g day just looking 4 some help i bought some cheap windsurfing gear and was wondering if it would suit a first timer board 2.8m long 570mm wind and100 to 150 thick i cant see any where on the board to tell me how many litres it is 2 sails 4.7m which on the bag says it needs a 4.26m mast and a 5.5m needs 4.67m mast. the mast ive got is 4.5m im 6ft 90kg any feed back will help cheers
57cm wide might be a bit tippy for a beginner, but it depends on how co-ordinated or willing to learn you are...
Does it have a centreboard? (big fin looking thing in the middle of the board, in addition to the normal 'skeg' or fin at the back)
Since you've already bought it, take it down to your local spot on a windy day and ask someone to give you a hand rigging it up. That's probably the best way to figure out how to set it up and see if it's big enough to learn on.
Whereabouts do you live?
Go and get some lessons (for a month or two) or get a bigger board. A board of that size is quite small for a beginner and if you attempt to go out on it, you will have a terrible time. Typically a board of that length and width is 105-120 litres.
If you get a bigger board, it will be a keeper for lighter winds (0-15 knots), and the board you have now is a good step down when its a bit windier.
Its just as easy to state the brand and type of board it is, many of the technically minded have been around long enough to know by heart the remaining dimensions.
Virgin...man I thought this was going to be sex-ed
maybe I could have learned something 
Those dimensions indicate its an older type of slalom board. It won't be suitable for learning unless you are extremely athletic and a quick learner.
As mentioned above, get some lessons from a windsurfing school. If you can't do that look at getting a second hand windsurfer brand one design for $100 or less.
Windsurfer One Design 3.66m 60cm 195L 20Kghttp://www.lbws.com.au/lb07/index.php/lb_comparison_chart
Although I just measured my Windsurfer Fun and it is more like 65cm and is supposed to be (and looks like) the same hull.
Amazing. It has been over an hour and nobody, sorry, no person has flamed me for using the word centreboard in a positive way. 
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Well seeing as I only started windsurfing at xmas time, I can certainly vouch for what Frant says. I bought a GO etc and have progressed quite quickly (well I think so anyway). The good thing about a wider board is that its easy to uphaul in even in 15 - 20 knot winds while you are still learning. I do have older stuff here that I bought off ebay before I had found this forum..and to be honest I didnt even bother trying to use it. After reading all the comments on here, I saved and went out and bought the GO. Havent looked back. I will keep the older gear to use when I get a little better and am confident with water starts.
The only down side (if you can call it that) is that once you get going and find out how enjoyable the sport is, you will bore all your non-windsurfing friends with all the details of your last sail, you will spend hours looking at the wind charts hoping to see green arrows and you will forever be looking at new gear and wondering how long it will take you to save for it.
