wow! that is badcglazier wrote:The lack of a chicken strap (5th strap in the middle rear area) is a serious shortcoming of the board. What were they thinking? A lot of people use the chicken strap going downwind and most other race boards can accommodate one.
I guess I am still upset that my fins fit so poorly. Did anyone else have this problem or was mine just unusual. I do know that other race boards produced at the Cobra factory have Tuttle fins fitting perfectly. This picture shows how it arrived. I expected better.
In fairness, overall I like the way the board rides.
CG
I am not sure this is bad quality.cglazier wrote: I guess I am still upset that my fins fit so poorly. Did anyone else have this problem or was mine just unusual. I do know that other race boards produced at the Cobra factory have Tuttle fins fitting perfectly. This picture shows how it arrived. I expected better.
In fairness, overall I like the way the board rides.
CG
Adding a strap in this way is allowed by the rules as there is no actual modification of the board and it can be done my any end-user.ronnie wrote:I had wondered if the footstraps were something which could not be changed but it seems to be allowed.
http://www.internationalkiteboarding.or ... pretations
I can understand mis-matching of fins when fitting someone else's fins to a board, but fitting North fins to a North board? - I'd be asking for money back or for them to fix it (by supplying fins that matched the board) if the fins didn't fit right.
Do you have a link to a webshop that sells them by any chance? would love a setcglazier wrote:I am familiar with shimming Tuttle fins. I have done this for many years starting with my old Windsurfing boards. However, with the North race board I tried four layers of beer can aluminum and found them insufficient. Clearly this was too big a job for for shims.
I have since 'painted' the inside of each fin box with epoxy. It took several thin layers of epoxy with sanding between coats. I used a protractor at each step to carefully ensure the fin cant angle was 3 degrees. Now my fin boxes fit any Tuttle fin correctly.
I am still trying to think of how to add a chicken strap in the middle rear area of the board. I think I will try adhesive based 'surface mount' footstrap anchors that are made by NSI for surfboards.
..unless anyone has a better idea.
On a more positive note, the board rides really nicely. (This is the fourth race board I have owned.)
Chris Glazier
http://www.northshoreinc.com/store/pc/v ... ategory=12FrederikS wrote:Do you have a link to a webshop that sells them by any chance? would love a set
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