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General Gps & Speed Waves Foiling Gear Reviews Lost & Found WA NSW QLD SA VIC TAS

pierrec45

NSW

2005 posts

pierrec45

NSW, 2005 posts

30 Mar 2011 11:04pm

Is this the ugliest board ever or what?

Can't even make out the front from the back, though the little holies for footstraps (I guess??) gives it away.

nosinkanow

NSW

441 posts

nosinkanow

NSW, 441 posts

31 Mar 2011 12:36am

It looks French, it would make a great flat water paddle board...then again maybe not.

Wet Willy

TAS

2317 posts

Wet Willy

TAS, 2317 posts

31 Mar 2011 12:52am

Umm what's that ropey thing on the front?

(Don't knock it; I'm sure it'll be back in style soon enough)

Chris 249

NSW

3573 posts

Chris 249

NSW, 3573 posts

31 Mar 2011 8:55am

I think it's a Sodim (should be Sodthat). But they did have a worse board - one with a square tail, square rails about 100mm thick - and a fin sticking out SIDEWAYS from each rail.

I assume that the idea was that the board would carve through turns on the fin instead of the rail.

Crash Landing

NSW

1173 posts

Crash Landing

NSW, 1173 posts

31 Mar 2011 9:15am

Wet Willy said...

Umm what's that ropey thing on the front?

(Don't knock it; I'm sure it'll be back in style soon enough)

In Europe/UK you used to have to tie your sail to the mast - incase the UJ broke. Could be that?

Least the sail is in great condition!

Bondalucci

VIC

1580 posts

Bondalucci

VIC, 1580 posts

31 Mar 2011 11:25am

it may be a vecteaur (French)from early 80's.

petermac33

6415 posts

petermac33

WA, 6415 posts

31 Mar 2011 8:37am

if you put slowboat on this board + sail with all the mod cons,carbon boom,fin,da

kine straps etc, i reckon he would still go past most of the mortals on 2010 gear.

K Dog

VIC

1847 posts

K Dog

VIC, 1847 posts

31 Mar 2011 1:25pm

Looks like a fun board actually :P

Al Planet

TAS

1548 posts

Al Planet

TAS, 1548 posts

31 Mar 2011 6:29pm

It makes you realise what a classic the original design was (and no I don't mean any of the protos that were used to remove the Windsurfer patent). I would buy one in an instant if I could find a decent second hand one, they are very rare in Tassi now.

pierrec45

NSW

2005 posts

pierrec45

NSW, 2005 posts

31 Mar 2011 11:26pm

Al Planet said...

It makes you realise what a classic the original design was.

Not that it was the thread, but you're right. Amazing that the original design (late 60s) is still a good one. I use thems old Windsurfers to get in shape in the spring (harness-less in 12-14 knots), teaching, that kinda stuff.

Back to that fugly thing: I have no idea how one could sail that... how could those rails steer that shape without a dagger?

landyacht

5921 posts

landyacht

WA, 5921 posts

31 Mar 2011 8:43pm

given its age, its probably cheap, so buy it, try it , give everybody a report, what is there to lose, it may even be a good buy

Mark _australia

23649 posts

Mark _australia

WA, 23649 posts

31 Mar 2011 8:56pm

I reckon it looks good - speed board going one way and waveboard the other

pierrec45

NSW

2005 posts

pierrec45

NSW, 2005 posts

1 Apr 2011 12:56am

LOL you guys really crack me. Buy it, right.
Wouldn't waste a drop of petrol for it, but perhaps if the owner took it to the water for me, as a joke.

I rode a closet door once at Sandringham beach, for the hell of it.
It sorta rode OK once you put a skeg on.

Perhaps the feeling would be similar with that plank.

Mark _australia

23649 posts

Mark _australia

WA, 23649 posts

31 Mar 2011 10:09pm

Going off the latest trends, put 6 fins in it, advertise it right including a youtube video with euro's riding it with baseball caps on backwards and you'll sell 1000 of them (and 5000 of the fragile "pro" edition)

Trousers

565 posts

Trousers

SA, 565 posts

1 Apr 2011 12:33pm

and that sail!?! maybe it's just perspective of the shot but to me the boom cut-out seems so high up the luff - i imagine the angle of the boom would be extremely far from perpendicular to the mast to go from cut-out to clew!

nev

NSW

58 posts

nev

NSW, 58 posts

1 Apr 2011 8:05pm

Its a Sainval, they where a french company from the mid 80's, i had their div 1 board that could beat the more popular dufour wing. I think a bloke from Runaway bay imported them. don,t know what the sail is from.

nev

pierrec45

NSW

2005 posts

pierrec45

NSW, 2005 posts

2 Apr 2011 12:11am

nev said...

Its a Sainval

Yep, someone else just sent me a note to that effect. Didn't even know the name.

A froggy board in the US other than Mistral...
No wonder it sticks out like the proverbial dogs balls.

MrSpaggiari

QLD

241 posts

MrSpaggiari

QLD, 241 posts

3 Apr 2011 8:29pm

i cant tell in which direction to sail it

pierrec45

NSW

2005 posts

pierrec45

NSW, 2005 posts

3 Apr 2011 11:39pm

Well, whatever genius said earlier the underside was made of metal seems to be right. Ditto with whoever said it might be multi-fins.
The poster sent a picture.

You guys are geniuses of windsurfing.

joe windsurf

1482 posts

joe windsurf

1482 posts

4 Apr 2011 7:05pm

wow, i thought the skinny was the front #$%^&*(
it's getting weirder by the minute
my old F2 comet has multiple fin holes, butt usually goes with the standard one
this may be along the same lines

either the fins go in the "front" or this would be a really hard board to ride !!

joewindsurfer.blogspot.com

landyacht

5921 posts

landyacht

WA, 5921 posts

4 Apr 2011 9:21pm

joe windsurf said...

it's for sale in Gatineau, Ontario, Canada for $45

come on, give it a try :-) buy it n ship it down under for $200 :-)

~~http://montreal.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-sports-bikes-Planche-a-voile-W0QQAdIdZ270538946~~

joewindsurfer.blogspot.com

buy try , and then make it into a cool coffee table, or hang it from a roofwith some lightbulbs in it.

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