Seen these puppies?



Latest designs for light wind racing... Crikey!

Great - doubles as a picnic table

Looks like the PD board has the same ventilation pipes that the F2 had! The Apple doesn fall far from the tree I suppose.

JB

nick0 said...

stick a motor on the back and ya got ya self a tinnie

Or screw hinges on and you have yourself a door.

Patrick Diethelm has his own brand now.

www.patrikdiethelm.com

can ya fish off em?

so could I split a 90l board, fit in a slab off foam packing and reinforcing, laminate and sail.
could be a great summer project

I see Exocet are persisting with those dark boards - the triumph of marketing over performance

stop feeding the Trolls !!!

1m wide and 70cm fin.

Check out www.storm-riders.com.au and look in the photo galleries.

Formula boards allow you to get huge TOW because they plane so early. And they carry on being usable way up into the wind range.
Yes they become a bit of a handful, but a skilled sailor can easily sail them up to 25kts (but I cannot).
Last weekend on Botany Bay we had 2 races on Sat and 2 on Sunday. Check out the weekends windstrength and you will see it was really windy.
Yes - they are ugly (doors, tables etc), but then again so are most windsurfers.

Laurie - next time you are in Syd I will give you a burn on mine.

John

As JB and Rick have already stated these things can race in 20 knots plus easily - "Yes they become a bit of a handful, but a skilled sailor can easily sail them up to 25kts" - I am not that skilled, but had a ball - so there not just for light winds

the sight of Mitch S flying downwind launching off the back of waves will remain forever - FUN

JayBee said...

1m wide and 70cm fin.

Yes - they are ugly (doors, tables etc), but then again so are most windsurfers.John

now john - i think your the prettiest of all the fe+ - but i will still be racing fe until next season, although i may consider racing under the psuedynom Fine Cotton

In all honesty -as i have become a little embarrassed - i never expected to win as i have chased Barrie f, the bear and Mick Saunders around all winter at Marmong

windsufering said...

Toys for CASHED UP BOGANS

Jealousy is a curse.

yes yes i know dont feed the troll

windsufering - my budget to go racing was $3k - less than i spent on slalom gear in the mid nineties - i did a comparison between slalom kit vs formula kit on the second hand market along with the amount of TOW both would afford - formula wins both ways
I am hardly cashed up - but i accept the bogan tag - i still laugh at fart jokes

I couldnt think of a better way to spend my money and (limited own free) time

with many thanks to both the marmong and storm riders crew who have helped out, encouraged or suggested I race in a different division

NotWal said...

I see Exocet are persisting with those dark boards - the triumph of marketing over performance

Is dark bad?

the 2011 models