New tandem board

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Haircut
Haircut
QLD
6491 posts
QLD, 6491 posts
21 Jun 2006 8:15pm
For those who like this sort of thing i'd be frightened to be the person sailing in front - look out for those plastic bags!!
http://www.boardseekermag.com/equipment_reviews/equipment/starboard_tandem_07.htm
nebbian
nebbian
WA
6277 posts
WA, 6277 posts
21 Jun 2006 7:23pm
Hey now here's the ultimate way to learn how to forward loop.
Gestalt
Gestalt
QLD
14968 posts
QLD, 14968 posts
21 Jun 2006 9:24pm
tandem boards are a blast, they plane in no wind and when you are on the front and you go out in the surf it is scary......

you want a tandem haircut? but i'm (sailing) at the back...
Harrow
Harrow
NSW
4521 posts
NSW, 4521 posts
22 Jun 2006 7:23am
Looks like heaps of fun. How do you steer them though? Can they carve?
Gestalt
Gestalt
QLD
14968 posts
QLD, 14968 posts
22 Jun 2006 7:28am
they crank to windward.

turning is more about tacking. gybes are very difficult.

front guy tacks just before rear guy....
Auswind
Auswind
WA
398 posts
WA, 398 posts
22 Jun 2006 8:49am
Sailed this board in Hawaii and Thailand.

It was a blast to sail and planed up in around 8 - 11 knots (rider on the back 9.5- rider on the front 8.5)


Managed to gybe it first time but you can come unstuck with longer booms. A great feeling when you get the team work going. It planes and its fast!

Scotty Mckercher and a co pilot were sailing it at Sprecks in Hawaii with 5.0 and 4.5 and getting some medium jumps on it - although jumps arent really functional.

It would be super easy for a beginner to stand on the front and let the sailor on the back do the work. These will be great for windsurfing schools. The shop formerly known as Pelican Point has ordered one so it will be avaialable down at PP during the summer.

Team racing a fleet of these would be a total blast!





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