Great vid, they certainly are a great play board.

gregnw44 said..
Hi, Thanks for this great news here about the Windsurfer LT.
I am curious about the weight of this board, and I looked through most of the pages here, and didn't see if any of you have actually weighed your board on a calibrated scale?
I know that "they say" it's 15kg... but I've had bad luck with boards from Cobra in the past... so I'd like to know if you all are "checking" to see how close your board is to the specs. Also I know that the board weight specs will be taken with a "bare board"... no daggerboard or fin. If I buy one I will weigh it bare"... and I hope it is 15 kg (or very close).
Thanks for any info, Greg :)

Thank you VERY much - Bone's and Hardcarve - for the weight info... for your Windsurfer LT boards!!
I'm happy you got boards at least as good as the spec weight... I hope I am as lucky :)

And if anyone else is able to weigh their boards... I'd love to get more data.
Thanks, Greg -

wally sailor said..

normster said..
Any suggestions for board bags given the board is epoxy and not as robust as original ?

Also my booties dont grip grip on the side deck - anyone recommend booties that grip ?

I wear xcel booties on my LT, the grip is good ??

Not sure why I have ?? In my post, they shouldn't be there. I find the xcel booties excellent on my LT. Haha smiley face turns into question marks

Can please anyone advise on the board price and where it is sold.

normster said..
dioma,

contact windgenuity as seller and confirm price.

www.windgenuity.com.au/

Thanks a lot

Great stuff! Where's your inland dam?

You are kidding...... that means you have the third LT in Armidale! That's remarkable.

We're normally sailing on the little waterhole at our place on Commissioner's Waters, 4k west of the Blue Hole. The sailable part (before it gets too shallow and windless) is only about 100m by 50m but that's enough to chill out, do freestyle and get some sailing in. I did sail at Dumaresque until we bought this place over winter.

I raced my LT last weekend and may take it down to Malpas tomorrow; my wife can't sail hers as she has a dog club event on. I may also have to sail my Laser as the Keepit Laser guys are planning to come up. I'll drop you a PM with contact details.

There's one LT down at Maclean's Big River Sailing Club, and one owned by a Newcastle sailor who in often in Grafton. I think there's a couple more on order from northern NSW cruisers. Andy Landy, Olympic silver medallist in cats, former world Moth dinghy champ and a good windsurfer, is now in Ben Lomond and if I lend him a board and use one of my One Designs we may be able to get him into a local fun day as well. I think there'll be enough interest for an autumn event near the coast, but until then it would be great to get the three of us out around Armidale.

After all, Armidale has Australia's top sailing spot - FACT.*


Well, if you mean top by height above sea level. :-)

Has anyone tried an LT for absolute beginners and can compare to the other offerings in the market.

Nelle said..
Has anyone tried an LT for absolute beginners and can compare to the other offerings in the market.

I think it would be okay as a learners board. Not the best pure learning option around though, as it is a bit narrower and so not as stable as say a Start, Rio or Funster. They are a bit more fragile as well, I would be nervous letting a absolute beginner on to mine personally.

I think a big wide stable board will give beginners a better result initially. I can remember trying to teach friends on an old original Windsurfer in a little bit of chop. Lots of bruised shins and frustration.

Lately I have been using a large Starboard inflatable SUP with a centre fin slot to teach begiiners, as has a friend who has one as the Fanatic version. Very good for bigger kids or adults to learn on. Can't hurt them and they cant damage it. I have had around 6 kids using it as a diving/ battle platform, including covering it in mud and clay and it still is in fine condition.

I picked my LT today up from Windgenuity and had it in the water at Connells Point Sailing Club in Sydney by the afternoon. Couldn't believe how quick and simple it was to rig. I'm returning to the sport and haven't sailed anything for about 15 years. It was about 10knts. I got it going to windward no worries, hooked into the harness and just totally loved it. Yeah i stacked on tacks and gybes plenty of times but I could n't care, it was so easy to uphaul and get moving again.

I was a lot more unstable downwind, and the centreboard is still pretty tight. I sailed for as long as my body could take (about 90 mins). Overall all I had one of the best afternoons i can remember having for a long time. Super keen to go out again.

