New Clydesdale Project Cedrus Mast

Today I received the Project Cedrus Clydesdale Mast I ordered back in June.  These are made to order and take 8 weeks to get to you - but they are totally worth the wait!

I had contemplated the need for a mast this tall when I noticed I was breaching more than I thought I should be - the last session I was winging out at Jump City (Kailua) got frustrating when I would jibe onto a large, steep faced wave only to breach.  I also noticed during the downwind race, I would breach when I was jibing on a wave face.

Here's the unboxing:

Sticker, Axis fuselage adapter and the Clydesdale Mounting Plate still wrapped up.

The mast -

The checkboard pattern is a dead giveaway that this is Clydesdale.

This extended mounting post is an upgrade to the standard mast.  The mounting plate also has three M8 holes, so this was designed to handle the higher loads imparted by bigger (than prone or kite foil boards) wing boards.

At 96cm, when the mounting plate and the adapter/fuselage are bolted on, this is a meter tall mast - over 4 additional inches over the 85cm mast.  I'm counting on this to stop the breaching (but it'll probably be a pain paddling it out to even deeper water...). 

Garage Works - 7/25/2021

And before i went winging in the mid afternoon, I was at home with La (who wasn't feeling well).  She did start to feel better so I went to the garage to get more of the projects completed.  I started with fixing the 15" Nico rear stabilizer.

Good as new!

I then moved on to Harris' 420 rear stabilizer.  This one was definitely harder (and is still not done).

I was trying to see if the epoxy and carbon strands would hold.  They didn't, so on goes another layer of carbon.

I took a look at this after the test pot showed the epoxy was hard - definitely stiffer.

I also sanded down the repair on the 5'2" foil board and placed fiberglass patches in place.  I just need to sand and this board is ready to get back in the water.

I also placed epoxy/aerosil on Bryce's board where it still needed fill (the nose and the rail).  Productive day - and Harris' stabilizer and the 5'2" should be done tomorrow.  I'll sand down the repaired areas on Bryce's board and get fiberglass on the repaired areas tomorrow.  I need to clear these projects so I can focus on Kalani's winging board.