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Inventory

Boards

• Good wide boards -- x4 -- Two of them have had roofing shingle put on them for grip... see Hunter's thoughts below
• Decent skinny pink board -- x1 -- Missing the correct attachment hardware for mounting a mast to the mast track. I'm looking into this, hopefully with a couple dollars we can have a 5th board.
• Old large board -- x1 -- This board appears to be in poor shape... missing a fin and the mast attachment hardware. Should we keep it, or trash it?

Hunter's thoughts on roofing shingle
So... I do not like the roofing shingle AT ALL on the two white boards. I do not think it helps with grip, and it hurts like hell to fall/climb up on it. I've lost ENOUGH SKIN, and seen others DO THE SAME. Does anyone want to keep it on there? If you do, would you mind if we replaced it with FOAM similar to what's on the rear of the board?
I have put duct tape over the shingle on one of the boards... this is an experiment! If you find it makes the board slick/worse, FEEL FREE to remove it!
If no one objects, I'd like to attempt to remove the shingle without damaging the board underneath. Depending on how that goes, I might go for instead putting foam on top of it. But I want to make sure everyone AGREES before I take ANY action.

Sails

• 4.5m -- 2 sails -- red and yellow -- great condition -- recommended 375cm mast
• 5.5m -- 2 sails -- red and yellow -- great condition -- recommended 422cm mast
• 6.5m -- 1 sail -- pink and clear -- decent condition (has patches and mast sleeve is worn thin) -- recommended 460cm mast (max 480)
• 7.5m -- 1 sail -- yellow and clear -- decent condition (has several badly worn spots in mast sleeve) -- recommended 490cm mast
• 7.0m -- 1 sail -- black and red -- good/great condition (pieces which attach sail "shape rods" to mast are in poor condition)
• 6.2m -- 1 sail -- blue and orange -- poor condition (waterproof peeling off BAD at sail foot, sail is sticky, smells funny) (I stashed this sail out of view behind the boats)

Masts

(CF = carbon fiber)

• 2x masts for 4.5m sail at 394cm
  • CF Short Base -- x2 -- 191 cm
  • CF Short Top -- x2 -- 211 cm

• 2x masts for 5.5m sail at 432cm
  • CF Long Base -- x2 -- 206 cm
  • CF Long Top -- x2 -- 226 cm

• 1x mast (508 cm max) suitable for 6.5 or 7.0 sail
  • CF Odd Base -- x1 -- 221 cm Called "odd" because they ONLY fit with each other
  • CF Odd Top -- x1 -- 240 cm
  • Longest Extension -- from 12.5 to 47 cm

• 1x mast (498 cm max) suitable for 7.5 sail
  • Aluminum Mast -- x1 -- 465 cm
  • Shorter Extension -- from 0 to 33 cm -- built-in rigging

• We also have 2 one-piece RED masts and a one-piece BLUE mast. Unfortunately none of the bottom rigging pieces fit into these masts, the inner dia is too small. If we want to use these masts, we need different bottom pieces (the one with 4 pulleys and a clam cleat)

Kiddie Sails

We have 2 complete sets for 3.0 m sails. They appear to be in great condition. Since they each make a complete set and come with carrying cases, I've put them both in cases COMPLETE with 2-part mast, sail, and small boom. One is red, one is orange.

We had accidentally confused the kiddie mast with a top-piece for the other masts and were occasionally putting the kiddie on TOP of a bottom piece! Although this DOES work somewhat, it isn't necessary, so I recommend that we do NOT do this. The two kiddie sails have been stashed out-of-view behind the boats.

Booms

• Blue-and-yellow: 4x
  • Three are interchangeable between the 4.5 and 5.5
  • One of the blue-and-yellow booms is frozen in the 5.5 length (do not used for a 4.5)
• Big Black : The big black boom with lots of duct tape stays with the 7.5
• Red/Black: The new red/black boom can be used with the 6.5

Blocks

• Mast Base Extension (w/Downhaul): We have 4 Mast base extensions ('bottom rigging pieces') as well as one which is built-in to one of the extensions. These appear to be in great shape.
• Mast Head: We have 4 mast heads ('top rigging pieces') which all appear to be in good shape. The 6.5, 7.0, and 7.5 sails have mast heads built in the sail.

Other

• Harnesses: We have a few harnesses in decent/poor shape. They're not pretty, but they seem functional
• Misc: We have some miscellaneous foot straps and other hardware.
• Bag: We have a "board bag" made for a 295 board. UNFORTUNATELY this does NOT fit the pink 295 board which we have! I tried it twice. I have no idea what this bag fits, so I stashed it behind the boats.
• Spray shirts: We have accumulated a collection of spray-shirts... I don't even know if these are ours or perhaps the racing sailors'. If they're yours, claim them quickly! They are fairly nice, and could easily disappear.

Board Vocabulary

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