What was the WORST sailboard you ever owned?

Starboard 167Wide, I don't know how many times I went over the front of that thing, but only in stronger winds, under 15 knots it was great but once the wind got up, downwind on Moreton Bay chop it was a guaranteed catapult or ten for me.

my worst was a f2 sputnik 130 ..it was so hard on the ankles i could hardly walk some days ...

it was ok in flat..but i couldn't wait to sell it

The worst modern is a Starboard one that the club had. It was a largest slalom board shape with a centre board . No idea of the model but it should have been a great board for people to move to and learn about footstraps and short board techniques . Having the centre board was a bonus as it allowed them to get home. Sailed great and was a perfect board.BUT!!!!!
It had seams and those seams just kept splitting. It spent more time being fixed than on the water. In the end it was sent for professional repair, came back as unrepairable and was put in the bin . Very sad , great design, poor construction.

Has to be my first one, a standard 1977 windsurfer OD. Teak boom, floppy mast, no harness, no small sail, stock centreboard. A bitch to sail in a breeze. Mast foot popped out whenever you needed it not to no matter what you did or how much tape you put on it

Always fun to force a board that doesn't fit your style to somewhat perform.
But I guess every board has a niche' somewhere, for someone, in some conditions.
Loved my 84 liter Naish Supercross, one of the easiest jibing fast boards I've owned.
Still ride it's predesesor, the Freeride 8'6" from around 2000. Nothing touches it"s balance of pure speed, ease of jibe, smoothness in bigger chop, and lightweight jump ability.

Didn't own it, but was considering buying it off a friend.
Starboard Hypersonic around 130l.

Seemed like it was possessed or something. Did not like being ridden and very intent on ejecting anyone who tried.
Apparently great in chop if you survived long enough to master it.

Did some research at the time and it seemed you either loved or hated them, no middle ground and the majority were in the latter category.

Windsurfer OD though with a swept back centre board. Was a dog, but it was a sailboard so better than not having one. One 20+ knot day back in the 80's, went out with no centre board, and had the big triangular dacron sail ballooning, the OD planing on combination of the back rail and short plastic fin. So much fun, vs displacement sailing. There had to be more to this Windsurfing thing.

Next step: Bombora Tri fin. The main fin was the kangaroo tail, and the concaves were, well, dramatic. Planing early, vs the OD, and spin outs often.

Unable to find any pictures of the old Bomboras on the internet, if you have one, please post.

Then the most fun, the original Mistral Diamonhead , the wave board, before the Diamondheads became slalom boards. All epoxy, 115 litres, crappy 5.3ish sail, bought a Simmerstyle fully battened 66sqft. So much fun.

Then grew up...

My first experience windsurfing was in about 1982 on this horrific, gigantic thing with a flat rubber nose, super slippery deck with adjistable centreboard. I wish I could remember what brand it was. I might have a photo somewhere. Anyway, that was the worst thing I ever rode.

Windsurfer LT


ok never had one just wanted to start a fight

I already stated the Evo was good for small, slowmoving waves because it turned well at slow speed.
Punta San Carlos has slow moving, fast peeling waves, I assUme like Oz.

TC Leaper was the mule in my stable. It leaped. Like a brick. I put in a a winged fin (the lexcen fin) and got it to hydroplane...for 3 seconds

It was a good go-to board for when the wind blew offshore as the centreboard got me home all the time.