The same thing happened to me the other day. I am getting a new daggerboard on warranty, of course. It's a fabulous boat, but they should start building the daggerboards stronger.
@neemguy81 while we were getting towed in, my fellow sailing instructor called the Hawaiian 'distributor' of the Wetas. It is a Kiwi boat made in China and there aren't enough Wetas on island to justify having extra parts avail. We actually are acting as a 'test group' for the boat considering how new it is. We got the daggerboard in about a week, just sailed it yesterday and felt great.
@windjunkie70 Kool deal, sounds like great fun...it looks as though your first board was just a foam laminant...i heard the ones they have now are carbon fiber...did you get that one for your second? I live in Tennessee and am considering getting something similar if not this boat, in a year or two.
@neemguy81 We actually did have the carbon fiber the first time, you cant see any of it in the underwater shot because of the angle of the board in the water...the new board we got though came from a better 'batch.'
I would highly recomend it. Its the fastest boat I've ever been on, its incredibly stable (we have yet to capsize it even with our screamin wind), and its easy/fun for all experience levels.
The same thing happened to me the other day. I am getting a new daggerboard on warranty, of course. It's a fabulous boat, but they should start building the daggerboards stronger.
weta 329 "demi sec"
scandinav8r 1 year ago
so it was just the daggerboard? are parts readily available here in the us? (heard it was designed in NewZeland but made in China)
neemguy81 1 year ago
@neemguy81 while we were getting towed in, my fellow sailing instructor called the Hawaiian 'distributor' of the Wetas. It is a Kiwi boat made in China and there aren't enough Wetas on island to justify having extra parts avail. We actually are acting as a 'test group' for the boat considering how new it is. We got the daggerboard in about a week, just sailed it yesterday and felt great.
windjunkie70 1 year ago
@windjunkie70 Kool deal, sounds like great fun...it looks as though your first board was just a foam laminant...i heard the ones they have now are carbon fiber...did you get that one for your second? I live in Tennessee and am considering getting something similar if not this boat, in a year or two.
neemguy81 1 year ago
@neemguy81 We actually did have the carbon fiber the first time, you cant see any of it in the underwater shot because of the angle of the board in the water...the new board we got though came from a better 'batch.'
I would highly recomend it. Its the fastest boat I've ever been on, its incredibly stable (we have yet to capsize it even with our screamin wind), and its easy/fun for all experience levels.
windjunkie70 1 year ago