king of the point said...Chris 249 said...king of the point said...Noted your from SA (How is Curt Tippit
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Back in the olden days 1988 -1990s a uni student did this project.
Cut loose surfboards Rod, Wessel, Shane Oc made a windsurfboard, with all the specifications the student had engineered ,which obviously included all the mounting points for the hydrofoils, which he designed and had made up.
I remember a fair bit of buzz surrounded the project at the time.
I did see the foils which were very expensive relative to a uni students budget etc etc spectacular to.
No one had even thought of such a thing before this
As i can remember one of the early test day was at Goowla lakes(shallow water) you know down the river mouth way .Things briefly went to plan before one of the hydrofoils struck the bottom and was lost in the muddy water .
Project foiled
Just a minor note, but people HAD thought of foiling windsurfers long before. Boards were foiling back in the early '80s, perhaps even late '70s.
Windsurf boards in the 70s..earlie 80 I dont think so ,
but hey provide some soild eviedence and ill agree
PS The board did hydroplan
Funny
half the crew wouldnt have been smart enough to get into uni
Good Luck Post what you come up with
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See also
foils.wordpress.com/Speer's 1978 board is also pictured p 35 "WindSurf" magazine, Feb/Mar '82.
There's a 1.5 page pic on pp 126 and 127 of Peter van Wagensveld's "This is freestyle windsurfing", published 1982. It shows a Mistral Competition (the first Mistral, like a big One Design) on foils and using a pinhead sail.
It may be the same board seen on Youtube sailing '79/80 at
and may be the same board that can be seen in a very blurry pic, which uses a slightly newer sail, at
No one else had thought of hydrofoil windsurfing before? Not by a long shot!
