Does any one has issues with goretex valve system that starboard uses on 2022 boards?
I am not familiar with this system
No problem with mine ,self breather they work well in the hot sun ,if you live in a hot climate or travel with them no need to
unwind your breather screw ,
^^^ Until it doesn't.
Wash with fresh water often (to avoid salt crystallisation with deck side down, replace yearly with a wipe of silicone on the threads. "Maintenance free" 
If it gets water inside the board from a ding it won't work at all.
Old school manual version is best. If worried about forgetting to do up the old one, if its at the rear of the track you can't forget. Dunno why they ever put it in front of the track
I prefer manual, I made this so I can't forget! Actually the main reason was so the board could go in a board bag in a hot car and I could rest easy knowing it wasn't going to breathe in the humidity. Some silica beads are in there for good measure. Manual vent in for sailing, this attached when not - best of both worlds.
Before everyone tells me I'm mad for attaching some big object to a board's vent, it is 3D printed and the vent screw layers separate very easily, any knock or over tightening the thread snaps well before the board would feel any stress.
I'm imagine you can replace, just need to get the correct thread. Standard windsurfing vent screw is 3/8 BSW 16 TPI. Standard vent valve is M12. I'm guessing what you have is M12 and that seems to be SUP standard so there would be a market for M12 old school vent screws.
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Is it possible to change it with an old school classic screw valve?
Guess the hole in the deck will be a different size
chinooksailing.com/collections/board-building-part-accessories/products/5-8-retro-fit-vent-w-slot
It is a guess but I think this would screw straight in as a direct replacement.
www.northlinesports.ca/plastic-slotted-vent-screw.html?id=66043792
M12 x 1.5 seems to be the standard for gore-tex vents.
Swapped mine for one of these before it touched the water.
www.supercheapauto.com.au/p/aeroflow-metric-port-plug-m12-x-1.5/SPO3820905.html#q=aeroflow%20m12%20x%201.5&start=62&sz=30
If you want to replace the goretex one with manual there is a plastic one with o-ring, slotted for screwdriver, made by F-one
Select to expand quoteobenebo said..
M12 x 1.5 seems to be the standard for gore-tex vents.
Swapped mine for one of these before it touched the water.
www.supercheapauto.com.au/p/aeroflow-metric-port-plug-m12-x-1.5/SPO3820905.html#q=aeroflow%20m12%20x%201.5&start=62&sz=30
I was looking exactly for this!
Thanks!!!
Select to expand quoteMark _australia said..
If you want to replace the goretex one with manual there is a plastic one with o-ring, slotted for screwdriver, made by F-one
Do you know where i could find it?
That plug is the same size as what they use in some of the Naish SUPS ,
WINDGENUITY will have one ,
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I haven't seen one, what model of Naish has the M12?
Odysseus,I got one here but I think it might be closer to a 10 ,whatcha think ?
Select to expand quoteTardy said..Mark _australia said..
I haven't seen one, what model of Naish has the M12?
Odysseus,I got one here but I think it might be closer to a 10 ,whatcha think ?
Looks like 12 mm . Standard M12 has a 1.75 pitch. It does look like it's standard not a fine thread. The Gortex could be a fine thread or imperial. Zooming in on the little pic of a Chinook Gortex valve , if it is 12 mm , it looks like standard thread. It's easy to check . Get a matching standard M12 nut and bolt . Screw the bolt in the hole and the nut on the valve. Don't push it , it should go lightly by hand , or you'll stuff up the threads. Don't get a mouth full of chewin tobacco and swing off it with a three foot pipe........... ( dmobbsy ) . Just saying a 12 mm plastic thread is no where near as strong as a fin barrel nut.
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Or you could just read the fine print on the vent - M12 x 1.5
Good point . That is a very odd thread pitch . I've never seen that before . That is so you can only use their product. Very smart of them. Apparently some wheel nuts use that thread pitch.
Select to expand quoteMark _australia said..
^^^ Until it doesn't.
Old school manual version is best. If worried about forgetting to do up the old one, if its at the rear of the track you can't forget. Dunno why they ever put it in front of the track
I use a Duotone base. When I am done sailing I screw the vent screw right in the middle of the guides that hold the uni in place. There is a slot in there and you can make the thread for the screw very easily. There is no way you can go sailing without installing the screw in the vent. You can do the same with some chinook bases.
Tardy that's spot on
Replacement for the gore thing, looks to be the same as the F-One unit
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Or you could just read the fine print on the vent - M12 x 1.5
Mine is exactly this. Maybe someone can make with lathe some old fashion valves using these dimensions
Select to expand quotefannan said..obenebo said..
Or you could just read the fine print on the vent - M12 x 1.5
Mine is exactly this. Maybe someone can make with lathe some old fashion valves using these dimensions
Two of us just told you you can get an old fashioned manual to fit
F-one and Naish have made them in plastic with a screwdriver slot but yeah you could pay a machinist $100 to make one
Select to expand quoteMark _australia said..fannan said..obenebo said..
Or you could just read the fine print on the vent - M12 x 1.5
Mine is exactly this. Maybe someone can make with lathe some old fashion valves using these dimensions
Two of us just told you you can get an old fashioned manual to fit
F-one and Naish have made them in plastic with a screwdriver slot but yeah you could pay a machinist $100 to make one
Yeah , but how cool is the machinist $100 custom bolt.
Select to expand quoteImax1 said..obenebo said..
Or you could just read the fine print on the vent - M12 x 1.5
Good point . That is a very odd thread pitch . I've never seen that before . That is so you can only use their product. Very smart of them. Apparently some wheel nuts use that thread pitch.
Reasonably standard plastic fitting thread. Hose barbs/Pneumatics etc. Uncommon as a fastner though.
Select to expand quoteobenebo said..
M12 x 1.5 seems to be the standard for gore-tex vents.
Swapped mine for one of these before it touched the water.
www.supercheapauto.com.au/p/aeroflow-metric-port-plug-m12-x-1.5/SPO3820905.html#q=aeroflow%20m12%20x%201.5&start=62&sz=30
I got one of those. It turned out to have a 3/16" allen socket. What dope thought of putting an imperial driver on a metric bolt? Not a big deal just strange.
