Someone put me on to this yesterday... Brilliant!!!

http://www.star-board.com/2012/products/ido.php

that looks dangerous!

I personally find this really dangerous if you fall off the board as it is pretty feasible that the board will be blown away from you ...

Yeah it looks a bit dangerous, ie falling out of a boat and the boat sailing away.

It could have a use for very small children who are not strong enough to lift even the smallest sail and is used under very close supervision. Its good to have a bit of innovation.

The name of it begins with a lower case 'i' so it must be cool, innovative and brilliant ?!?

Probably ok in a very controled environment, but if using modern light kids rig shouldnt be necessary.

I can see a good us for the idea! When I was sailing in Italy, Lago di Garda the wind had a very bad habit to drop dead (aka less than 10kt ) at the drop of a hat, some clouds killing the lift effect, I used to stay in Torbole in a camping ground on the beach and 90 times of 100 the wind would drop when at the Riva side of the lake, I remember swimming back pushing my kit from Riva to Torbole about 4 KM swearing all the way. That little gadget could be handy to keep the sail up while laying on the board and (kind of) sailing back to base! Just an idea!