On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, "Jeremy Tapp" wrote:
>
> It's amazing isn't it.
>
> Whilst I agree with everything Nic says, the majority
> of the windsurfers I
> know (30 something year olds) learned as kids, with
> polycarbonate fins, on
> aircraft carrier boards, that visibly flexed if you
> jumped up and down.
> With booms that you tied on and rotated the boom up
> into position to tighten
> the knot, and 5.6m sails that were triangles of cloth
> with one batten up
> top. And we all survived.

well you just described my learning kit to a tee. you
forgot to mention just how long the booms were as well!
duck gybe? yeah right. I learnt about 17 *shock* years
ago and at the time that stuff was state of the art :)
I learnt on a water logged 4m Vinta Twist. It was still
great fun but it doesnt mean people should still have
to put up with these hardships when there is perfectly
good second hand kit about to learn on!

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