This thread is about the windsurfer Lt , why are you discussing the size of your balls.
take it to GPS windsurfing thread .
Windsurfing began in the 70s as a new form of sailing, opening the door for the masses on lakes, bays, and oceans. But when the focus turned toward big wind and big waves, the technical growth in skill and equipment came at the expense of overall growth. If you weren't on the cutting edge, you weren't windsurfing.
Among the efforts to connect again with the larger sailing public is the new Windsurfer LT which has a lighter design and increased volume for it to be a very user-friendly board for the masses. With this type of board, this could be the key that is needed to give windsurfing its much-deserved comeback in light wind conditions.
Follow along as Windsurfing World Champion Matt Schweitzer, whose parents designed and built the Windsurfing brand, checks in with his past.
scuttlebutt sailing
DEAR WINDSURFER "The Original windsurfer class was where it all started back in 1967. There is an unparalleled amount of global engagement and connection with this class, created by Diane and Hoyle Schweitzer with a board concept developed by Jim Drake. Bruce Wylie, who entered the Windsurfing event in Santa Barbara while I sailed in the Olympics on the more "sophisticated " Winglider, has redesigned the Windsurfer and it's now a wonderful allround board suited also for heavier people. The board is stable, glides particularly nice in light winds and shoots into planing mode with ease. With its daggerboard it goes upwind really well. Tilt it a bit backwards and it can be handled in high-wind upwind. It freestyles with excellence and rail-rides are hereby back in trend. I really enjoy sailing this board and see it as a way to get clubs around the world introducing a board which works for entry level sailing, with the plastic daggerboard, and club racing with the composite daggerboard. Back in the days, the main campaign for the windsurfer was "DO IT STANDING UP" and this board even is good at stand up paddling." Svein Rasmussen, Starboard's chief innovator
REDISCOVER THE WONDERS OF WINDSURFING
The new Windsurfer is floatier, faster, more stable and a huge step forward as the 50 year gap would indicate. It will help you rediscover the wonders of windsurfing through its focus on light and shifty winds. The Windsurfer LT brings back what made the sport accessible and exciting for most people, most places on most days.
Interesting read
www.boatdesign.net/threads/comeback-of-the-windsurfer.60991/
windsurfer Lt making windsurfing great again !
Good review Al :)
I see you also sail F2 Lightning. How does the LT compare with that?
I've just got an early 90's F2 Lightning into the water for the first time yesterday .. at Lucky Bay, Applecross, WA.
Was maybe 15 knots gusting 20 .. which I hadn't been expecting .. and felt overpowered with 7.5sqm Pilot .. but I hadn't sailed in a couple of years and even then I was just easing back into the sport after many years absence.
I was amazed by how stable the Lighting was at speed. Really looking forward to using it a lot more.
I'd been thinking about trying to get an old Windsurfer OD rig so that I can perhaps do the course racing with the new LT's that are arriving in Perth soon. But I'm also wondering whether to just take the plunge and order a complete LT board and rig. I used to love one design racing back in NZ in the early 80's with the Superstar .. so I'm very excited to see one design racing possibly kicking into gear in Perth. Just hope it starts before the Freo Doctor starts blowing! .. Though from your review I gather that you think it will handle 20+ knots
Anyway, enough rambling from me .. look forward to hearing what you (or anyone else) think about Lightning vs LT.
2019 Windsurfer Class Australian Championships
The WCAA invites competitors, families and supporters to the waters of Lake Macquaire for the 42nd Windsurfer Australian Championships.
Location: Toronto Amateur Sailing Club, Toronto, NSW
Date: 24th January - 27th January 2019
Awesome day for windsurfer at sandstone point yesterday
talking to my mate tony .....
it it was going to be a big day!!
Went out on carve 141 and 7.8 loft race blade sail
wind came up ... everybody went in to downsize... decided to put the 7.8 race sail on the Wally LT
had the time of my life
able to to hang on - sailed out in the passage. Over the bounding swells
only as the water settled down came in and went out with the carve for a short arvo blast 29.6knts on the carve. Think the Wally LT did 25knts (iirc)
highlight of the arfternoon - fanging on the LT
www.ka72.com/Track/t/358344
The middle session is on is on the LT
That was me, and it was so much more exciting than jeff made it out. First ride of the Lt and what a ripper, heaps of sail lots of rain pelting me in the face grin ear to ear big swell/chop occasionally wiping foot off the board, everthing tensed to the max! Even the sphinkter. Absolutely loved the new toy, even gybes brilliant.
2019 Nationals Notice of Race and Online entry went online today.
www.windsurferclassaus.com/national-championships.html
Lots of info and details in this class update: us17.campaign-archive.com/?u=25aa8f4b5fd3655eaaa1b4d3c&id=9ec6986450&e=bfa6e3f44c
Heaps of activity on the LT all round the country - fleets popping up everywhere. Parkdale in Vic had 22 racing last weekend !
Anyone interested in a LT/One Design event at Harwood on the Clarence River in northern NSW on November 17 and 18? We could join in with the Bridge to Breakers, a 12 mile (approx) marathon on the Saturday followed by three short races on the Sunday. I can bring a One Design if anyone wants to borrow one.