Umm, I've destroyed my beloved Mistral Classic/Flow 276. The bottom has almost fully delammed from nose to tail. It's a real pity cos I loved that board. In fact I had one of the best sails of my life on it just yesterday...

Anyway a new board is needed. Any suggestions on an ideal 100 litre board for open water/coastal bump and jump in the gnarly Moreton bay chop? Ideally a board that feels a bit like the Flow to sail.

I'm 74 Kg. I already have an Exocet Scross 115 for light winds and a Fanatic Freewave 86 for stronger days. The Mistral was a 103 litre and I used to use it most often with a 6.5 two-cam freeride sail.

So far I'm thinking of a Fanatic Eagle 100 or a Mistral Syncro 102.

Any ideas?

The misty's are sweet (I still have mine)

but

The Tabou rocket Rocks!!! unbelievable boards

elmo said...

The misty's are sweet (I still have mine)

but

The Tabou rocket Rocks!!! unbelievable boards

If you like looking down at the nose of the board and seeing a cartoon pic of a fella with his penis out

ikw777 said...

Umm, I've destroyed my beloved Mistral Classic/Flow 276. The bottom has almost fully delammed from nose to tail. It's a real pity cos I loved that board. In fact I had one of the best sails of my life on it just yesterday...

Anyway a new board is needed. Any suggestions on an ideal 100 litre board for open water/coastal bump and jump in the gnarly Moreton bay chop? Ideally a board that feels a bit like the Flow to sail.

I'm 74 Kg. I already have an Exocet Scross 115 for light winds and a Fanatic Freewave 86 for stronger days. The Mistral was a 103 litre and I used to use it most often with a 6.5 two-cam freeride sail.

So far I'm thinking of a Fanatic Eagle 100 or a Mistral Syncro 102.

Any ideas?

exocet cross - very smooth planing - a lot like the flows

ikw777 said...

Umm, I've destroyed my beloved Mistral Classic/Flow 276. The bottom has almost fully delammed from nose to tail. Any ideas?

but then

lots of other people said...

get another Flow

hmmm.....

May be worthwhile checking out the Boardseeker mag 120L freeride board test at the link below to see how the Fanatic Eagle 126L performs against others boards with similar volume/width such as the Futura, X-Cite Ride and Rocket (I realise you're not after a 120L board but I think the Eagle 100L would have similar qualities to the 126L).

http://www.boardseekermag.com/windsurfing-equipment-tests/test-introduction.html

i have a 275flow (since new about eight years ago). it is an amazing board, so slippery and quick and is soooo responsive to foot pressure you'd think you're on a wave board. great board.

the flow is perhaps the pinnacle of skinny-boards-with-long-nose era. but the shape these days has changed pretty radically.

i still break out the flow (two days ago in fact) but now mostly ride my one-season-old hawk; pretty much for the extra "litre-age"- i'm no longer a snake-hipped twenty-something like I was when i bought the flow. the hawk rides quite differently (not as slippery) and its width grants you grace if you don't exactly pin the centreline in transitions - something the flow would punish me for. the hawk is a relatively fast board and a good early planer, but can be brutal on your ankles and knees in the larger chop. it doesn't turn as readily as the flow but is still a strong gyber. if you're aggressive it still can turn a tight arc.

hope that helps.

Hi all. I have also a 276 103l white Flow and happend the same to it - whole bottom is delaminated this season. I have had good luck and bought a 105 l blue Flow. Unfortunatelly, it is not as good as the white one. Is shorter, a little bit more wide but I think the most important - the mast foot is closer to the end of the board cca. 10 cms. The result is that I cannot close the sail the same way as with the 103 one.
I have tried several current 100l boards but all of these are cca. 5 cm wider. I can literraly feel how they drag on water, specially in gybes, they stop in the middle of the gybe.
I will try to get the same 103 l Flow, cause I think there is no such board in production.