PhilSWR said...

I spotted this board and gear on a local swap and sell site, and was hoping one of you guys with an eye for this sort of stuff could tell me if it's any good or just junk. It's for a mate just thinking of getting into the sport who weighs around 100 kg. Also is the price about right??

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150434863239947&set=oa.309073752447835&type=1&theater

Cheers for your help

Goodonyamate,might go round and have a look later and see what it looks like.

The board is worth no more than $200 and the sails, assuming they are of a similar age, $50 each. So not worth $600 and also not suitable for learning especially for a big fella.

This sort of thing is what you need.



Many of the brands have a board of this type. (you'll be popular too...)

Nah Phil, not this one to start on for a big bloke - need width for balance, this is very old school and would be tough to learn on

The big fella would need something like yours, even a tad bigger, but if he has some balance he may be able to get away with a similar board to yours

Thanks everyone

Good to have some experienced eyes run over such things. They all bloody look the same to me, though I could tell it was fairly narrow and may have been a challenged for a learner. Just ask me about fishing, hunting or surfing and I'm right

Cheers,

Phil

Hey my sailing brothers
Well had my first crack at it today and after an hour or so of falling off in some spectacular ways,got Phils new board to go forward for abou 40mts or so.I m friggin hooked.So from here I m going to wack a 12"finbox in the deck of my 9'4"SUP that rips in the waves,buy a rig and go from there.So Iam 100+kgs,whats the go with a sail rig?should I lash out and get something that will see me through my sailboarding apprenticeship or buy something cheap n nasty?
Thanks for your help guys.We live in a place that is perfect for this sort and Im hooked,yewwwwwwwwwwwwww

Good to see a few locals windsurfing at SWR. When I close to there and windsurfed on the bay there was a local crew of a few of us. However the last few times I've been there, no one was windsurfing.

Good luck with it. I think there is a thread somewhere about being able to bolt in a mast base into a SUP like that with minimal modification. No need to stick in a finbox mast track.

Ideal sail size for a SUP seems to be around 5.5m to 6m, wave or freestyle sail. The bay would be an ideal spot for SUP windsurfing on a day when a big swell wraps around the point and rolls into the bay.

Mobydisc said...

Good to see a few locals windsurfing at SWR. When I close to there and windsurfed on the bay there was a local crew of a few of us. However the last few times I've been there, no one was windsurfing.

Good luck with it. I think there is a thread somewhere about being able to bolt in a mast base into a SUP like that with minimal modification. No need to stick in a finbox mast track.

Ideal sail size for a SUP seems to be around 5.5m to 6m, wave or freestyle sail. The bay would be an ideal spot for SUP windsurfing on a day when a big swell wraps around the point and rolls into the bay.

I'm really surprised at the lack of people wind surfing up here. The bay is like the perfect play ground. Great shallow corner for learning and waves on the point for carving. And pretty well all winds are on-shore. Hey, I even drive my 4WD right to the waters edge to un-load the gear. Not allowed to leave it there though

Anyway, I'm hearing you about nobody sailing. I've lived here for 20 years and would be lucky to see 1 or 2 out per year. I've only seen 2 this whole holiday period!

Seems to be a bit of local interest starting to generate now. Let's see if it grows

needsalt said...

Please convince me that it really is awesome and that I shouldn't move to Port! Please tell me what I'm missing??

Just move to Port and be done with it, you are a wave sailor now .

AJEaster said...

needsalt said...

Please convince me that it really is awesome and that I shouldn't move to Port! Please tell me what I'm missing??

Just move to Port and be done with it, you are a wave sailor now .

Yes but who would I sail with? You're a speed sailor now

mybrosweeper said...

Yeah mate we are so lucky to live here mate,even got a fellow sailor in Coffs giving me some gear.Loving this community,
yeahhhhhhhhhh

PhilSWR said...

Mobydisc said...

Good to see a few locals windsurfing at SWR. When I close to there and windsurfed on the bay there was a local crew of a few of us. However the last few times I've been there, no one was windsurfing.

