Wow this thread has brought back some memories! How about the rope universal, wasn't that a piece of poo!
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I have still got one of these in my tyronsea falcon 
Lessacher still make similar style fins
Select to expand quoteScotty Mac said...
Wow this thread has brought back some memories! How about the rope universal, wasn't that a piece of poo!
And don't forget the rope boom attachment too! 
Select to expand quoterww said...sailquik said...
Multi-Fins made a very effective slotted slalom fin. I think it was 11 inches long and slightly swept back like a modern Freeride/Freerace fin.
In its day it was surprisingly fast and super secure in the rough stuff. For me, it was the first fin I had that I had total confidence against spinout in any conditions! 
I had a few of them but, alas, all are lost now.
I think it would still make as good a Freeride fin as anything more modern! 
Has anyone got a nice picture of the one I am talking about?
This one resides on a friend's old TC Spacer that gets used as a SUP.
I had an orange one back in the day when they first came out, and yep... "In its day it was surprisingly fast and super secure in the rough stuff. For me, it was the first fin I had that I had total confidence against spinout in any conditions! "
Ahh, that's the plastic forerunner of the one I am talking about. I must admit, for a soft plastic fin that one was not too bad either. 
The one I am referring to may even have been called 'world cup slalom' and was a white vinylester/fiberglass fin with the slot closer to the leading edge than the fiberglass wave fins pictured earlier in the thread.
Select to expand quoterww said...sailquik said...
Multi-Fins made a very effective slotted slalom fin. I think it was 11 inches long and slightly swept back like a modern Freeride/Freerace fin.
In its day it was surprisingly fast and super secure in the rough stuff. For me, it was the first fin I had that I had total confidence against spinout in any conditions!
I had a few of them but, alas, all are lost now.
I think it would still make as good a Freeride fin as anything more modern!
Has anyone got a nice picture of the one I am talking about?
This one resides on a friend's old TC Spacer that gets used as a SUP.
I had an orange one back in the day when they first came out, and yep... "In its day it was surprisingly fast and super secure in the rough stuff. For me, it was the first fin I had that I had total confidence against spinout in any conditions! "
I had a slotted Multifins fin like this. It was quite a good fin. I used it on a Hot Buttered slalom board and it worked quite well.
Select to expand quotesailquik said...rww said...sailquik said...
Multi-Fins made a very effective slotted slalom fin. I think it was 11 inches long and slightly swept back like a modern Freeride/Freerace fin.
In its day it was surprisingly fast and super secure in the rough stuff. For me, it was the first fin I had that I had total confidence against spinout in any conditions!
I had a few of them but, alas, all are lost now.
I think it would still make as good a Freeride fin as anything more modern!
Has anyone got a nice picture of the one I am talking about?
This one resides on a friend's old TC Spacer that gets used as a SUP.
I had an orange one back in the day when they first came out, and yep... "In its day it was surprisingly fast and super secure in the rough stuff. For me, it was the first fin I had that I had total confidence against spinout in any conditions! "
Ahh, that's the plastic forerunner of the one I am talking about. I must admit, for a soft plastic fin that one was not too bad either.
The one I am referring to may even have been called 'world cup slalom' and was a white vinylester/fiberglass fin with the slot closer to the leading edge than the fiberglass wave fins pictured earlier in the thread.
The Hi tec fins had the slot about 12 mm from the leading edge.
Select to expand quotefangman said...Scotty Mac said...
Wow this thread has brought back some memories! How about the rope universal, wasn't that a piece of poo!
And don't forget the rope boom attachment too!
I have a uni joint with the rope running through the center of the neoprene tendon. The rope on boom was good i used one just last month and as long as you attached it properly then it provides a good firm boom fitting. With all the development that has been happening over the past 25 years it's hard to remember just how good the old gear was so every now and then I have a retro day of my own with my old stuff and remember the old days.
This is the hi tech I mentioned earlier I think it is the one that you are talking about.
Gee WaterPistol.....how can I top that!!! Great picture of a seriously hi-tech sail. Is that a genuinely old fin or are you cheating there with new(er) stuff?
The old windsurfer sails were like an onion bag and a real handful over about 20 knots no matter how tight you pulled in outhaul. How the hell are you going so well there? I am seriously impressed.
Do you still have the wooden boom and wooden mast foot hidden in the garage or shed?
All I can offer are some old photos 1980-84. I've just bought a Wolverine photograph/negative to digital converter so I'm combing thru the old stuff.
My sandsailer was a blast....overblown skateboard trucks fore and aft and if the wind got up the best way to slow down was to head into the water!! Fantastic fun at low tide...I used to head north from Evans Head, NSW towards Ballina...if it was a SEaster I could get 10-12kms up the beach before I was too close hauled or before the tide made the rocks at Broadwater unnegotiable. Great way to exercise the dog too.. Pneumatic wheels off a hand-pull golf buggy. The bearings used to need replacing very regularly....wonder why!
I'd sail off the beach but there was no one else sailing there at all. I'd disappear miles out to sea without telling anyone....probably not the brightest thing I've ever done in hindsight but it was really magic with dolphins, manta rays and other stuff David Attenborough would be happy to interview. At that time, being young I was, by definition, immortal!
The blue stripey board was a swallowtail McTavish that had a similar profile to the speed boards of today....wide up front to get early planing but the old fins and wide arse made it kick like a mule at speed. It was always fun when a gust came thru, you leant back to take the strain and the wooden mast foot came clean out of the board...leaving you hanging in the straps flying a kite. Excitement plus. This was just before the rubber universal entered my life.
Oh the memories.
You young people today don't kno....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Don't worry Wozza, I will print up the bottom photo so the youngsters at work can be impressed by your youthful awesomeness and high waisted boardies I am sure they won't take the piss!!
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Don't worry Wozza, I will print up the bottom photo so the youngsters at work can be impressed by your youthful awesomeness and high waisted boardies I am sure they won't take the piss!!
High waisted boardies?.....I thought that I was dressed to starboard but you might be right...
... anyway the lower photo was, in fact, taken last week. Honest. It's just that my hair has all fallen out in the last 6 days. Nasty affliction.
Changing the subject ( quickly), did you spot the width of the harness lines and the high mast base extension cunningly designed to raise the centre of effort of the sail thus ensuring speediest possible catapult departure?
