Daggerboard trunks: What to stick in there (Infusion MK1)

Hi everyone,

my first post here. Saying hi to everyone who know me and those how don't yet.

Have a question on my daggerboards. They get chewed up pretty bad in the trunks. I would like to replace the carpets in the bottom part of the trunk.

Do you have any advice what to do and where to get the right carpet from. The one which is in there is very thin.

Uli - GER 623 Konfusion (Nacra F18 infusion MK1)

Go to a hardware store and get velcro that already has the adhesive on it, the peel and stick kind. Just use the soft side, cut it to size and stick it in there.

Not as good as epoxying carpet in, but takes very little time, isn't messy, and is dirt cheap to do. Even if you have to replace it once a season there isn't much time involved replacing it the same way.

Paging Karl Funk, paging Karl Funk...

Karl, almost was certain you would answer

Thank you. Will try it and as it is so easy I will do it before I go to Bay City this weekend.

Uli

Ian... in the middle of the night... in the middle of the Pacific...

I'm with Karl. Used it on my old hobie and it works well.

We are planting spiders all over the boat for you Karl, not to worry!

Uli! Aps sell this white carpet type stuff with adhesive back.
I put this on my infusion and 2.5 years later it's still going strong.
It made the board tight enough that I never had a need to install those stupid rubber things that keep the board up, the board stayed up on it's own. It was a bit tight unless the board was lubed up (that's what she said!) but what you can do is take a razor and buzz it down a bit.
It holds much less sand than regular outdoor carpet and when it does it gets burried so it doesn't affect the board as much.

You'll have to scroll down, to V15 Daggerboard Carpet. Once you click the part number the picture goes away or i would have given you the direct link http://www.apsltd.com/c-2868-v15ruddertilleranddaggerboard.aspx

Uli,
Get with Wiz at BC. He just did the caps.

JB

Thanks all! Got the velcro and also will talk to Dr. Wiz in BC this weekend!

Will stick the rough part on my beams so that the spin sheet sticks to it. Double use!

Uli

We can laugh now, but honestly, in 30 years of sailing I have never never had a better fitting, stiffer, smooth running daggerboard trunk/gasket. That said, we would never would have done it this way if we did not have to go to the MKII boards, and I will never do it again.

I believe you Paul. End product good, process in need of refinement!