Another sail this afternoon, took the kids. The dam was glass when we got there - had a great time mucking around with it in SUP mode. Then a breeze puffed through and we had an hour or so of kids riding on nose, aft, standing inside me hanging on wishbone. They LOVED it, 'I can't believe how fast it goes!'. (Wait until we get more than the say 7kt gusts :)). Then de-rigged and on the Ute in 5 mins. Stoked.

Help how do you rig a Wally sail???

up at lake for Xmas - going out to practice on the LT to get ready for cruiser class at the Nats.

Dont know now what I'm doing trying to rig the sail.




Leave any comments that are usefull about rigging ;-)

Given up in frustration. Going out with the Ezzy Cheeta 7.5 on the LT

Will try again later once I get some feedback

cheers Jeff
Love the LT - jury is out on the sail??

jirvin4505 said..
Help how do you rig a Wally sail???

up at lake for Xmas - going out to practice on the LT to get ready for cruiser class at the Nats.

Dont know now what I'm doing trying to rig the sail.

Leave any comments that are usefull about rigging ;-)

Given up in frustration. Going out with the Ezzy Cheeta 7.5 on the LT

Will try again later once I get some feedback

cheers Jeff
Love the LT - jury is out on the sail??

Hey mate
didnt Griswold give you the tips?

im no expert but... here's what I've learned.

step 1. Boom set at 40 no tension on downhaul and pull outhaul out roughly 5-10cm from end
step 2. Light downhaul - unless 15 knots or more go down to 6 or 5 mark only should still have some horizontal wrinkles
step 3. Adjust our haul to suit conditions light wind likely 5cm or more from end of boom. Stronger wind closer to end.

should be vertical line or line up in luff for light wind setup. Stand up sail and fill with wind and pump, you will see the vertical creases fill out and absorb the extra wind and take the nice ring shape. Great for this style of sail.

leech tension string
tighten if no wind loose if windy to spill the wind out of top of leech.

gererally don't be afraid if a little baggy light wind and gradually firm up in stronger wind. I quite often have rather loose looking mast sleeve and luff most visible around boom pocket.

very strong wind still down haul no more than to the 4 mark on mast.

when derigging, take tension off the fownhaul girst and assist it to move up the mast a little before releasing outhaul. This will minimise chance of stretching luff.

old school technology in the days before massive downhaul required.

suits board pretty well.

check out a similarly skilled or better sailor similar weight to check their settings. Most happy to help!
hope this helps

see you at the Nats. Enjoy!
Al

RichardG said..

ChrisD67 said..
I picked my LT today up from Windgenuity and had it in the water at Connells Point Sailing Club in Sydney by the afternoon. Couldn't believe how quick and simple it was to rig. I'm returning to the sport and haven't sailed anything for about 15 years. It was about 10knts. I got it going to windward no worries, hooked into the harness and just totally loved it. Yeah i stacked on tacks and gybes plenty of times but I could n't care, it was so easy to uphaul and get moving again.

I was a lot more unstable downwind, and the centreboard is still pretty tight. I sailed for as long as my body could take (about 90 mins). Overall all I had one of the best afternoons i can remember having for a long time. Super keen to go out again.

Spray the centreboard with Silicon lubricant it will move easily.....

Check your centreboard lips
if they overlap slightly, that is the problem!
Cobra have changed the design now as they found overlapping black lips are creating too much friction and causing them to split.
new design is that both lips just touch each other.

If you are handy you could trim yourself otherwise,
contact Windgenuity about it and they will arrange for a new set to be shipped to you if split or overlapping flaps.

very easy to replace, they clip in like electrical duct lid (if you're an Eleco)

place a screwdriver under lip on on one side at rear of slot (place a ruler or cardboard under screwdriver shaft to protect board from damage) lever lip up and it will pop out ease out at front end and slide back so the half round sail tape isn't disturbed.

hope that makes sense.

silicon spray also helps reduce stiffness.

I've got my mast almost all the way back, as with the One Design. If it starts really blowing I'll move it forward, again in the usual way. However there is a bit of variation at the front of the fleet, with some lightweights in One Designs moving the mast base forward.