hello everyone, just to start off t say its great to have a forum like seabreeze...
i am a beginner thinking it would be great to learn a great sport like windsurfing.. so i rush and brought some stuff second not to know that a beginner should start off with a big board.. at the moment i have a tiga board not sure how many litres it is...i think around 85L with a 5.6 sail.. anyway was told this set up i have is for racing..
just wanted to know is higher the litres of board the better it is for a beginner? or does it go by how much you are in kg? (i am 94kg)
i see alot of guys using the wide type of board which is alot better to learn on.. having alot troubles with the board i have..
so can any one give me any info on how many litre board i should be looking at.
thanks..
85 L is way to small for learning. you need a old long board thats what i started on you can find em in the trading post or ebay for like 150 bucks. i found one for me cousin for that price not long ago. And the sail should be ok to use.
Yes the board size is influenced by your weight, you probably want a board that is around your body weight plus 50-60L for enough positive buoyancy to give you a reasonably stable learning platform, so about 160L for you to be able to easily learn on. Obviously physical fitness plays a part too, you might be able to get away with 130L if you are a pretty coordinated athletic guy e.g. background in sailing or surfing. If you have a background in online poker you might wanna see if they sell boards bigger then 160L 
The sail size you have is about right.
If your learner board is 85L, then...wow. That sucks - sell and start again.
The most important things are width and volume for a learner board. A daggerboard is pretty handy too as it lets you sail upwind more easily.
The first board I ever jumped on was a starboard start, at 210L and 94cm wide.http://www.star-board.com/2009/pages/products/v_start.php
This board is way too big to be used after the first month or two.
My advice would be to firstly see if you can hire a similar board to the starboard start from a local windsurfing place for a few weels/months, as you'll move past the "absolute learner" phase pretty fast.
Otherwise check out a board such as the RRD evolution freeride
www.robertoriccidesigns.com/y14/#home.windSurfing.startAndRestart.360evolutionduratech
I used one of these to bridge the gap between the 200L board and my current 105L Tabou Rocket. It's pretty cool and I still use it (ever, ever so occasionally).
EDIT: Windwarming was suggesting a long board. My experience with longboards is that you probably don't want to learn on them because they're less technical to sail than a short board, so when you finally make the switch you will have to learn/relearn a lot of technique. My brother started to learn on a longboard soon after I started to learn on a shortboard and that's been my observation.
thanks swoosh.. the photos i have up is not what i use.. but i will take some photo's tomorrow to show you what i have..
By the way, even thou you might not have the gear sorted yet, wouldn't hurt to go down to local windsurfing spots and just have a chat with the guys around, introduce yourself etc. The best thing about our sport is that windsurfers are pretty much the friendliest group of people around. Don't know many other sports where you people are so approachable. Easiest way, is to ask them what sized sail they are rigging, most windsurfers can't resist that 
Also lots of guys are hoarders, they have bits and pieces lying around that they have been meaning to sell for years, and would gladly give or practically give away to anyone keen to get into the sport, but that they haven't put up for sale etc, because it isn't worth the effort.
hey looking at ya pic that is a long board and thats not 85 litres most waveboards are 85 litres thats more like over 200 hundred litres that should be ok to learn on just get some lessons
I started as a complete newby on a Starboard Go 155 l, no dagger board and came with 2 fins. I'm 75kg and could uphaul no probs. Got me to the stage of beach starting, water starting, planing, harness and start of gybing.
Was a great board well constructed and had good protection around front of board for when you drop the mast on it, like I did thousands of times !!
I'm sure there's heaps to choose from but something like this would last you a while. Just sold mine 2nd hand for a grand, don't see many of em though.
Enjoy
The most important thing to work out is what sort of windsurfing you want to do. If you are from coastal WA, have no kids, and can get down to the beach every time it blows you would need a very different board from the guy living in an east coast city with a 9-5 job, 2.4 kids, and lots of other commitments.
Do you want to go planing back and forth at your local spot, or do you want to get into waves, or cruising, or social racing, or ?????
All these things make a huge impact on the type of board best suited to you.
Wide boards can be great in some conditions (chop, open water, steady medium to strong winds) and not good in others (flat water, shifty winds, confined waters) where a longboard shines.
Having spent many years at both shortboards and longboards I'd actually say the longboard is much more technical, but you get a lot more time on the water if you live in a place like Sydney.
PS that 320 in your pic would be about 150-170L, at a guess. It's what was then called a funboard or short funboard; meant to be a hybrid between the longboards and shortboards. It's normally slower and always tippier than a longer board; faster in very light winds but slower in a breeze than a widestyle board and always tippier.
does any one have idea how many litres this board is?
this is the board i am having troubles learning on.. the connection mast i have would it fit on most boards?
That board looks to be no more than 100 litres, and is WAY too small to learn on, unless you are exceptionally gifted. You need 150 - 160 litres minimum.
Even when you have mastered waterstarts and you are in the harness and footstraps, that will still be pretty much a high-wind (20knots+) board for you, so you would probably want something in the 110-120 litre range by then.
That mast base should go in pretty much any board by the looks.
