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Forums > Windsurfing   Gps and Speed talk

Some classic old school speed sailing

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Created by Bender > 9 months ago, 16 Oct 2012
Bender
WA, 2226 posts
16 Oct 2012 10:11PM
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hardpole
WA, 588 posts
17 Oct 2012 1:25AM
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lelos12345
NSW, 453 posts
17 Oct 2012 9:52AM
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how lucky are we !!

Bender
WA, 2226 posts
17 Oct 2012 7:48AM
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Thanks Hardpole

da vecta
QLD, 2514 posts
18 Oct 2012 11:18PM
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Gold!

sausage
QLD, 4873 posts
18 Oct 2012 11:38PM
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"a power turn in slo-mo" brilliant find Bender. The aussie John Hall's? rig just imploding was a classic.

The one thing that really amazes me is that only 5 years after this, sail design had made quantum lepts (relatively). This was my pride and joy in 1986 - a Gaastra Speed Slalom cambered sail.

YP1
SA, 134 posts
19 Oct 2012 8:58AM
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Snags I had one same colour in a 7m as that was the max race size allowed. S**t Hot performance back in its day

izaak
TAS, 1996 posts
19 Oct 2012 9:54AM
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Far out!! A harness on the chest WTF haha Great footage though.

Bonominator
VIC, 5477 posts
19 Oct 2012 11:35AM
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What a gem of a clip. Aside from the equipment, the fact that they're sailing on a beam reach (90deg) says a lot about "speedsailing" in 1981!

evets
WA, 685 posts
19 Oct 2012 6:45PM
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Thanks for posting this, as Lelos says we are so lucky. that would have been very hard work.

snides8
WA, 1731 posts
19 Oct 2012 7:19PM
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I drooled over hi tech equipment like that back then...

TASSIEROCKS
TAS, 1651 posts
28 Oct 2012 6:07PM
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Love the old footage

I bet they loved a beer after those days, mind you I think with that energy drained out I would be a one beer wonder then off to bed.

deejay8204
QLD, 557 posts
30 Oct 2012 7:26AM
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That's is really cool footage. I have almost the same chest harness in my shed here as the yellow one at the very start of the vid. Thought I would give it a try a few weeks ago to match all my vintage stuff, but honestly it's to bulky as it acts like a vest and harness in one, but comfortable to wear though. It's back up on the shelf now I think.



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"Some classic old school speed sailing" started by Bender