My budget doesn't allow me to have an SUV or a wagon. So if you are a windsurfer with a mid-size sedan or hatch, would you tell me how do you manage to get your gears to the beach?
Board has to be on top, I guess. How about masts and sails
Thanks.
you'd be surprised what you can fit in a hatch. I have a vw golf & can fit my formula gear inside (just so no change of getting a 11.6) - 10.7m sail & 550 mast, lean the passenger chair back & put in the boom down first with the sail & mast on top to the bottom of the passenger footwell, i have to put them in diagonally. The formula board goes on the roof. A couple of times i've got the formula gear + 2 slalom sails, 3 masts & 3 booms along with my 105L slalom board all in the car. I've seen quite a few guys turn up in hatch backs with all their gear inside a hatch back. Get a thick plastic bag to put over the end of the sail when you put it in after going for a sail, unless you want salt water rusting your floor. The lockable roof rack straps are good if you need to leave your car anywhere with the board.
Good luck
Been from Canberra to the coast a couple of times in an N14 Nissan Pulsar. Only takes a few minutes to get the front passenger seat out. Then 2 boards a couple of sails and booms fit inside no worries. Economy is much better if you can keep stuff off the roof.
Had a ford laser hatch with passengers seat layed flat and backseat folded down could fit 2 boards and up to 4 sails, 3 masts, 2 booms and all the associated gear INSIDE the car, the longest board was 275 long
hyundai excel sprint, i fold the front seat back and the rear seats forward and it fits (inside)
240cm wave board,
2 booms,
2 plastic boxes with extensions and other crap
5.3, 5.8, 6.4, 8.5 sails
all of my fins,
430, 460, 490 masts in bag
still room left for a bit more gear and i can safely see out all of the windows.
I got the record. Hyundi Accent Hatch. Back seats down, front passenger seat forward n laid back (headrest off).
6 masts
2 booms
8 cambered sails (5m-7.6m)
speedboard
80l slalom board (both in bags)
harnesses, wetsuits, mast extensions, base, half doz fins etc, etc, etc
....and a 105l board on the roof.
Was carrying gear for 2, but my mate was in another car. Couldn't see a lot (nothing) out the passenger side!
I traveled to Lancelin once...
Toyota Starlet, FSW board, 2 sails mast and boom and luggage all inside the car.
You can fit quite a lot in a Hatch!!!
Had a Pulsar hatch for a while and that fits the gear fine too.
Just get your self a Yogayak stick it on the roofracks and all your problems are solved you wont need to windsurf anymore.
Thanks.
Thanks everyone. Seems like I have nothing to worry now...guess I'll get a hatch.
I'd been going to the beach with my partner in a van. But now I'm on my own.
Anyway, THANKS!!
