Sorry but had to laugh at this one...
I was always told to get a wide board for learning - surprised they couldn't sail this barn door !http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Bombora-Fun-Freestyle-Windsurfing-Board-6-0-Sport-Sail-/160744483268?pt=AU_Sport_Surfing&hash=item256d1e29c4
Bombora Fun Freestyle (No 05268) Windsurfing Board.
It comes with a 6.0 mtr Sport Sail (No 1205).The board is 3.6 Mtrs in length & 700cms wide @ the widest point. This unit is near new. It has only been used 4 times,as I couldn't get the hang of it.
Just have to laugh when people get their conversions all mixed up... lol
My parents bought me one of those back in about 1984. It was a pretty good board too. Mine was pinkish in colour.
Yep, they was one ugly bitch of a plank.
They made them pink and chalk yellow too, you're right.
They're sort of molded after the original Windsurfer, not sure how license-wise. With a different track and foot strap position. I think they derived the name freestyle from the equivalent, short-lived 1983 Windsurfer namesake with a black encasing. No relation though - the Bambora version was real flat, skinny at the front, and the track was fugly as 2 planks (or whatever the actual expression may be )
The board and rig look like they are in reasonable nic so $150 isn't an unreasonable price. If it was for sale in Sydney I'd consider it.
Is the hull different to a WOD? I always thought they were the same.
I just love how he has rigged the sail to be upright with about 500 metres of rope...oh and the fact he didn't know how to tie the boom on so lets get wifey to hold it up in the shot.
Does look like a better rig than my recently acquired 1978 Mistral Competition.
But then I would lose all those special features-
Sandsurfing ability due to a folding fin,
No footstraps to get in the way,
Impressive sheets of displaced water when "aquaplaning",
Arm conditioning when carried by the conveniently located daggerboard slot,
Core workout and rupture test due to necessary 700 cm between ones feet. (see
150$ Probaly purchased for that price back in the day If you added inflation relative intodays value and subtracted mass production methods the price would be 44534534545453545$
Cat Fact No 2:
Another free 78 Mistral IMCO 360 on the footpath yesterday looking for a destitute wood-be monoboarder.
They sail nicely with a modern light wind sail which must be located SLIGHTLY BEHIND HE CENTRE OF THE CENTREBOARD SLOT!
(5 minute install of a Chinook base using heavy duty plasterboard screws) .
The centrboard goes into the bin (if it will fit).
Goes upwind well, bury the rail to pinch up abit more.
