Hi,
I used to sail one of the original old windsurfers twenty five years ago. The mast had a black plastic wedge like fitting that just jammed down into a slot shaped hole in the board. Extremely basic - not very good - it would inevitably pop out while uphauling and the mast would hit you in the 'goolies' - those were the days. The old boards are heavy and the rigging is primitive but I still love sailing them.
I recently bought an old Mistral Maui board which is maybe only 20 years old - it has a more sophisticated mast fitting that clicks into place and doesnt pop out - a great improvement!
There is an additional feature my old Windsurfer didn't have that I was hoping someone could help explain.
The position of the mast is adjustable - you can slide it forward and backward on the board. What effect on performancedoes moving the mast forward or backward have?
SG
for adjustment on the fly - from memory (BTW not very good these days).
Forward for up wind
Back downwind
Middle for reaching
or something like that.
Some good longboarders visit here , like Chris, maybe he'll able to give you more info.
Thanks guys! I'll let you know whether I can detect the effects of moving back and forth - it helps to know what to expect though!
SG
Hey Elmo,
thanks for those links, helped me out a bit witha few things i could never understand and simplify a lot of tech garbage!!!
cheers
GCMOZ
HAIRCUT - thats my style for the last 19 years of windsurfing!
When i bought my first windsurfing kit out of the paper it came with one if u live in western australia ur more than welcome to have it if u can use it its lke 3/4 a metre long and has like a bolt at the bottom never seen the application before.
Forward for going on dagerboard, back for planning. Do not move mast back when dagerboard is down.
