Worst inventions ever for windsurfing

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Mastbender
Mastbender
1972 posts
1972 posts
9 Jan 2018 3:16am
Going thru some old windsurf mags, and I found this. I remember when they first came out, and I instantly thought that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen. I bring you "Da Claw", from 1985. Can we say launch in 3.....2.....1



HotBodMon
HotBodMon
NSW
612 posts
NSW, 612 posts
9 Jan 2018 7:46am
This invention is guaranteed to collide with epic conditions



Mastbender
Mastbender
1972 posts
1972 posts
9 Jan 2018 7:28am
Back to fooling around with gullible windsurfers, only one problem, there aren't any, from '84.



Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23647 posts
WA, 23647 posts
9 Jan 2018 8:16am
Cccccccccccccccccc'mon somebody has to say it....



www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Site-is-up-on-Wingsails?page=1


jusavina
jusavina
QLD
1504 posts
swoosh
swoosh
QLD
1929 posts
QLD, 1929 posts
9 Jan 2018 10:33am
north shox
north ifront with the adjustable wobbliness
AusMoz
AusMoz
QLD
1514 posts
QLD, 1514 posts
9 Jan 2018 10:45am




Looking like a knob with to go windsurfing - I don't ever want to find anyone wearing fluro Bolle sunnies windsurfing again!
Mastbender
Mastbender
1972 posts
1972 posts
9 Jan 2018 1:09pm
Mark _australia said..
Cccccccccccccccccc'mon somebody has to say it....
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Site-is-up-on-Wingsails?page=1


Actually I found both a "high tension wing/flex sail" (almost a full wing) and a "solid wing sail", similar to what MW has, which Fred Haywood was working on, both came out in '83 and publicized in early '84, but both have since disappeared. Got the mag, Wind Surf June '84, I set it aside, but haven't taken any pic yet. Also another one in Wind Surf June '87 of a full double surface wing sail, similar to MW's again, no pic yet, it also had a similar future.

But in the mean time, check this out~



Imax1
Imax1
QLD
4937 posts
QLD, 4937 posts
9 Jan 2018 5:08pm
^^^^
That's an excellent idea .
ka43
ka43
NSW
3101 posts
NSW, 3101 posts
9 Jan 2018 6:42pm
Just be careful of the bloke who wrote the article!!!
Haircut
Haircut
QLD
6491 posts
eyeMhardcore
eyeMhardcore
WA
82 posts
WA, 82 posts
9 Jan 2018 4:49pm
I like this one. I once jumped from hells gates to albrohlos islands


NotWal
NotWal
QLD
7436 posts
QLD, 7436 posts
9 Jan 2018 7:12pm


I've got one of those somewhere. It workd well enough at protecting the nose but it was a damn nusiance when water starting if the rig was in the wrong place.
I doubt that you could fit one into the typically short mast tracks we use today.
I remember it was possible to pull the mast track out of a Bic using those things. The leverage of the rig weight over a very short lever arm demanded more resistance than the extruded aluminium tracks could reliably provide.
grich62
grich62
QLD
677 posts
QLD, 677 posts
9 Jan 2018 7:40pm
the mast deviator gets my vote ,stops the mast hitting dead center and redirects it about 100 mm of center,cracks the board , then jams between your sail and mast so you can not water start,what a piece of crap.cracked my brand new jp ss because i believed the bull**** that this worked
AusMoz
AusMoz
QLD
1514 posts
QLD, 1514 posts
9 Jan 2018 7:52pm


How awesome was this to rig up!!!!!!!
Imax1
Imax1
QLD
4937 posts
QLD, 4937 posts
9 Jan 2018 8:01pm
^^^
I remember this system , when u heard horrible cracking noises pulling the boom down it was still wobbly.
Carantoc
Carantoc
WA
7268 posts
WA, 7268 posts
9 Jan 2018 6:06pm
Mastbender said..
Worst inventions ever for windsurfing


Kitesurfing ?
Childsplay
Childsplay
NSW
74 posts
NSW, 74 posts
9 Jan 2018 10:03pm
Seabreeze.com.au

.......I used to drive an hour and half down the coast with great anticipation, loaf around the beach and fish and chip shop through middday all positive like......even hang in right through the afternoon in the vain hope that the wind would come up.

.......now i'm Disappointed the moment I get out of bed and check the 'net.......spend the whole day mopin' around, apparently??
Faff
Faff
VIC
1417 posts
VIC, 1417 posts
9 Jan 2018 10:05pm
swoosh said..
north shox
north ifront with the adjustable wobbliness


Carbon has low resistance to abrasion. All carbon boom heads end up wobbly. But North has the stupidest design - narrow plastic ridges which produce a massive amount of wear on the carbon.
Subsonic
Subsonic
WA
3413 posts
WA, 3413 posts
9 Jan 2018 7:15pm
Mastbender said..
Going thru some old windsurf mags, and I found this. I remember when they first came out, and I instantly thought that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen. I bring you "Da Claw", from 1985. Can we say launch in 3.....2.....1






That one looks like some fun.

Great entertainment for those on the beach watching the gybes.

be one with your rig, through every manoeuvre!
Simon100
Simon100
QLD
490 posts
QLD, 490 posts
9 Jan 2018 9:27pm
AusMoz said..


How awesome was this to rig up!!!!!!!


I cant belive you guys uses to have to sail them, The modern boom clamp must have been the best thing ever when it came out
Capie
Capie
45 posts
45 posts
9 Jan 2018 7:37pm
Faff said..

swoosh said..
north shox
north ifront with the adjustable wobbliness



Carbon has low resistance to abrasion. All carbon boom heads end up wobbly. But North has the stupidest design - narrow plastic ridges which produce a massive amount of wear on the carbon.


The Shox is phenomenally good in choppy conditions. For high wind freeriding, it makes a huge difference. I don't use it for slalom because it's another thing that can go wrong but it really does work. I do use mine in racing with the 5.4 Warp when control is important. Never had any issues with the adjustable iFront either. I've used that head (which is plastic not carbon) on a Silver boom with carbon masts for seven years and the masts are pristine.
jn1
jn1
SA
2753 posts
jn1 jn1
SA, 2753 posts
9 Jan 2018 10:59pm


remery
remery
WA
3709 posts
WA, 3709 posts
9 Jan 2018 8:39pm
The Strata Skeg.
Haircut
Haircut
QLD
6491 posts
QLD, 6491 posts
9 Jan 2018 10:49pm
Footy fins?
remery
remery
WA
3709 posts
WA, 3709 posts
9 Jan 2018 9:06pm
Haircut said..
Footy fins?




Ok, you win, they're worse.
Sparky
Sparky
WA
1122 posts
WA, 1122 posts
9 Jan 2018 10:40pm
Z booms?
Sparky
Sparky
WA
1122 posts
WA, 1122 posts
9 Jan 2018 10:40pm
Cut away leach sails?
Mastbender
Mastbender
1972 posts
1972 posts
10 Jan 2018 3:22am
Sparky said..
Z booms?


Oh yeah! Actually I had a friend who bought one, I tried it a few times, kind of comfortable, but the biggest problem was with the pinch on front end, it had no boom clamp, it just pinched the mast, so it was always slipping. Ad from '88.




Ian K
Ian K
WA
4169 posts
WA, 4169 posts
10 Jan 2018 4:08am
Those loops they sew on sail bags. You know the ones, about half way along.
Chris 249
Chris 249
NSW
3570 posts
NSW, 3570 posts
10 Jan 2018 8:11am
AusMoz said..


How awesome was this to rig up!!!!!!!


A lot better than the early wooden booms, I can tell you.

Kids these days..... :-)
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