I was given this Mistral Malibu from the 1980's for free.
It's 11'7" long X 25 3/4" wide, made in W. Germany, it says "LCS carbon" towards the back. It has a few holes I could bondo.
On the plus side;
1. Nice flat tail, no tail rocker.
2. Footstrap inserts all over.
3. Daggerboard, I have it but it needs new bushings.
4. Made out of some sort of durable plastic not fglass or epoxy.
5. Nice wave piercing nose.
6. Long mast track, I just need the large washer to make it work with a standard base.
However;
1. It has a rather odd shape, all the volume seems to be in the nose and the tail is really thin and narrow. I wonder if the tail will float my 100KG.
2. US "A" fin box, so fin size is limited.

Were these boards any good?
I want to use it to blast about the bay with big sails.

Hi,

looks like a bit of a project, mainly cleaning all the crap off. You seem to sum up the board quite well.

A Malibu should float you but it will be tippy compared to a modern, wider board. I'm thinking about getting a similar sort of board, perhaps a bit bigger for use in light winds.

This video shows Mistral boards from this era in action.

Haha Moby, I just noticed your avitar!
What happened? did you fall off or something?

Funny video, I need to get some streamers for my sails.
I'd like a board a bit wider as well, the Exocet windsup would be perfect but it's $1500 plus shipping, this thing is free.
I also have a Mistral Superlight but it has tail rocker, no footstraps and a rounded bottom as well as a hole with peg mast connection that always pops out. I haven't sailed this Malibu because it's not watertight but the bottom is very flat like a SUP so I'm thinking it should be more stable than the Superlight, I'm just concerned about the narrow thin tail.
My Sup sails pretty well but the tail rocker limits it's usefulness as the wind speeds increase.

Looks similar to the Mistral Maui I learned to windsurf with. It was an awesome board, super steady if you push the centerboard down, gliding on the water, going upwind like a real boat. In light pre-planing wind you will beat anyone on a short board and also have fun. Hard to repair, I don't think fiberglass would stick to it, and pretty heavy.

although epoxy wont really bond to the crack ,you can inject it under the crack and then seal it that way. im planning to test out a similar mistral on the weekend