Since covid is making it difficult to sail, now's a good time to dust off your collection of windsurfing gear and show us.
I have a couple of collections, but my favourite is my collection of super light wind boards , ie d2s and a serenity.

The photo shows, serenity, lechner , mistral m1, eliminator , and the tiga race.

The lechner is the best all round board.
The serenity is the fastest up to 5 knots.
The eliminator is like a little dingy , with wave piercing nose. The m1 is similar to the lechner but with slightly more curves. The tiga has a very flat rocker line.

What other collections are out there???

Lovin the Raceboards Heavy1 !
Got a few 80s SPEED models myself.
Speed F1 x2
Speed 125
Speed 8'10" World Cup
Speed SR250L
Starboard Phantom 380
Mistral Explosion 130
Bic Veloce 120litre
AHD Freediamond 149
Tabou Rocket 135
Fanatic Falcon 122
Custom Cornish Slalom
that's just from memory. Sure there a few others lurking in the shed.

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olskool said..
Lovin the Raceboards Heavy1 !
Got a few 80s SPEED models myself.
Speed F1 x2
Speed 125
Speed 8'10" World Cup
Speed SR250L
Starboard Phantom 380
Mistral Explosion 130
Bic Veloce 120litre
AHD Freediamond 149
Tabou Rocket 135
Fanatic Falcon 122
Custom Cornish Slalom
that's just from memory. Sure there a few others lurking in the shed.

Cool. Need some photos.????

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olskool said..
Lovin the Raceboards Heavy1 !
Got a few 80s SPEED models myself.
Speed F1 x2
Speed 125
Speed 8'10" World Cup
Speed SR250L
Starboard Phantom 380
Mistral Explosion 130
Bic Veloce 120litre
AHD Freediamond 149
Tabou Rocket 135
Fanatic Falcon 122
Custom Cornish Slalom
that's just from memory. Sure there a few others lurking in the shed.

Cool. Keen to see some photos.

That Starboard is an interesting thing . Is it a modified downwind racing SUP ?
Do you need 500m area and a cut lunch to do a U turn ?
Id think it would be a light wind weapon if you were light .
It looks wobbly .
I would love a go .

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Imax1 said..
That Starboard is an interesting thing . Is it a modified downwind racing SUP ?
Do you need 500m area and a cut lunch to do a U turn ?
Id think it would be a light wind weapon if you were light .
It looks wobbly .
I would love a go .

It's a windsurfer.
It's very wobbly to gybe.
Over 12 knots it's very difficult to go off the breeze.

But at around 2 to 8 knots , it's my go to board.

Problem is .... You really don't want to be caught upwind if it goes to 12knots plus.... at 15 knots it can be nearly impossible to go down wind.

Something like the lechner is much better with retractable cb and sliding track

Antman did have one of the best collections of Mistrals. It included the one from the 90s which you could change the tail to make it a speed board .

I think it we gave Sail Quick a free month he might be able to post a selection.

Haven't seen an Eliminator since 1989/1990 !!!!!!!
Pretty sure they had some good raceboards late 80's & 90's. Who made them?

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kato said..I think it we gave Sail Quick a free month he might be able to post a selection.

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kato said..I think it we gave Sail Quick a free month he might be able to post a selection.

A whole bunch of footstraps with, oh by the way, a board attached.

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AusMoz said..
Haven't seen an Eliminator since 1989/1990 !!!!!!!
Pretty sure they had some good raceboards late 80's & 90's. Who made them?

the displacement eliminator was not by the same manufacturer Astro Surf who did the later slalom boards and race boards.
were the displacement ones made in Newcastle ?

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segler said..
A whole bunch of footstraps with, oh by the way, a board attached.

I get the same freebies each time I buy a fin

At Gosford NSW we also have a collection of past Olympic Boards. In fact we have Two of each between us , and have done mini Olympic board comparisons and relays. (unfortunately all the Olympic boards have limitations, but they are fun to compare)
Windglider
Lechner
Mistral imco
RSX

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olskool said..
Lovin the Raceboards Heavy1 !
Got a few 80s SPEED models myself.
Speed F1 x2
Speed 125
Speed 8'10" World Cup
Speed SR250L
Starboard Phantom 380
Mistral Explosion 130
Bic Veloce 120litre
AHD Freediamond 149
Tabou Rocket 135
Fanatic Falcon 122
Custom Cornish Slalom
that's just from memory. Sure there a few others lurking in the shed.

I sail with Heavy1 in Gosford and his collection of boards is the best I know of. We have had loads of fun trying the different boards against each other over the years
That's a nice collection you have as well. I only rode one of those Silver Speed Raceboards back in the day and it was quick. That's one I'd love to include in my collection one day.

Lyndons collection would have to be one of the most complete in existence

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segler said..
A whole bunch of footstraps with, oh by the way, a board attached.

Yep the BIG RBs are a different thing. Lotsa footstraps to confuse the shortboarder. Takes a bit of skill to pilot one to over 26kts.

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olskool said..

segler said..
A whole bunch of footstraps with, oh by the way, a board attached.

Yep the BIG RBs are a different thing. Lotsa footstraps to confuse the shortboarder. Takes a bit of skill to pilot one to over 26kts.

i would not say skill,big kahunas and strength to hang on and no when it goes wrong its going to hurt.

^ Haha! Ahh Kahuna's... I thought it was that there's nothing going on upstairs!
The RB goal =30kts
Pb of 28.7kt on the later model Speed F1.
Havnt ridden the big rigs for a couple of seasons though.
Time to Re ignite the challenge.

I Know their are some awesome and some crazy collections out there.
Not just talking race boards.

How about a quiver of speed boards, or some old speed gear.
maybe wave board evolution collection

COVID time guys ,
Don't just sit on the lounge... excuse to clean up the shed.