Ice sailing board finished

Eric S · Post by **Eric S** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 9:14 pm

Thanks to Mr. Sandell for helping me with this project. We had a great time doing it. It just needs some testing to see if it actually works. I was thinking about bringing it to some ice arena and putting a rope around someone to drag me around the rink and see how it carves.

Finally I get to sail on the ice without having to borrow a board!!!

http://www.downhaul.com/icesail/031011/

Opinions? Thoughts? Questions?

Woody up north · Post by **Woody up north** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 4:37 pm

Eric, do the blades have any toe out/in?? Nice job!

Cheers,

Woody

Eric S · Post by **Eric S** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 7:20 pm

Woody up north wrote:Eric, do the blades have any toe out/in?? Nice job!

Cheers,

Woody

One of the blade sets is perfectly aligned the other one is a bit off. We were thinking of running a rod on each one or using some shims to get them and keep them straight.

I was wondering about how other iceboards are set up. Does toe in or out affect performance? I was thinking perfect alignment would create the least amount of drag but I know that cars and other devices somtimes build in slight skew to make other things work better.

Any advice for this board?

Chip · Post by **Chip** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 4:05 pm

I've tried the tie rods before. I would not recommend them. For one thing, they lower your ground clearance and the first time you hit an ice chuck, they get bent - end of tie rod. I've found that the toe-in doesn't seem to hurt that much. They tend to track fairly well on their own. On our boards which are modeled after the "freeskate" boards, we used aluminum disks for shims instead of large block that you have. I think the faces are slightly out of parallel. With these disks, you can rotate them just a little to adust toe-in..

IN the final analysis it doesn matter becasue after 10 minutes, the nut on the wheel stud backs off and the runner is slightly loose anyway.. Just give it a shot - it will work fine.

john g · Post by **john g** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 11:29 am

eric,

really nice work. is there a skid deck or foot straps planned? also, with all your work, i want to thank you, ahead of time, for assuring an excellent snow fall this year.

Eric S · Post by **Eric S** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 9:22 pm

john g wrote:eric,

really nice work. is there a skid deck or foot straps planned? also, with all your work, i want to thank you, ahead of time, for assuring an excellent snow fall this year.

Hey John, to problemo. I'm wishin' for snow to. Got that covered with a snowboard and kite. Bring on anything, Bring on Winter!

Deck Grip: currently there is clear No-Skid on the deck. I don't know what kind of foot gear to wear. Current thought is to get a pair of oversized skateboard shoes and use wool socks. Maybe fabricate a gator to keep snow out. Also thinking of putting some stomp pads on the deck or bottom of footwear to help grip.

If it's used for kiting a simple pair of straps might be mounted or none since I'd rather keep the board on the ice and jibe rather than jump.

Jumping is for sissys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 (that'll get em going)

Chip · Post by **Chip** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 7:48 am

For grip, I used "chicken grit" in a layer of epoxy resin. nothing like small gravel glassed onto your board for non-slip. Doesn't matter how much snow gets on my board, I have NEVER SLIPPED.

Just don't fall an the damn thing.....

On that jumping thing - next thing you know, they'll suggest skimming... like on snowmobiles.....