Got my best mate into sailing.
One year down and he's in harness and straps and happy as a pig in mud.
Got him an old Starboad Go 165 which I re decked and pimped out for him.
Last weekend after catapult no 438 he managed to snap his board in half just in front of the mast track with a high speed shoulder smash on the front of the board.
Got to give credit , he managed to get back to shore with the front just dangling there.
I can fix most things, engineer and I used to make boards 100 years ago.
Under closer inspection I noticed at least a dozen what looked like baseball bat crunches fanning out from the mast track like a Peacocks feathers.
A few metres of glass and a kilo of resin and he'll be back on the water this weekend.
Piont of story...........
A beginner should start with a cheap big board , not something to grow into because he or she will smash it to pieces .

It's a GO
repair it...might end up heavy ...hes hooked then
I snapped one jumping from the back of the wave to the front .
mine broke behind the track .It was the weirdes feeling ...my feet stayed there and the front
of the board sailed away with my arms ...
Lucky I had 2 boards way up there...north West WA. It was 4.5 hour drive to the nearest windsurfing shop.
F2 ride R.I.P

put some wooden stringers in .200 ml long

"hard" to believe the "board lady" used NO stringers
WW
and obviously she is the SME/egg spurt

Don't spend very much money at first. You are more than likely going to damage the equipment as You learn. Buy used and cheap, it's all available out their, just take the time to find it. It doesn't have to look pretty, just watertight and as light as possible. But don't shy away by getting a board with nicks and scratches all over the board. But don't Buy anything that looks like it has structual damage, but all cosmetic damage is fine. After you get the hang of it, then buy a nicer board.