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HF (Zeeko alu) whistling noise/vibration - shark reactions?

Postby omg » Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:03 pm

Just a tought what sharks might think about the pretty loud whistling noise and the vibration of the mast? Would it attract them or what? What's your take on it?

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Re: HF (Zeeko alu) whistling noise/vibration - shark reactions?

Postby longwhitecloud » Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:27 pm

there is no doubt that sharks chase foils without the vibration

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Re: HF (Zeeko alu) whistling noise/vibration - shark reactions?

Postby jespin4845 » Wed Oct 26, 2016 1:07 am

i get three reactions from sharks,

-they hear me coming and dart away, the majority i would say
-ive only had two chase me for a second that I've seen, i think they saw the foil and assumed it was a fish, even then they only chased me for a 1/2 a sec and veered off
-they ignore me completely, and I've even hit two actually, they were probably just as freaked as i was, like those that chase me extreme minority

they hear my carbon foil which i don't really here and my aluminum zeeko foil, which sings

and when i board slap on the water they really mostly dart away also

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Re: HF (Zeeko alu) whistling noise/vibration - shark reactions?

Postby coleman » Wed Oct 26, 2016 11:24 pm

my foil was singing and it was my rear wing that need a bit of sanding down of the trailing edge to make it sharper. fixed the prob

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Re: HF (Zeeko alu) whistling noise/vibration - shark reactions?

Postby max » Thu Oct 27, 2016 5:17 am

My zeeko alloy does not whistle at this stage. It has on very odd occasions stars off with a hum just after it lifts but disappears once a little bit more forward speed.

Maybe I am lucky for now.

A friend has a full carbon foil ( not zeeko) and it is like a whistling duck and yet two others who have the same brand foil have no noise from their foils at all.


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