I was hoping to get some input about the rails on my naish javelin. There's light cracks in the top of the rail around where the front strap goes when the board is on the roof racks. There's also another behing my right foot, not particularly close to the strapping area. Also when I press my thumb into the rail in various spots, it's quite soft, like I'm pushing my thumb into a pumped up soccer ball. Are carbon boards soft like this normally? So between the cracks in the finish and the softness, I'm questioning the durability of the board. Any input would appreciated.

I have seen rails crack when they are tied down to tight on the roof racks, carbon can be fragile and sometimes doesn't have a lot of give, best to take back to the dealer and see what he thinks.

In manufacture it's easy to be heavy handed when sanding rails. There should be two or three layers of glass wrapped around the rails before sanding, so my guess is yours are too thin now, hence the movement when pressed and easy cracking?

Note that it is very easy to damage any board with ratchets on straps.

Here we go again with Naish rails. Going by posts in the early days of SUPs.

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Seajuice said..
Here we go again with Naish rails. Going by posts in the early days of SUPs.

Test drove one a few years back...possibly the same model.
Paddled it in some significant, but not out of the world chop.
After 3 waves I decided I'd better stop paddling into the chop before it snapped in half.
And I weigh 75 kg's