This is my old Bic long board that I got from council collection day a couple of years ago. It's a hoot in light winds. Does anyone know the model name and the vintage of it? thanks

Dufour was a Bic brand from the beginning(1980), that board is very similar to the dufour "wing"

that's right, someone said it looked like a Dufour wing but I googled bic 250 and found an image about halfway down this page. that's the one.
hitthewave.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/windsurfing-brochures-ads-80s-90s/
thanks

Yep- it looks like a Bic 250.
The Dufour Wing had red trim around the seams and didnt have a handle on the front.
When Bic renamed the brand as Bic Sport they produced the Bic Wing, and a bit later the Bic Swing.
The 250 was firmly a beginnners board, it was really heavy but indestructible.
Happy days...
JB

Yep, brings back memories.Was a great board for learning on.

That's me in the original gear in my avatar too, but I ditched the old sail after a few scary sessions in gusty conditions. Spoke to the owner and he said he hardly ever used it, was bought by his parents to learn on but seemed it stayed wrapped up under the house most of the time so was in good condition. Even still had the little dongle thingo to attach the boom to the mast (which I lost about the second time I went out). The sail and old mast went to someone making a small wooden dinghy. It is a bugger to sail off the wind though, wallows around, someone suggested lifting the centreboard out and carrying over my shoulder...