This is in regard to my previous thread the low Wind choices' .. my craving for some sort of sailing was fulfilled travelling with family to Malapascua island more known for diving with thresher sharks.. happened to stay at a resort with semi-vintage windsurfing equipment and just a handful .. the German owner Mike let me use his equipment free for having rigging it properly and tightening everything and did some squall sailing worth about an hour or so in total for the day .. it was an unbalanced set-up but really didn't care .. 4.6 Mistral speedline with a heavy epoxy mast and an even heavier 25-30 kilo Mistral something (I could only make out the wordings as Saloa - Can someone help me out what this time of board is? has a US box, 6 straps and a sliding mast track?) even without a harness and a 10-20 kt breeze still ENJOYED it .. my foot would be sliding all over the place but didn't mind

I used to own a Mistral Kailua, back in the mid eighties......

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Battle said..
I used to own a Mistral Kailua, back in the mid eighties......

the tail end looks like an equipe and looked closely at the letterings and could make out #aloa but I could be wrong .. it seemed more like a 90's board Battle

Sounds like you had a good time, even on the old gear.

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Mistral-board-identification-please/

Sounds like a mistral Taloa. If it weighed 25kg it may have taken on a bit of water .

They first came out in about 1987.

AS an aside, it was a substantial departure from the norm back in the day, a board over 3m length with no centreboard.

At that time all the major imported manufacturers had 6-8 boards in their range, and all except 2 had centreboards- the reverse of what we see nowadays.

Clarence

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clarence said..
Sounds like you had a good time, even on the old gear.

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Mistral-board-identification-please/

Sounds like a mistral Taloa. If it weighed 25kg it may have taken on a bit of water .

They first came out in about 1987.

AS an aside, it was a substantial departure from the norm back in the day, a board over 3m length with no centreboard.

At that time all the major imported manufacturers had 6-8 boards in their range, and all except 2 had centreboards- the reverse of what we see nowadays.

Clarence

On the spot Clarence thanks at least I know what it was .. a tri-fin but only used one plastic fin .. fun even grazing past the corals! sailing is always fun!