gorgesailor said..


























I disagree. The LT is not a novel concept. It is Windsurfer class Australia you have to thank for getting behind the movement.

CJW said..
Not sure why you bring up kite foiling, it's a completely different sport and far far more niche than windfoiling. I have never ever seen a local kitefoil race in NSW. Sure the world HPT had a round in Sydney but save for that is there organised racing anywhere on the east coast? You can't really rock up with one at most local sailing clubs.

Speed wise, nothing short of an AC50/SailGP machine can compete with them...and you know what in some conditions I reckon they'd struggle against them, the Olympic kitefoil isn't quite in the same league as the setups on the hydrofoil Pro tour but would still smoke a windfoil. But again what's the point rally comparing them?

Speaking to the topic, anything that brings people back to the sport is a good thing. Here's how I see the LT; It's something you have in the shed and crack it out on a sat Arvo to have a fun race down at the local club. It's cheap, easy to sail and it's appeal is aimed smack at people who used to do that exact thing 30 years ago. Yep, cool, love it. Kids will sail one because mum or dad have one, however, as soon as most kids see someone on a foil, in my opinion they'll want one. Because it's now the Olympic class the junior pathways will hopefully develop. Now there's costs and all sorts of other things associated with that but we can only hope.

That said it's pretty tough to get kids interested in this sort of stuff these days. When I was younger our junior fleet was probably triple the size of the entire current fleet at my old club these days....that says a lot. And it's the same everywhere.

gorgesailor said..






I disagree. The LT is not a novel concept. It is Windsurfer class Australia you have to thank for getting behind the movement.

RichardG said..
Spotty doing 25 knots on a Windsurfer LT One Design at Lancelin, Western Australia. This might be maximum velocity for the LT. Still the board is always fast enough to race and fast enough for fun.


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windsufering said..
With over 115 entrants of the Wally nats , being the the biggest windsurfer class in Aust ( also the most hated by the fringe minority ) it's getting a lot of interest by our international visitors , here in Melb for sail Melbourne and the Rsx worlds . They are just amazed how we can get over 115 entrants !!

AUS 814 said..




Of course they are

Rob11 said..
What's the age demographics not taking into accounts the kids that have to be there with their parents/grand parents ??????

Rob11 said..
What's the age demographics not taking into accounts the kids that have to be there with their parents/grand parents ??????

RichardG said..
Demographics of the National entrants are shown as follows, according to the entries:

Cat A - Adult over 21 years: 57 entrants

Cat. B - 1st timers, no nats since 2010, F/T student, 18-21yrs-35 entrants

Cat. C - under 18 years-13 entrants

Uncategorised entrants-10 entrants

TOTAL 115

I wonder what the demographics are for the foil and raceboard nationals.

I think the LT would win hands down as the windsurfing vehicle for younger and first time sailors getting into competitive racing at a National championship as demonstrated by the numbers above.

G00DSY said..






25% of the foil & race board nats in brisbane are under 19 years of age, compared to 11-13% (depending on the age of those 'uncategorised' above).