Lost AI Daggerboard

I dropped my daggerboard approaching the “old pier” launch yesterday at HMB. With the big tide swings it was close enough to shore that it was possible it got exposed in the minus tide but I had important family concerns all day and was not able to stay or wait it out.
Does anyone happen to have one they are willing to sell?

BTW crabbing is quite slow inside the reefs right now. In what are usually productive spots. My guess is that it is due to the commercial pressure. My only keepers were close to the jaws and were missing a claw so maybe they were commercial culls?


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my guess is it's due to three weeks of 6-30 foot surf.

Allen

Yes could be the case but there were a fair amount of shorts/females. I’ve found a lot of crabs close to shore following big storms before


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Does anyone happen to have one they are willing to sell?

If you do decide to buy one, West Coast Sailing would be a good place to get it:

https://westcoastsailing.net/hobie-adventure-island-dagger-board-79502001/

You might even check to see if they have a used one that they'd be willing to sell cheaper. I ordered a rudder part from them that they didn't have in stock, and when they couldn't get if from Hobie, they offered me a used one for half price. It was in great shape--had to look close to even tell it was used...

Does anyone happen to have one they are willing to sell?

If you do decide to buy one, West Coast Sailing would be a good place to get it:

https://westcoastsailing.net/hobie-adventure-island-dagger-board-79502001/

You might even check to see if they have a used one that they'd be willing to sell cheaper. I ordered a rudder part from them that they didn't have in stock, and when they couldn't get if from Hobie, they offered me a used one for half price. It was in great shape--had to look close to even tell it was used...

Thanks. I’ve purchased from WCS before. They are showing currently out of stock on daggerboards. Thanks for the tip I’ll give them a ring and see if they have a used one


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Just brainstorming'...not a Hobie guy...could you have one printed?

Jeez, can't believe that darn thing is almost $200. 

Just brainstorming'...not a Hobie guy...could you have one printed?

It would have to be a large-sized printer. I think it would be hard to DIY, since any generic plastic is going to be too flexible. Aluminum might work, but that's not going to be cheap. Fiberglass would work, but I wouldn't recommend it. In fact, I've got a 1st generation daggerboard that's fiberglass, and it's got nasty little fibers peeling off the bottom edge...

Check with Idlefishing.
I was supposed to get one from him but we couldn't line up a time to meet so CCK had one in stock so I got it from them.

my guess is it's due to three weeks of 6-30 foot surf.

Allen

FWIW, I hit up HMB a few times in December.  It was the worst crabbing I’ve ever experienced there.  I’ve been crabbing there for about 8 years, and I’ve never seen it this bad.  Even later in the season in previous years, I was able to limit out.  This year, I kept pulling empties or little 3” baby dungies at HMB in my normal spots.  I didn’t think I would ever experience HMB where I was happy to go home with just 2 keepers. 

Just brainstorming'...not a Hobie guy...could you have one printed?

It would have to be a large-sized printer. I think it would be hard to DIY, since any generic plastic is going to be too flexible. Aluminum might work, but that's not going to be cheap. Fiberglass would work, but I wouldn't recommend it. In fact, I've got a 1st generation daggerboard that's fiberglass, and it's got nasty little fibers peeling off the bottom edge...

If it's fiberglass just sand it and brush on a new gloss coat.

Just brainstorming'...not a Hobie guy...could you have one printed?

It would have to be a large-sized printer. I think it would be hard to DIY, since any generic plastic is going to be too flexible. Aluminum might work, but that's not going to be cheap. Fiberglass would work, but I wouldn't recommend it. In fact, I've got a 1st generation daggerboard that's fiberglass, and it's got nasty little fibers peeling off the bottom edge...

If it's fiberglass just sand it and brush on a new gloss coat.

Good idea. Actually, it's kind of a low priority, so it will have to wait until I get thru the other 27 projects on my list...