I am looking at getting back into windsurfing as I am getting rapidly bored with kiting.
I was wondering if I weigh about 90kg and am using around 105-110L freestyle board with a 6m rig what would be the lowest wind strength I could head out in and have fun? By fun I mean a planing so I can get pop.
Having had a brief look at the new boards (I was windsurfing around 10-11yrs ago) they seem a fair bit different to what I was using.
Welcome back!
I use a skate 112 and a 6.4 S2 Severne and usually get going around 13-15 knts with a 32cm fin - (but who ever actually measures wind speed) - need a bit more effort if I use the freestyle fin. I sure aint a freestyler just bought the skate to get me out in the surf if its light or for light seabreeze sailing
I am around the same weight - I found last summer I can usually get going at around the same wind that the local Kiters hit the water
I am sure some of the crew here will get planing in similar
Not sure how useful that is
I have a old JP freestyle 103 (not a freestyler, it's just my smallest board), I'm 96kg but I really need 19-20knots (as read from current BOM readings) with my 6.2 sail. Worth noting that board has taken on a fair bit of water and small freestyle fin so I sink below my knees in low wind.
15kn with a bit of a pump now and then to get her up n planing
the new freestyles are pretty quick to plane
Cheers guys, need to see what kind of trade I can get on my kite gear now.
Russh you able to pop the 112 skate without too much trouble or does it feel a bit big? Also what year did they stop making the 112 skate? All I can find is the 108.
CQKiter (soon to be CQWindsurfer 
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PM me as I might have some 2nd hand gear for sail right up your alley (I'm in Yeppoon)
Ezzy wave sails SE 5.0, 5.8, 6.9, JP 106litre Freestyle wave circa 2000, masts and boom also.
