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Created by fumbduck > 9 months ago, 31 Aug 2020
fumbduck
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31 Aug 2020 9:20AM
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First of all, thanks for letting me join.
Originally from Holland where I started windsurfing in the late seventies and progressed to wave jumping.
Holland was great because of the abundance of water and windy conditions.
I moved to Australia in 1985 and sailed for a few more years although to a lesser extent due to more infrequent windy conditions before family life got in the way and I stopped altogether.
Just recently joined an Old School Windsurfing group on FB and seeing a lot of old farts my age taking the hobby back up again.
So much great footage nowadays with the GoPro's has really got the itch going again for a resurgence.
Currently own an F2 Lightning, F2 Sunset, Bic Veloce (130 liter), Bic Tempo and just this weekend bought a secondhand 280 Wind Action board shaped by Peter Cochran. freeimage.host/i/dipGQR Does anyone know how many liters this board would be?
It looks like a bit of a speed demon and I doubt I would be able to uphaul on this board with my current weight of 90 kgs.
Hoping to be back on the water soon.

DavidJohn
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31 Aug 2020 6:27PM
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Back then no one cared about volume or liters.. It was just a length and width thing.. and at 90 kgs I'm thinking uphauling will be do'able as long as you don't mind the board being totally under water..

fumbduck
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31 Aug 2020 7:24PM
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DavidJohn said..
Back then no one cared about volume or liters.. It was just a length and width thing.. and at 90 kgs I'm thinking uphauling will be do'able as long as you don't mind the board being totally under water..


yeah, I guess you're right. Even I didn't care as waterstarting was easy then. Might be a bit different now though as I'm not as light and fit. Just wanted to know as a safety thing so I would know if I could fall back on uphauling in case the wind died (or my arms and legs )



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