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General Gps & Speed Waves Foiling Gear Reviews Lost & Found WA NSW QLD SA VIC TAS

olskool

QLD

2463 posts

olskool

QLD, 2463 posts

13 Oct 2020 6:20am

Bugger i rounded to 1 decimal place when i shouldve used 16ths of an inch. So that makes it LONGER by about 10thou? Not shorter, Right???

Bring on the vid of the MISSILE in action.

Gestalt

QLD

14969 posts

Gestalt

QLD, 14969 posts

13 Oct 2020 6:30am

sboardcrazy said..
I don't know about the cruise missile but the extra length of the Silver Bullits makes them handle chop more comfortably ( not smashing into every piece like shorter slalom boards) . They go upwind great and they are designed for comfort and control in chop. They are full on fun!
Don't knock them till youve tried one..

aren't these also the traits of the severne fox? a shorter slalom board... a board universally praised for it's comfortable ride through chop. go figure. i guess it's not all about length.

olskool

QLD

2463 posts

olskool

QLD, 2463 posts

13 Oct 2020 6:52am

^^ Have you tried a 250+ length board other than your LT lately?
Longer rocker makes the pitching moment less aggressive.
Then theres to benefit of running a smaller fin.
Ohh what a can of worms....
Get that Missile video up!
Thatll put a Missile right up the neysayers....

Tardy

5356 posts

Tardy

5356 posts

13 Oct 2020 5:03am

awesome maths, and awesome looking board .

this board reminds me of my old and dead 2001 F2 130 ride ,one of the best ocean going board i have ever owned ,and very fast .

however this looks ,far more advanced ,the tail will work well ...do you thinks its a 35 knot board ?

I wouldn't be surprised .

Gestalt

QLD

14969 posts

Gestalt

QLD, 14969 posts

13 Oct 2020 7:35am

olskool said..
^^ Have you tried a 250+ length board other than your LT lately?
Longer rocker makes the pitching moment less aggressive.
Then theres to benefit of running a smaller fin.
Ohh what a can of worms....
Get that Missile video up!
Thatll put a Missile right up the neysayers....

Over the years plenty. Been windsurfing since the late 80's. My first wave slalom board was 9'2" and all the slalom boards i used up till 2000 were 270 long.

There is a local guy with a windtech and he isnt planing earlier, going upwind better or gybing easier than everyone else. Sure hes having a ball but so are the rest of us. So why all the hyperbole.

Im not saying they are not good boards but im also not turning my back on the history of windsurfing.

olskool

QLD

2463 posts

olskool

QLD, 2463 posts

13 Oct 2020 8:25am

Exactly! Different strokes for different folks.

Really gotta try em back to back to appreciate the pros n cons of the different designs though. Memories are prone to distortion/age/ability.

CrimsonFlash

73 posts

CrimsonFlash

WA, 73 posts

13 Oct 2020 7:20am

choco said..

Is that a drink holder in front of the mast track?

It can be used for whatever you like. Drink bottle, snacks, flares, spare fin for a fin swap, whatever. Some of the GPS spots I sail to require a long upwind slog so will be using the storage recess to take a spare fin if I make a bad choice before a big session. Also comfortably fits a water bottle and energy foods (Snickers bars) etc.

olskool

QLD

2463 posts

olskool

QLD, 2463 posts

13 Oct 2020 9:29am

Just to twist ya minds a lil further...

According to Mr Lufkin
287cm is smack on 113inches....
Ummm, thatd be 9'5".

sboardcrazy

NSW

8351 posts

sboardcrazy

NSW, 8351 posts

13 Oct 2020 11:04am

olskool said..
Just to twist ya minds a lil further...

According to Mr Lufkin
287cm is smack on 113inches....
Ummm, thatd be 9'5".

No wind?

olskool

QLD

2463 posts

olskool

QLD, 2463 posts

13 Oct 2020 10:11am

^ Aww Busted! Only 10-15kt n no car to get there! No fish either. Back to sculpting my Fangy fins on the beachside parkbench. Ahh boatlife.....

Gestalt

QLD

14969 posts

Gestalt

QLD, 14969 posts

13 Oct 2020 10:15am

olskool said..
^ Aww Busted! Only 10-15kt n no car to get there! No fish either. Back to sculpting my Fangy fins on the beachside parkbench. Ahh boatlife.....

it's coming mate... time to rig up.

Carantoc

7298 posts

Carantoc

WA, 7298 posts

13 Oct 2020 8:16am

olskool said..
Bugger i rounded to 1 decimal place ...

Didn't you truncate to one decimal place ?

If you rounded to one decimal place you'd have gone from 112.992126 to 113.0 ?

Just saying.

Nice looking board though.

sboardcrazy

NSW

8351 posts

sboardcrazy

NSW, 8351 posts

13 Oct 2020 11:16am

olskool said..
^ Aww Busted! Only 10-15kt n no car to get there! No fish either. Back to sculpting my Fangy fins on the beachside parkbench. Ahh boatlife.....

olskool

QLD

2463 posts

olskool

QLD, 2463 posts

13 Oct 2020 10:43am

OH NO!! the Forum slayer Carantoc has crawled from the Interweb thingy. Should i duck for cover?
Anyway im with Mr Lufkin on this one.
Gesty the boat is loaded with 135 Rocket 8.5 n 7.5. I wont be missing out. Will cruise on down to GB if it happens. 2moro lookin better.
Always a plan B.

Lets get a test WT MISSILE here in SEQld.

grich62

QLD

678 posts

grich62

QLD, 678 posts

13 Oct 2020 11:10am

my 2 cents ,being a owner of pre 2000 boards and late model boards and a heavy weight i actualy got to test the old and new on the same marginal day .the longer skiny board,a f2 xantos was easyer to get on the plane than the super sport and could do it with out havig to bear away.both boards reached same speeds but if the wind had filled in the f2 would be faster .

