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Originally posted by davidf

My unclel has two sails and a boom mast that is in his shed in resnobal condition but about 15 years old. I'm not shore what the mast is made out of because i haven't had a good look but it is heavy do you think it would be a waist of time to get a newish board probably around 75 liter and use this rig?
I am thinking it will not peform well at all, and not realy be sutibal for water starting?

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Hhmm..trikky
Good of you unclel to let you have her resnobal sails. They should be fine for learning in and getting the basic. I'm shore the masts is made from fibroglass, that's why this are so heavy.
You would struggle on a 75 liter bord. I think a round 90 wood be more sutibal. A 5.7m would soot a 75 liter bord for wind of 12-20 nots.
Thats my opiniun.

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Originally posted by davidf

My unclel has two sails and a boom mast that is in his shed in resnobal condition but about 15 years old. I'm not shore what the mast is made out of because i haven't had a good look but it is heavy do you think it would be a waist of time to get a newish board probably around 75 liter and use this rig?
I am thinking it will not peform well at all, and not realy be sutibal for water starting?

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So does he also have a board????? If he's got a bigger board you could learn the slow way by uphauling.

A lot depends on the sails, their size and stability. (After all I learnt to waterstart on 25 year old sails!). I disagree with bubs, I'm sure you can use older wave sails on new wave boards, but new sails are much better, and would be easier to learn with.
Old sails don't have the windrange of new sails, but if you've got old 4.2 and 4.7 that should give your windrange.
Wouldn't hurt to try them anyway.

Firstly David, don't try and learn on the Derwent on a 75L wave board. Get your dad to drive you and your gear to either Ralph's Bay (Lauderdale) if it's blowing from the west, or Pipeclay Lagoon (Cremorne) if its easterly to southerly. Here you can learn in shallow (knee-waist deep) water with a sandy bottom, and at worst you get blown back into the shore. Chances are also high you'll meet some other local sailers (or me) who will give you advice in the typically friendly Tasmanian fashion.
The Derwent does get big waves, if you are sailing at Sandy Bay or anywhere south it's a few K's wide and gets some good swell plus wind waves out in the middle. But if you don't know how to turn around or waterstart you'll be visiting our Kiwi cusins before you know it.

Your uncle's board sounds good for learning the slow easy way, by uphauling, but may not be that good for learning to waterstart.

Whatever you do, one of the differences between kiting and windsurfing, is with windsurfing you have to learn everything in both directions. Just cause you can do something one way doesn't mean you can do it in the other.
So if your learning to waterstart, make sure you practice both ways.
And remember this when you start jumping.