I got given this old unwanted klunker recently, it's in very good condition.

It seems such a waste to me no one wants this old stuff anymore. I was happy to have it.

Back in it's day it held the world production board speed record , in the open sea , at over 41 knots.

Puppy not included

It's a keeper! Fast in its day & probably still is.had a thommen when l first starded back in the day

Put it in the classifieds, you'll sell it in no time

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gavnwend said..
It's a keeper! Fast in its day & probably still is.had a thommen when l first starded back in the day

I think your right.

I had a close look at it, I reckon it still would be very quick. It's 54cm wide and narrow in the tail.

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In the straights this will keep up with most modern boards.keep it as a speedboard. l take your board & pup anytime lol

Treasure if one has space to store it. No question about it.

Keep that puppy, and awesome grass too. Congratulations.

That puppy's not going anywhere.

Other than to Primbee for a speed run

Nice board. I remember back in the day, Dave White flying past me on one of these at point clear and I wast hanging about on my 270 sputnik. Unfortunately due to babies and mortgage never ended up getting one.

nice ..and part of windsurfing history there ...rack it ...lol

i had the 270 ..it gybed unreal and fast in flat ,but not very nice in chop
even thou i was a lot younger when i had mine ...i remember waking up with very sore ankles after using it

they don't like chop . but little rockets ..

Would make a great retro coffee table.

It's a piece of sh!t mate.
Throw it on the bonfire for a sacrifice to the wind god!

Some old boards rock. We still get great use from them.

It will work fine at Primbe if you can get the mast base back far enough for modern speed sails. Has it got a Tuttle box? If so, you are laughing.

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sailquik said..
It will work fine at Primbe if you can get the mast base back far enough for modern speed sails. Has it got a Tuttle box? If so, you are laughing.

Hi the board has a power box.

ive just got myself a kestrel 17cm pb fin,for it - see pic below.

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Heavy1 said..
Some old boards rock. We still get great use from them.

Awesome set of boards!

im glad others are also using this old stuff.

well done.

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getsum said..
Hi the board has a power box.
ive just got myself a kestrel 17cm pb fin,for it - see pic below.

Is that just to handle the shallow water? Not mutch weed there now I thought? If depth is not the limiting factor, good as those Kestrels are for what they are designed for, there may be faster options with less rake???

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sailquik said..

getsum said..
Hi the board has a power box.
ive just got myself a kestrel 17cm pb fin,for it - see pic below.

Is that just to handle the shallow water? Not mutch weed there now I thought? If depth is not the limiting factor, good as those Kestrels are for what they are designed for, there may be faster options with less rake???

Yes primarily for depth or the lack of it, the weed is secondary.

I was looking for some budget boards for the wife and I to use just in the winter at primbee, as we are both sailing waves in summer at Gerroa.

Anyway I was kindly given the Sputnik which the mrs can use and I also have another narrow , small speed slalom board arriving here tomorrow, for myself , that was dirt cheap and unwanted.

One man's trash is another man's treasure...

After all these years of 220-240cm boards, getting on an old school board with lots of nose sticking out (and up) is very strange. How on earth did we consider a 59cm wide board our "light air slalom" with an 8.0? But we did.

I picked up one of those for a Sandy Point trip a few years back, as I figured it would be better than my FSW. It did a respectable 37knots without too much effort. But when you hit the short sharp chop at the end of the run it felt like riding a skateboard on a corrugated tin roof. I thought my eyes were going to pop out of their sockets.

sold the board for more than I paid for it and it sold quickly. I think I still have the old white F2 fin in my garage, mostly used as a door chock.

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Waiting4wind said..
I picked up one of those for a Sandy Point trip a few years back, as I figured it would be better than my FSW. It did a respectable 37knots without too much effort. But when you hit the short sharp chop at the end of the run it felt like riding a skateboard on a corrugated tin roof. I thought my eyes were going to pop out of their sockets.

sold the board for more than I paid for it and it sold quickly. I think I still have the old white F2 fin in my garage, mostly used as a door chock.

Nice one !

Here's another unwanted ,junk board, barn find from this week.

from an ebay auction. Seatrend 285. 135 liters. 285cm long. 57 wide

No wonder the first wide boards looked like doors.

I took the retro coffee table out for one last spin before i put it on the bonfire

Its a great board no doubt.