Pacey

527 posts

Pacey

WA, 527 posts

13 Oct 2020 10:21am

olskool said..
Just to twist ya minds a lil further...

According to Mr Lufkin
287cm is smack on 113inches....
Ummm, thatd be 9'5".

So what you are saying is that if I use imperial units it will fit in my van easier than if I use metric?

Imax1

QLD

4950 posts

Imax1

QLD, 4950 posts

13 Oct 2020 12:34pm

Pacey said..

olskool said..
Just to twist ya minds a lil further...

According to Mr Lufkin
287cm is smack on 113inches....
Ummm, thatd be 9'5".

So what you are saying is that if I use imperial units it will fit in my van easier than if I use metric?

^^^
Depends on when your van was made .

olskool

QLD

2463 posts

olskool

QLD, 2463 posts

13 Oct 2020 1:37pm

Pacey, youre onto it! Just dont use a Lufkin Metric/Imperial tape n the board will be none the wiser.

Its a great looking board n im sure itll perform just great as well.
Now that ive got EVERYONE frothin, its time for me to go sail... FAN ON!!
Darkman over n out.

Ian K

4170 posts

Ian K

WA, 4170 posts

13 Oct 2020 12:06pm

Imax1 said..

^^^
Depends on when your van was made .

Back in the days of feet and inches length didn't matter.

Did we move to vans because we'd collected so much gear or did we collect so much gear because vans are the only modern cars cool enough to drive around in?

olskool

QLD

2463 posts

olskool

QLD, 2463 posts

13 Oct 2020 2:12pm

Ian K said..

Imax1 said..

^^^
Depends on when your van was made .

Back in the days of feet and inches length didn't matter.

Errr, correction. Length has always been important. VOLUME however took a few decades to catch on. So i guess youre kinda right, the volume of boards was what led to vans man.

olskool

QLD

2463 posts

olskool

QLD, 2463 posts

13 Oct 2020 2:27pm

Todays

banter was brought to you by the letters W,T n numbers 9,8,7,2 n 4....
Gosh, i miss reading HEAVY WEATHER.

AUS1111

3621 posts

AUS1111

WA, 3621 posts

13 Oct 2020 12:43pm

Imax1 said..

Depends on when your van was made .

You'd have to know whether the van itself is imperial or metric wouldn't you?

Ian K

4170 posts

Ian K

WA, 4170 posts

13 Oct 2020 12:56pm

And now that boards no longer fit inside vans, and you're not flying anywhere exotic in the foreseeable future, they might as well bring back one piece masts to put up there on the roof racks as well. 300 grams lighter, uniform flex, the end of the "stuck mast" thread....

olskool

QLD

2463 posts

olskool

QLD, 2463 posts

13 Oct 2020 3:39pm

^^ Yet another win for windsurfing! I just knew all this talk would get the creative minds going.
Although i must apologise to Pacey for hijacking the CRUISE MISSILE thread. Great concept, great design, great lookin board.
WT, Please send one to SEQld for us to try.

Mark _australia

23706 posts

Mark _australia

WA, 23706 posts

13 Oct 2020 2:25pm

Ian K said..
And now that boards no longer fit inside vans, and you're not flying anywhere exotic in the foreseeable future, they might as well bring back one piece masts to put up there on the roof racks as well. 300 grams lighter, uniform flex, the end of the "stuck mast" thread....

Careful
LeeD will be here asking " hey what they do 2 piece masts now...?

CrimsonFlash

73 posts

CrimsonFlash

WA, 73 posts

13 Oct 2020 5:58pm

olskool said..
Please send one to SEQld for us to try.

Working on getting a board over to SEQ (Sunshine Coast or Woolongabba). Stay tuned!

PS. Very glad we've finally got the length thing sorted! WT will NOT be changing the graphics!!

remery

3709 posts

remery

WA, 3709 posts

13 Oct 2020 6:49pm

Gestalt said..

Over the years plenty. Been windsurfing since the late 80's. My first wave slalom board was 9'2" and all the slalom boards i used up till 2000 were 270 long.

Late 80's ... whippersnapper.

remery

3709 posts

remery

WA, 3709 posts

13 Oct 2020 6:57pm

In the mid-80's custom slalom boards really took off. I purchased a Precision Equip one for the 2nd (I think) Ledge to Lancelin. It was gorgeous, just heavy compared with modern boards. I'd love to move the mast track back and replace the US box with tuttle/powerbox to see how it goes with modern sails.

It would be interesting to see how the specifications compare with the Cruise Missile.

duzzi

1127 posts

duzzi

1127 posts

13 Oct 2020 10:47pm

olskool said..
Bugger i rounded to 1 decimal place when i shouldve used 16ths of an inch. So that makes it LONGER by about 10thou? Not shorter, Right???

Bring on the vid of the MISSILE in action.

No no no ... it is not the precision that is the "problem", it is the mixing of decimal and duodecimal systems. 9.4 feet is not equal to 9'4". Easy to see for 9.5 feet: 9 feet and a half equals 9' and 6"

The equivalence 287 = 9'4" is wrong by about 1" either way. 287 is about 9'5", and 9'4" is about 284.5. We'll never know how long the board is!!!!!!!!

I wonder how that influences its performance ...

olskool

QLD

2463 posts

olskool

QLD, 2463 posts

14 Oct 2020 5:12am

^ Bet it matters neither here nor there. As long as its longer or shorter at the nose.

hehe
Regardless i achieved my goal anyway.
Looks like WT will send a board for SEQld to testride. YEEEEWWW!!!

Thank you very muchly Mr WT.

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