biziedizie said...sausage said...Bizie,
How much did they pay you for picking it up and when they said it came with everything, I gather you got a Commodore 64 computer thrown in as well.
best bet is to commandeer a fellow windsurfer at your local spot and ask for some assistance. The gear is ancient and you would be better off with some more recent beginner's gear, but none the less it is still useable (as long as the board floats).
Good luck and welcome to the best sport in the world (equal to the sport of sledging anyone who kites)
PS - Your outhaul rope looks a bit short too.
Yup I assumed the gear was old but being free I'm thinking I did good. Learning for the first time I'm thinking that buying would be pointless till I really know what I want and need.
So can I put it in my bathtub to see if it floats? If it holds my rubber ducky then it should be a good board right?
I have to say that I don't subscribe to the common approach that it is not worth getting decent gear to learn a new activity or sport on.
It's a common thing, usually spoken out loud by the parent buying a musical instrument for a child, who winds up buying something that sounds like a wounded cat and consequently there is learning failure. What you have there is akin to the old wooden snow skis they hang up above bars, or use as window dressing in the trendy ski shops in Canada.
If I turned up on a mountain with that kind of gear, you would probably kindly guide me in teh direction of something a little modern and learner freindly, saying something like, "Give yerself a chance man" !!
Ideally, gear designed to learn on, in good condition, is going to give you the best shot of surviving the rather steep and sometimes unforgiving learning curve.
Old race gear that has been used little, but hung around a shed for a few decades is the worst gear to learn on.
A clamp on boom, and a nice sail with a few battens will be much more fun for you and will cost you little. I traded a half-decent 5.7 for $50 recently, as an example, which is a good size to start on.
Either way, get someone to help you rig it and fer chrissakes get at least one lesson from someone who can sail OK.
Just noticed you are in Canada. You should be able to get lessons there, and failing that, take a road trip to the the Columbia River Gorge. You may be aware that it is a major windsurfing destination.
