how much would a good 2nd hand one cost estimate
not for me but for a friend who wants to windsurf
thanx
Starboard Go or similar with rig and 2 sails.... $1,000.
But you have to put it together peice by piece from maybe 2 or 3 different stores/ private sellers you rarely see a whole beginner's kit for sale together... unless it is crap 1980's stuff
BUT like I always say if they are motivated, not big n fat (so 100L will float them well) and it is a windy place where they'll go out 3x a week for 3 or 4 months, then you can use smaller / much older gear and cut the cost down a lot. You could start on a early 1990's slalom board and one sail for $500 if you shopped well.... and then 3 yrs later win the GPS challenge for speed sailing on the same kit. Could.
Careful with ebay windy. Dont just let him go bidding without advice. There's a heap of overpriced dross on there.
ok. i'm up to speed now,
it was your brother who kites and cut himself who you want to learn how to windsurf,
and it's your friend that also wants to windsurf.
lucky friend. nice spot.
takes my 7 minutes to get there but i've been looking at houses around there.
one day.... one day....
VP at high tide is one place a very big slalom board (techno) could possibly work.
if he/she is small or young.
I'm lost in the brother-friend-cousin thing.
If his aunt had balls, she'd be the uncle?
I love how threads get off topic
$1000 for a starboard go with rig and sails?
I'd love to see that!!
Both myself and girlfriend have starboard go's and they're the best thing for learning though to intermediate.
The downside is that they're rare on the secondhand market.
Secondhand you'll be looking at around $1400 ready to sail.
It all depends on your brothers budget.
As a beginner myself, the best advise I can give you is if your brother is serious about starting, get a few lessons
before buying and keep an eye out on this website.
Most of the items on ebay are old crud people are getting rid of.
Maybe we could all chip in and donate some gear we dont use anymore and get more young people into our sport. I know when i was a kid it was so hard to get windsurfing kit its not like you can pull money out of you know where. How old is your freind windykid
Good point sailhack, I dont mean 80's gear but stuff that just doesn't get used any more because they may have the latest greatest and its just one thing not a whole kit! Onces there up and sailing and there still keen the parents might help out too. Just a Suggestion to help freshen up our sport.
yep, the windwanderers gear library is in full swing.
we have gear donate by members, mostly slalom kit but we are now in posession of quite a few masts and sails.
a lot of the gear is out and about.
we were also donated a kids rig from starboard which has seen lots of use and this season we will be organising a go.
when starboard donated the kids rig it was always the intention to follow up with a go setup for beginners. we just needed to do a small amount of fundraising on our side. we are now ready to look into getting the board again.
basically membership fees go towards the scheme.
it really is something needed up here in qld. we have had a lot of new people who are dissadvantaged by not having learner gear. at the womens windsurfing meet we organised last year 8 girls and 6-7 kids turned up. we used the starboard kids rig and other gear donated on the day from surfFX and caloundra wind and surf.
problem was the follow up wasn't available as we hadn't managed to finalise a bginner board for the library by that stage.
