Kim, just emailed you at hotmail address.

Mineral

sounds like a starboard Go or equivalent.
Although ou may get away with something a bit smaller, that will be better long term.

If your sailing in 7-10 knots that's very light, you want something around the 80cm width and around 140 to 190 litres, depending on your weight.

Starboard, "Go" or "Carve 160"

Exocet CrossMC 140 or 160

JP have a 160 Litre Board

Bic have a good one, think it;s Techno2

There are other good brands, can't think off top of my head, but above criteria should be a guide for you.

NE'ers get stronger for sure... Southerlies too... and the winter westerlys go from 5 to 40 in the blink of an eye...

I think this guy/gal is just wanting to go sailing when ever they can and not looking for the windy days inparticular...

Tell him to Go to Wind Surf and Snow in Longreef, that have lots of used gear and good advice.

I notice the Starboard Go has had a few recommdations....

This was suggested to me as a good progressive board by RPS (Elwood) so I bought on their advice. I am pleased to say they did not disappoint

I went to this from the big 205L floaters and although it was wobblier at first did not take long to get used to. I bought the 155L which at 255cm and 10.4kg is a fraction of yours , see

http://www.star-board.com/products/go.asp

They get a good write up, well built and will not get outgrown for some time. Gets my vote

Sam has a heap of well priced gear and heaps of advice. The right gear is cheaper in the long run.

Windsurf n Snow is just down the street in Longreef.

Ian.

My sail is blue, but just look for the big guy, with the big sail, big board and small black car.
I will probably be at the lake on Sunday afternoon. SeaBreeze doesnt hold out much hope for wind this weekend, but BOM is saying 12kt NE on Sunday afternoon.
With regard to board choice, spend some time thinking about what you want to do. The GO is an excellent board and will carry you through intermediate stage. But if you can already sail in a straight line, tack, and have good wind awareness you may be better going for a "smaller" board like some of the others suggested.
Which is better 140L or 160L, depends totally on you. As you are light (compared to me anyway) they both have enough volume to support you and the rig when the wind goes light. In general the more volume, the more of a handful it gets in strong winds. Most people want to progress to lower volume (and narrower) boards as they get more competent.
If you have an idea about what kind of windsurfing you want to do (waves, rec blasting, racing) they will be able to guide you to the most suitable board for your needs. In fact they may well be able to rent you something for the day that will be close to what you need so you can try before you buy.
Alternatively, have a chat to people at the lakeside, check out what they use.

John

If you want to sail in less then 10kts my suggestion is a Mistal Prodigy, Exocet Pacer or possibly Mistral One Design with 9mtr - 10.5mtr sails. The Exocet Pacer is a great looking board, but Ive found that there are none available in Aust at the moment.