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Bent foil mast, is it repairable?

Created by oscardog oscardog  9 months ago, 26 May 2025
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oscardog
oscardog

216 posts

26 May 2025 9:11am
Got rolled in the beach break yesterday. Body will heal, but Fanatic Al foil mast is bent, and not sure about the fuselage. Anyone ever pressed these back into shape?
jdfoils
jdfoils

435 posts

26 May 2025 9:28am
Its history.

You could straighten it, but it will be far weaker.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia

WA

23526 posts

26 May 2025 12:02pm
Yup
and being tempered, trying to bend it back is likely to snap it
Holoholo
Holoholo

249 posts

26 May 2025 12:55pm
Did that to my first setup which was an AL Axis mast in the exact same place and just cut it above bend with a chop saw and retapped the M8 threads and was good to go. Depends on how your mast was cast, but Axis mast is cast with the same cross section from top to bottom- bolt holes run all the way down.
Seastudent
Seastudent

81 posts

26 May 2025 9:42pm
I bent an older Naish mast. I bent it back by lag bolting the base to one big plank I could stand on and clamping another long board to the mast as a lever. A long lever. I bent it real slow until it was straight. I just held a straight edge against it. I'm sure it was compromised but it didn't have anything catastrophic happen. I'm pretty frugal though. Probably should have replaced it but oh well.
BullroarerTook
BullroarerTook

305 posts

27 May 2025 1:38am
Where are you OP?

I've got an extra aluminum fanatic 75cm I can send if you pay the postage.
oscardog
oscardog

216 posts

27 May 2025 10:38am
Thanks all, and thanks BullroarerTook for the offer,
am in Costa Rica. Probably not worth the postage to Costa Rica.
A local surf board manufacturer (Cheboards) is going to try to fix it. These guys also Wingfoil and surf foil, so they have good cred.
Also, the original supplier (Ticowind) can supply a replacement mast if the fix doesn't work.
hopefully the fuselage is not bent.

will let you know the outcome!
oscardog
oscardog

216 posts

25 Aug 2025 11:48pm
Mast is back. Repaired exactly as Holoholo suggested. It's 40cm shorter, still has very slight bend. Will be a good back up.



Thanks to Juan Diego Evangelista at Cheboards.
cheboards.com


oscardog
oscardog

216 posts

13 Sep 2025 9:28pm
40mm shorter, not 40cm
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