Ocean Rodeo Discussions

GO Joe leaks

2013-05-10T19:29:41Z

Love my Go Joe. Bought it about a year ago. Has saved me a lot of body dragging to get back to my board. I tried to inflate it a few days ago and it leaks. It will no hold air at all. Any others have this problem. Any suggestions as to a fix or even replacement from OR I have not tried yet but It looks hard to get the bladder out with out some pro sewing skills.

Hi, everybody

2013-05-03T00:08:24Z

I am new here.

Thanks

Depower Line Thickness/Spec

2013-05-02T17:52:20Z

What’s the new depower line spec’d at, and what’s it’s width. I generally wear them down pretty quick, and this one has about 6 months of a lot of riding on it, so it’s showing it’s age.

Connecting ring failure

2012-06-24T10:38:23Z

Last week I had the connection ring break that holds the swivel to the pulley on the end of the trim line. Needless to say its not good, especially where I was when it happened. Then the next day my buddies also broke! He had bought the kite and bar from me recently. It was purchased at the same time that I bought the one I was using, same batch I assume. They were purchased in the fall of 2010 and are the first 2011 bar and kites delivered to Windance. So check your ring for any cracks. I suspect it was a faulty weld on the ring. Hopefully this is an isolated incident although having 2 break in 2 days is concerning! Anyone else have any issues like this?

Bar for 2009 Rise 14M

2013-04-10T15:55:33Z

Howdy guys, I just joined the forums and bought a 2009 14M Rise. I know that most 4-line bars will work with this kite, and that I want a larger bar because of the size of the kite, but does anyone have any recommendations for a bar?

Bar center hole wear: DIY fix

2012-01-07T10:59:42Z

Crew,
Recently there’s been some discussion on bar hole wear. Especially on the free style bar, but also on other bars when used close to the stopper a lot, oblong wear patterns can be found.
I have figured out a method to insert a stainless steel eyelet that you can do yourself, provided you have a steady hand and a few more tools than average.

Note that this fix is provided by me on a personal basis and by no means as a recommendation from Ocean Rodeo - apply this information at your own risk!

The stainless eyelet is made from a stock M12 nut, AISI 304 (A2 in Europe) grade will do, but if you can get AISI 316 (A4) grade steel use that. As stainless steel and aluminum don’t go together very well in sea water due to galvanic corrosion, a simple trick is applied to galvanically separate these two materials: a piece of mesh is pressed between the aluminum and the steel.

I have used a wee lathe to turn down the nut to Ø18. Using a press drill and a file also works. Keep the outer surface course for the adhesive to grab.
Saw the eyelet to 6mm length, and file the inner edges to a semi-circle R=3mm. Follow with sand paper and polishing paste.

Use a Ø12mm drill bit to remove the thread
Saw the eyelet to 6mm length, and file the inner edges to a semi-circle R=3mm. Follow with sand paper and polishing paste.

With a Dremel and a tool bit like this, ream the worn bar hole.

You can file down the protruding edge of the bar hole first, and from the top of the EVA foam, go in about 6mm. Make the hole diameter about Ø18.5, and make sure you’re centered with the bar. The glue residue on my bar is from an earlier experiment, don’t take notice.

Grab a piece of mesh (I cut this from the repair set of my dry suit, sorry OR) and cut it to about 4x4cm. Fit the eyelet like this. There should be no metal-to-metal contact between the stainless steel and aluminum!

Clean everything with denatured alcohol, and mix some 2 component adhesive. While a good epoxy or PU adhesive will probably do, my favorite is 2 component MMA (methacrylate), available from many different brands - a popular one is Plexus from ITW.

Fit the eyelet like shown, make sure there’s plenty of adhesive in the gaps so you can cut/file/sand down everything nicely once it’s cured.

Cured and cut, not the cleanest looking fix but it will surely work.
One nice thing about it, the stainless eyelet will also wear, but by the time it’s getting bad, it can be pressed out and a new one can be inserted - if the rest of the bar is still in a condition to make that worthwhile.

If you have questions just post them down here.
cheers,
Rudo

line size

2013-01-04T13:51:51Z

I plan to replace my worn supporting bar lines. I’m going to purchase some bulk spectra line. Can anyone confirm the following line sizes?
trim line - 5mm
bar back lines - 3mm
bridle pulley line - 3mm

Other lines I might not be thinking of?
Anyone have a good resource for spectra line?

2012 Fusion bar and Prodigy

2012-10-08T09:35:20Z

Hi, new to the forum,
Just got a 7m and 9.5 m Prodigy for my 14 yr old son who wants to get into the sport. We are heading down to South Padre Island soon. Couple of questions:
1. The lines are supposed to be equal length but when I checked them the centre two lines were longer (bar was fully powered with the knot right up to the opening, not in cleat and chicken loop up to bar). It looks like I have to lengthen the rear lines by adjusting the pigtails under the floats. Makes sense?
2. When I attach the end of the lines to a carabiner to check their lengths I feed the loops of all 4 pigtails onto the ring, right? I ignore the two kook proof connectors on the steering lines?
3. When rigging the lines for the first time for my son there are 2 knots in the connectors I can attach the pigtail on the trailing edge to, do I want the longest line length possible (so last knot at very end of connector) for the most depower? Am I thinking this through correctly?

Thanks in advance for any advice

2013 17.5m Flite Availability??

2013-02-21T13:30:56Z

I have a 2013 17.5m Flite Ordered from a retailer here in Canada, and am being told that the kites/bars are not ready… I ordered this in Mid to Late January. Does anyone have any inside information on the availability of these kites? I go on vacation to the tropics in two weeks and would love to have this kite to take with me.

Thanks

Fusion Bar

2012-02-21T07:03:40Z

Hey, Im looking at buying a Fusion bar and just want to know if they have fixed the sticky trim line issue on the new bars?