add a middle fin too.
For fins: just use an Aluminium L-Profile (40mm by 40mm) out of which you shape your fins. Just bolt them on with 2 screws to the bottom if there is enough wood underneath (servaes hollow building method) then you can even sink them in.
Lightweight: you need Okume plywood (twice as expensive) or sandwich build ply+foam+ply with ordinary plywood.
The advantages of a woody:
If you drop it, you don't care
If you loose it, you build a new one in a few days.
If you outgrow: just build a shorter one for less than $50,- (USD)
Eddy Cormon
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