Good luck with it. I think there is a thread somewhere about being able to bolt in a mast base into a SUP like that with minimal modification. No need to stick in a finbox mast track.

Ideal sail size for a SUP seems to be around 5.5m to 6m, wave or freestyle sail. The bay would be an ideal spot for SUP windsurfing on a day when a big swell wraps around the point and rolls into the bay.

I'm really surprised at the lack of people wind surfing up here. The bay is like the perfect play ground. Great shallow corner for learning and waves on the point for carving. And pretty well all winds are on-shore. Hey, I even drive my 4WD right to the waters edge to un-load the gear. Not allowed to leave it there though

Anyway, I'm hearing you about nobody sailing. I've lived here for 20 years and would be lucky to see 1 or 2 out per year. I've only seen 2 this whole holiday period!

Seems to be a bit of local interest starting to generate now. Let's see if it grows

Too good! Get some resin, a fin box, mast 'n' base and you're in Now look out tourist on the Trail Bay sand flat, now you got two dangerous sailors to swim from.

I must admit I was one of those mobs that came up from Sydney in the '80s, the first place we went to was the point at Trial Bay in a NE. We were the only windsurfers there for the weekend.

Yes Nicole it sucked, well for the first few rides. Gusty to non-existent wind because of the shadow of the jail but once clear of that it was cleaner. Jumping out was weird as we weren't used to a NE coming at us directly onshore! We had some fun DTL rides but it didn't last long as the wind dropped off and that was it for the weekend. We played tourist for the rest of the weekend. Haven't sailed there since but would like to give it another go as I have a much floatier and forgiving board nowadays.

SWR beaches do face an odd direction compared to most of the other beaches on the east coast! For a good side shore session I reckon you need a NW, but how often do you get those? SW looks OK for speed runs but would get gusty up close.

If you look at the map below with the compass overlayed on the bay you should get some decent winds for wave rides but it won't be in the summer's NE'ers. I've also heard the NE'ers create some messy chop inside the bay. If you have a board that can slice through that it should be good. Maybe?

That little sand section at Trial Bay should be ideal to learn on Phil, NE'ers would be light, but if you venture out further at least you know you'll get blown back to the beach if you get buggered.

Thats what I want to hear,something positive.I paddle surf out there when the swell,wind,time off work all align and just love the joint.I cant wait to get some new skills under my belt and attack the joint on the sailboard!!!
There is a bit of a buzz starting with some SUP crew that are keen to sail as well,so we could see a revamp of sailboarding in the Rocks,yewwwwwww thanks for the new stoke people!!!

Mobydisc said...

I found NE seabreezes, especially strong ones to be really fantastic wind for windsurfing at Trial Bay. The wind generates a swell that wraps into the bay. Great for jumping or gybing on. Its also a quick and easy sail out into open ocean for sailing across big ocean swell, something thats pretty difficult to do anywhere else nearby because winds of that strength generate huge dumping shorebreaks on most beaches.

Its a buzz blasting into the bay on high tide, jumping the waves. Also easy to get upwind using the waves to help. Fun also to do some riding down the line.

Just launch close to the boat ramp near the gaol. Park in the carkpark close to the boatramp.

Mobydisc said...

I found NE seabreezes, especially strong ones to be really fantastic wind for windsurfing at Trial Bay. The wind generates a swell that wraps into the bay. Great for jumping or gybing on. Its also a quick and easy sail out into open ocean for sailing across big ocean swell, something thats pretty difficult to do anywhere else nearby because winds of that strength generate huge dumping shorebreaks on most beaches.

Its a buzz blasting into the bay on high tide, jumping the waves. Also easy to get upwind using the waves to help. Fun also to do some riding down the line.

I know nothing about windsurfing yet, but I've seen people fair flying across the bay and getting air on the rolling swells coming into the bay. When I have seen people sailing (like once every year) it's in a solid nor-easter. Looks like their having ball to me! When I get a little more confident I'll take it on and see what it's like past the safety of the shallow corner There is hope then Nic..lol