Hi Guys and Happy New Year......

And G'day Chris.... Not supprised you are here.

A bit about me..... I live in Sydney and race Catamarans down at Kurnell. I have not sailed a board in about 11 years and back then I was pretty much a novice on a long board.

Both myself and my best mate who crews for me have decided to get back into windsurfing after Febuary and will be looking for a board to start off with. Yesterday I went down to Kurnell to help a mate fit out his cat and go for a bit of a blast on mine and caught up with a guy about to go windsurfing. We ended up having a pretty good chat and he recomended I pick up a Starboard Go. He was on a Starboard Formula.

I have checked out some Starboard boards on the net and I will begin looking for a board. Does anybody have any feedback on the Go or would the Start be a better option.

Also if somebody is looking at selling a beginner board..... Please feel free to pm me.

Cheers
Stephen

i absolutely agree with notwal

We use the START to teach at our school and we have not had much failure in getting people sailing up and down within half hour, and most walked away loving the sport.

Depending on the model, the GO (200 - 12.2kg) is only like a kilo and a half lighter than the START (180 - 13.7kg). The START is strong as tho.

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Originally posted by Chris 249

It's cool to see people like modern beginner's boards. It's also great for the sport and thank god Starboard and other people finally realised that the sport is not all about high winds.

However, can I second RB's comment re teaching on Wallys? I teach people most weeks, they can get planing on a Wally in 6 sessions if they start with a smaller sail. We had a non-sailor out there for her second ever session yesterday and she was already tacking, gybing and going upwind happily. So was a guy who surfs. Even people who do neither will ALWAYS get going if you teach them properly and it's 10 knots or less, even on a Wally.

While the big sail IS hard to learn on, I find it pretty funny when people say it's impossible. The fact is that thousands of people learned to sail Wallys before there were any small sails, and tens of thousands learned to sail on 6m2, even ones with wobbly wooden wishbones. To say it's impossible is a bit like saying that it is impossible that people ever learned to drive when they had HQ Holdens.

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G'Day Stevo,

Keep an eye on Ebay as there has been a few on there.......

But not to hard though as I am bidding on a few $hitters also....LOL

Hey Guyz,
I still have a Mistral SST Competition - I'm still crazy about it - put on a 6.3m Speed Slalom sail and it rocks in anything from 12 to 23 knots... sure I have speed slalom board for when itz consistent 15 to 25 knots, but how often duzz that happen in Sydney - particularly when you have a day off to enjoy it...?
The bigger raceboard is easy to handle, goes upwind like a train, and planes downwind smoothly - with the daggerboard up OC...
Itz just so nice not to have to 'battle' with smaller equipment when the winds are marginal... itz all a matter of enjoying the right board for the conditions - and not 'forcing' inappropriate equipment to do things it was nevva meant to do... other than that - go and get yourselves a cat... a brilliant complement to sailboarding... same kinda buzz - and you can enjoy it with a 'friend'...

TC Boards...? Sorry - they were built to a price... look out for a Mistral/Fanatic/F2 etc in good nick... well I guess a Spacer/Runner in excellent condition at the right price might be OK - but personally, a good Mistral Equipe or 'competition/raceboard' is the way to go...