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- From: poorting@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Robert Poortinga)
- Subject: Re: Offset on Mast Foot ?
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 21:57:43 GMT
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- Andrew J. Huang (andyh@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu) writes:
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- > Terry Bohning writes:
- >>I am a first-time shortboarder and purchased a Windsurfing Hawaii
- >>"Star Base". Does anyone know why the mast base can be offset
- >>with respect to the board centerline?
- >
- >In practice the foot is tightened appropriately (so that you can just
- >barely get it loose with cold >hands) and the offset is wherever it
- >happens to be.
- >
- >If you want to be compulsive you can get shims and shim it until you
- >get the universal inline with the board centerline.
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- Why not just tighten or loosen the nut 1/4 turn before you put it on?
- It works for me.
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- Bob Poortinga (6'0", 180 lbs) It's a hard wind that's gonna blow...
- (poorting@silver.ucs.indiana.edu) ... R. Zimmerman
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