Any one know of the top of the head the weight differences in a 30% carbon 460 and a 70% carbon 460?

Cheers advanced.

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K Dog said...

Any one know of the top of the head the weight differences in a 30% carbon 460 and a 70% carbon 460?

Cheers advanced.

I think I read somewhere that 100% carbon 460 was 1.7kg and 30% was 2.7kg. So there is not much in it.

Check the NP website they have all the weights and specs for their ranges.

That's a litre of milk!

Y i think there might be a bit more to it than just 1 extra kilo displacing your board into the water. As Guy Cribb says in this article:

"The difference between the world’s lightest masts at just under 1kg, and the heaviest –
your old epoxy or aluminium one at over 3kgs – might only be a couple of kilos and therefore seem irrelevant, BUT when
that becomes ‘swing’ weight on a 5m long mast (levering you over and swinging around rig flips), those 2kilos feel like tonnes. Even half a kilo makes a massive difference, especially to beginners uphauling, waterstarters getting the rig out of the water, carve gybers flipping and wave sailors jumping"

full article is here:

www.guycribb.com/userfiles/documents/Mast%20Debating.pdf

and the full set of articles is here :

www.guycribb.com/windsurfing_technique_holiday_DVD_0076v01.htm

very useful these, what i learnt most intermediate stuff from..

hmmm... good points. I am going with the 75% carbon 460 then! Hunj % is just outside my budget.....

And to think, my 100% carbon 490 is 1.4kg.