My parents bought me one of those back in about 1984. It was a pretty good board too. Mine was pinkish in colour.

"Tell him he's dreeeeeeeaming"

Mobydisc said...

The board and rig look like they are in reasonable nic so $150 isn't an unreasonable price.

+1 I'd say someone could have a lot of fun with it.

Does look like a better rig than my recently acquired 1978 Mistral Competition.
But then I would lose all those special features-
Sandsurfing ability due to a folding fin,
No footstraps to get in the way,
Impressive sheets of displaced water when "aquaplaning",
Arm conditioning when carried by the conveniently located daggerboard slot,
Core workout and rupture test due to necessary 700 cm between ones feet. (see )

But then it was probably not improved much by a heat induced rocker mod (all rippley back there).
And even Robbie could not sail it without a centreboard.

150$ Probaly purchased for that price back in the day If you added inflation relative intodays value and subtracted mass production methods the price would be 44534534545453545$

Mobydisc said...
Is the hull different to a WOD? I always thought they were the same.

Dimensions the same, but slight differences. I've raced north american version and sailed a lot those ugly planks as well in Australia - different feel. This one was really flat, with little buoyancy on the nose. You couldn't force a nose curve as you could with the old Windsurfers. Also the finish was very slippery - no grip.

Damn they was ugly...

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Obelix said...

pierrec45 said...

Mobydisc said...
Mate windsurfers cost a lot more than $150 30 years ago to buy a board and rig. In dollar to dollar terms there probably isn't that much difference between the prices charged today and the prices of then. Perhaps it was a bit cheaper as you generally bought a whole package of board and rig. However it was not a cheap sport. Despite this it was massively popular, ie getting 20 people out regularly windsurfing from a town that had about 2000 people.

RRP was exactly $750 (not negotiable then) brand new at the shop near the Spit in 1983, bought one then.

It was a fair amount of money, but many people were mono-board for the longest time, bar the wave jumpers in Wanda. The board itself would last forever, and the 1-design rigs for a few years.

The rule of thumb is that your money doubles up every 2 years.
So $750 in 1983 years ago would be around $5500-6000 now?

Incidentally. I was in Split in 1983, and was then considering a SH board for around $600, but I found it very expensive, and sadly missed on the sport until 3 years ago.

Too bad you missed out. Never saw it that way. One was young and living right on the water. So me was sailing with mates, and no other expenses, on a basis of about 150 days a year (many crappy ones, I'll concede). Was windier then, from memory. Beer after, good crowd, GFs around or sailing, people enjoyed their old gear then. Resold 3 years later for $250. Borrowed wave sailing gear for Wanda. Overall windsurfing came to pennies an outing.

Now I have 3 boards, 4 sails, 3 booms, etc. Probably the equivalent of $12,000. There are now expenses related to getting to the beach, used gear doesn't sell well, like everyone here it seems I'm pickier with the wind, and guys are so-so fun (the wind's never good enough for their current next-year equipment).

But then again, now more seasoned and I can afford, so no complaints.