mmmm. Antarctica. I have had to refer to a 1985 Sail Wind Quarterly for this one. 245 x 58. 85 litre and 10.3kg.

Struth, I still have one under the house. I used to love my ant untill I had a go on a then custom board. Haven't sailed it since.

Nah.............get back to the roots of wave sailing.........the old one design windsurfer, stick it out in the hot sun with weights on the nose to get more rocker to get over the waves not through them..
See how the young folk handle one of these big mumma's in the surf with no foot straps.........ahhh and centre board over the shoulder.

Gee Donk,
Haven't seen one of them since Robbie was a kid..........

I still remember the 'Solo Man' on TV heading out through the white wash on his windsurfer original. I guess the moustache helped a lot. What a legend he was.

Hey Grumble
Bet ya got a shock when you went to jump the new board. With the lack of weight under foot.

yep, actually got into the air, thought "this is awesome"

Holga, the new toy was 7"8 and what a classic, I was 13 at the time and a reasonable sailor and it was still too short for me, what were they thinking?

Ahh Antarctica, my first wave board, Christmas 87, the progression on from the Bombora South Pacific that I used for course racing. Got 2 runs in that day before I landed on a broken bottle in the mud at peli point and spent 4 hours in emergency. 5 anaesthetic injections in my foot and 11 stitches later I went home. Worst thing was I had to wait 6 weeks before I could sail it again.

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g , day
I have a new toy near new condition , It measures 245 x 58 , I,d say it,s about 85 ltr , it,s got masses of vee in the tail with a flyer & swallow tail , good plan shape , , a bit before it,s time .
If i could work out how to modify the twin mast track to 1 I would take it out for a blast

rik

Don't get too nostalgic about the Bombora New Toy.
A 6mm thick 'rope universal' came standard with the set-up.
That was a disconnection just waiting to happen after 10 gybes.
Dumb.

And who can still remember the knot to tie the rope uni/downhaul? Thank God someone eventually invented rubber.

Nah,

Mostly Dolls Point (Botany Bay), and Swan Lake (Sussex Inlet).