First KA sail ever?

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yakspeed
yakspeed
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14 Dec 2018 9:31am
Is this the first KA Sail ever???

This is on the wall of a night club in Melbourne CBD!

HotBodMon
HotBodMon
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14 Dec 2018 10:02am
I think it was KA prior to being AUS ?
KAZ is the borat home town, Stephen Walsh might know
yakspeed
yakspeed
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14 Dec 2018 10:33am
I meant KA as in the brand - not sure what country designation KA was - anyone?
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
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14 Dec 2018 8:28am
Thats what he means. KA is AUS.

Or are you saying you definitely saw a KASails logo on it?
RichardG
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14 Dec 2018 8:47am
First KA Sail was actually Wild Winds....

First KA number on a windsurfer sail was KA-1, Mark Paul (Gaastra Bombora), later handed to Tom Luedecke (Neil Pryde Tiga).

The pictured sail is a Neil Pryde late 80s twin cam Warp Speed.
yakspeed
yakspeed
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14 Dec 2018 11:52am
Right, this has gone way too serious! It's just a joke because the KA designation and the similarity to KA sails brand. The NP logo did give it away... But the history is interesting, and I think too often this type of knowledge gets lost in the mists of time instead of being captured when it is still first hand knowledge in someones minds. You read wiki pages these days about the early days of surfing, windsurfing etc and there are some wild conjecture there!
mr love
mr love
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14 Dec 2018 12:40pm
KA was the International country designation pre using 3 letters. K was member of the British Commonwealth and A for Australia. This was the inspiration for the name of the sail brand when it started post Wild Winds which was AMACs earlier brand.
ChrisD67
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14 Dec 2018 12:50pm
KA 6. Australia II. America's cup winner in 1983.
mr love
mr love
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14 Dec 2018 1:06pm
Sorry to digress but the last post made me fish this relic from the archives. Me on Australia 2, helped design some hardware for it when I worked at Ronstan. Which one is me???



gbm91
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14 Dec 2018 1:22pm
zeeber said..
This is on the wall of a night club in Melbourne CBD!




Which club is it? May pay them a visit!
mineral1
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14 Dec 2018 10:27am
mr love said..
Sorry to digress but the last post made me fish this relic from the archives. Me on Australia 2, helped design some hardware for it when I worked at Ronstan. Which one is me???




So as a wild guess, the bloke with sleeves rolled up a tad and pen in pocket maybe?
The other bloke wouldn't look like he would sweat in a pressure cooker
NotWal
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14 Dec 2018 12:43pm
You're the guy in the foreground. I heard the other bloke call you "lovey", I think. Maybe I misheard.
yakspeed
yakspeed
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14 Dec 2018 1:43pm
gbm91 said..

zeeber said..
This is on the wall of a night club in Melbourne CBD!





Which club is it? May pay them a visit!


Bobby Mcghee's in Exhibition street... Don't ask, it was for a xmas function!
HotBodMon
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14 Dec 2018 2:19pm
With an avatar ov 'Mr Love' it has to be the Sean lookalike??


AUS4
AUS4
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14 Dec 2018 3:39pm
Im pretty sure KA 55 was Arthur Brett's sail. Wild Winds.
kato
kato
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14 Dec 2018 5:38pm
mr love said..
Sorry to digress but the last post made me fish this relic from the archives. Me on Australia 2, helped design some hardware for it when I worked at Ronstan. Which one is me???




Nice tie
I think there's a spot on your shirt too
ka43
ka43
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14 Dec 2018 6:12pm
KA = Kingdom of Australia.
KC = Kingdom of Canada etc.

Back in the old days when we all had KA numbers on our sails I remember a bloke asking us "Where do you get these KA sails?"
MikeyS
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14 Dec 2018 7:16pm
mr love said..
Sorry to digress but the last post made me fish this relic from the archives. Me on Australia 2, helped design some hardware for it when I worked at Ronstan. Which one is me???




The one next to the good looking one?
mr love
mr love
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14 Dec 2018 7:27pm
NotWal said..
You're the guy in the foreground. I heard the other bloke call you "lovey", I think. Maybe I misheard.


Wrong.......It was the 80s.
sailquik
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15 Dec 2018 9:49am
mineral1 said..
So as a wild guess, the bloke with sleeves rolled up a tad and pen in pocket maybe?
The other bloke wouldn't look like he would sweat in a pressure cooker



LOL!
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