Hey I was out off Leighton at dusk yesterday (Saturday) in pretty marginal conditions - doing a heli-shoot as it happens - and I snapped my UJ. There was no way I could save my rig so I had to paddle my board in from a kilometre or so off - which almost made me late for Christmas party!

Anyway, it was out in front of the pedestrian-overpass at Leighton and the wind was WSW (now gone South) so it may wash in somewhere between Leighton and Cottesloe. If someone finds it or hears about it, please give me a shout, and receive the obligatory carton.

The sail is a white / red / black North Warp 7.7 with my sail number on AUS1111, with a Severne boom.

Thanks

WOW, did the person who found it own an axe and not like windsurfers??

Aus1111, the items that you are missing are directly behind the red bin, in the shrubs near the steps

Put the sail in a few bags and take it to Jesper. He'll fix it.

Wilson298 said..
Aus1111, the items that you are missing are directly behind the red bin, in the shrubs near the steps

How good is that!

So many questions,
why didn't the chopper help you out
did someone find the rig remove the boom and extension? Then why did they hide them in the shrubs and why not clear up the rest of the mess?
how would the boom and extension come of without the help of a person?
what the hell happened to the sail?
and again where was the chopper pilot?
where are the photos of this happening?

If it was an Ezzy sail, it would only be covered in scratches where it would have broken up rocks on the sea floor as it made its way to shore

Stuthepirate said..

FormulaNova said..
If it was an Ezzy sail, it would only be covered in scratches where it would have broken up rocks on the sea floor as it made its way to shore

But there would also be no photo shoot either

Oh there would be, its just that it would look like it happened in the 80's

AUS1111, did you maybe use too much downhaul?

Have you tried to unstick mast by putting tip on ground. Holding vertically Grab mast with hands about 1m apart n shake violently. Rotate mast 90' shake again. Rotate n shake it til the base wiggles out.
This method works better than some other methods.

who was paying for the chopper and why?

surely not an old 2016 sail for a photoshoot?

JakeNN said..
who was paying for the chopper and why?

surely not an old 2016 sail for a photoshoot?

People are so rich in WA that on the low wind days they hire a helicopter to follow them on the water and push them along. They tried it with kites once, but it went wrong.

Aha! Apparently there is video of the incident. Let me see what I can find out...

Did the uni have a rope/strap in case of failure like most do?

You asked for video;

you could of derigged passed the bits to the photographer then paddled back with the board, probably not that safe but would of saved the rig if you didn't take the chopper out