forsyth said..
Does anyone know of a good relatively inexpensive nose guard for a Sailboard? Not keen on "The Deviator" but just want something streamlined to protect the nose from scuffs & the occasional bump (I use a boom & mast pad). Maybe some sort of flexible stick on channel?

Many years ago I used mast base pads as well as padding on the boom front end but I always found that it was the section of mast between these two pads that impacted onto the nose of the board in a stack, so came up with this idea after smashing the nose on my JP FSW (pictured with nose cone repair) and now use this nose protector every time (modified Chinook mast base pad used upside down). Works fine with both cammed and no-cam sails:

Another option:

wssboards.com.au/prolimit-boom-mast-protector/

I've learned forwards the hard way and broke the nose so many times. Never badly though and curiously not often enough for me to decide and use some kind of protection !

Which also comes with the downside of unseen damage underneath that then leaks
Tradeoffs.

I probably will jinx myself for the following comment. I've only broke one board over the past +3 decades of windsurfing. Bad, bad, bad landing. Dufus should have bailed. Mast pad in the early years and now the built in pads seem to protect the rails and mast from hits. Have caused spider web cracks in the nose from hits. Guessing no bubbling after letting the board cook in the sun. So all is more or less ok. Foam safe super glue in the old days. Too brittle. SolarEZ much better. Personally, windsurfing I end up separated from the gear in a crash. Prefer not to hit or be hit my gear. So far, no boom hit damage to boards. Windfoiling, I hang on to reduce hitting or being hit by the foil. But I've hit the board a few times. Gotta like board rash and contusions when learning to foil.

Option to a deviator like device is the SurfBent. Use one on the foil board. Some note it can stress out the mast track insert. Not sure if they still manufacture boom bras. DaKine use to market one that attaches with couple velcro straps. I dug out from storage one to use on the boom for foiling and now windsurfing. Easier just to leave it on the boom. Pretty useless unless you go straight down, boomhead first onto the board. Padding might not add much to reducing damage in a real hard hit.

You could try a Jez's knob.
You put in your mast track in front of your mast. They divert the mast from the nose with very little hazard to the mast track. They just get in the way when tacking and water starting.

Looks like a butt plug guys .

Imax1 said..
Looks like a butt plug guys .

Dare u to go see Jez and tell him.

Triage nurse to ER doc: We have another one in #2 who claims he slipped and fell while uphauling and that's how it got stuck. What's that, the third this month?