Well I had an awesome start to my season today. I was going out for the second time and had just walked my formula gear into the water when one of those waves that double up came along and lifted me off my feet. Needless to say my boom dug straight into the sand, snapped put a nice fist size hole in the sail and then the wave proceeded to snap 5 of my battens. Well its back to the drawing board for me for a while ... I hope you all have better starts to your seasons

Were you one of these guys?

Thats just the thing, I was going out at somers on Westernport bay and it was just a shore break.. I have no idea what happened I was walking my gear out past the shore break and lost concentration for a split second, next thing i know I've been lifted off my feet by some shore dumping wave and by gear hit the sand .. that was game over from there.

On the plus side today i went out and got a new boom and they threw in a free yes thats right free 11.7m rs3 sail so now all i need to do is buy a mast that will fit it and its back to windsurfing again :)

Where did you get the free sail from. That's a pretty cool thing to do! Nothing worse than busting your gear so needlessly but it's great if a shop can help you out of those situations. Credit to whoever it was!

11.7 man that's huge. you will be able to sail in about 2 knots with that

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Originally posted by mkseven

FormulaBoy, I propose you change you're name to GestaltII or something similar. Gestie is prone to doing similar stunts, just ask his board repairer

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yes it's true, have done and also been involved with others doing similar things. most times was with said board repairer too! but you can't ask him cause he's tripping round brazil on his yearly wavesailing tour.

so i feel your pain formulaboy. i also know how much fun it is to use the big kit in the ocean.

it's very cool that you got a new sail out of it. nice!

No Worries , Unfortunately I dont have anything to help you out mast wise . What masts do you have ? as I may be able to lend you a sail that fits your mast until you get sorted .