Sailing Lake Neusiedl (06/29/2015)

Comment by Roger on September 26, 2015 at 4:28pm

Nice!

Comment by sailorjoy on September 26, 2015 at 5:39pm

Nice sailing area and good sailing conditions. Perhaps more performance and fun with bigger foresails.

Comment by Brad Ingram on March 31, 2016 at 6:07pm

Do your aluminum beams feel plenty strong? I am thinking about switching to aluminum beams after my wooden ones start rotting. 

Comment by Reinhard Käferböck on April 1, 2016 at 12:43am

Hello Brad - I never had any problems with my alu beams. I'm sailing with these beams for over 6 years now.

Comment by Brad Ingram on April 1, 2016 at 11:28pm

Good to know! I think I may be trying those out for myself when mine wear out. They look great and no maintenance!

Comment by sailorjoy on April 3, 2016 at 3:14pm

Hi Brad,

I`ve just finishes my new carbonbeams and find it was a great experience to build beams of carbon and epoxy.

The costs for three beams was about 500,- Euros and it takes 20 hours.

Best regards

jan

Comment by Reinhard Käferböck on April 3, 2016 at 3:20pm

Hello Jan,

I'm also interested in the pics. Can you also post a description of the steps to build them?

Thanks, Reinhard

Comment by Brad Ingram on April 3, 2016 at 3:20pm

Thanks Jan, 

I'm sure the carbon beams are pretty light weight when finished? I'm putting Beto back into the water in two weeks. Cant wait!

Brad

Comment by sailorjoy on April 3, 2016 at 3:38pm

Hi Reinhard,

Her is a short discribtion for building carbonbeams.

First step ist glueing Styrodurfaom for the raw form.

Second step is sawing and shaping the form.

Third step is making space for reinforcements ( I take wood and laminated glass or kevlar).

Forth step is laminating with carbon, kevlar and last layer glass.

Step five till eight is filling and sanding.

Step nine is painting.

Step ten is mounting clamps, etc.

The finished beams weight between 12 and 15 kg.

My old ones weight about 25 kg.

Much fun for building.

Best regards,

Jan

Comment by Brad Ingram on September 27, 2018 at 8:24pm

Are your aluminum beams still holding up? I kind of want to get some and make some wing seats

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