Pittwater Longboards

I'll be out there this arvo for sure!

BenKirk, I'm selling my '83 Mistral Competition if that's of interest to you? Can come with rig or without. It's a surprisingly good board I have to say!

Well the breeze certainly died and died..... I did spot the Wally out there as I was rigging but by the time I got out he was gone. Ah well, solo windsurfing again.

Actually, I had a blast! I logged the sail on the gps which clearly showed how much time I spent up around 10 knots boatspeed. Nothing to complain about there.

Cool, don't think we've met yet Jorn ...? Hopefully see you out there another time. I'm easy to spot as I'm on the D2 board.

Cheers, Mikey

No I don't think we met.Will be back in Bayview on Tuesday and try to go out again. Maybe I will meet you then??

Saltyheaven,
Attempted to steer the yacht over to check out your D2 late yesterday evening - but you were on your way back to vicinity Avalon SC. I intend to be out there Tuesday arvo/ evening - heading out from Salt Pan. Jorn - hope to see you on your Phantom 377. All welcome. Any longboard sailboarders - the more the merrier.

Tuesday it is ! Yeah I snuck out for a quick hour at the end of yesterday, it must have been late if I was headed in.

So looks like there's a chance for three of us on the water, that would be fun. I'm really enjoying the last of the day sails lately so will aim to hit the water 5 ish, and plan to stay out until the sun sets.

Anyone else fancy coming along?

Well maybe next time. Went out at 2.00 on the blue beast and a very bagged out 9.5 Barracouta sail. Had a few puffs to rail the board and made it as far as Palm Beach or just before, turned around as a seaplane tried to land on me.A magic location to sail and friendly locals. As I got in I met another Steve and his partner Nicole. They could be local sailing buddies for Mikey, just get in touch with each other. Ciao till next time Jorn

SO....

Through intensely good fortune and karma I've become the owner of a Lechner a390. It is the board I've been dreaming of, I figured I was going to have to make one to the lines one day.
I was wanting a D2 board that was just a bit more optimised for higher winds and chop than the DB2 that I've been riding, The Lechner certainly is an improvement in this regard. It's not night and day and the DB2 is still a damn fine board, it does some things better than the Lechner and is a sweet sweet ride.

Alas I have room in my life for just one board. The DB2 needs a new home. I'm putting this quietly in the Pittwater thread first for entirely selfish reasons - ie: I would love another D2 board to sail with me from time to time.

Anyone local keen to take on the DB2? PM me or better yet, send me an email: saltyheaven7@gmail.com


The fine print:

- It leaks a bit. Sometimes not much, sometimes a fair bit. I think it's coming in around the join between the dagger case and the deck, this will probably need a repair at some stage which I'm happy to help with locally. (Mind you, I usually sail for about 4 hours so for shorter sails this may not be a problem.)
- It needs a fin. The Lechner came without a fin and I was coincidentally using an a390 fin on the DB2. Simple US box fin, no big deal.

Other than that all is good. It takes a standard screw in mast base. The track works well, it comes with the custom dagger board that I made for it.

- There's a bit more info and a few pictures of the work I did when I got the board here: www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Division-2-board/?page=1 The board came from Chris Lawrence the Olympic sailor.

Cheers, Mikey

No one else out in today's cracking breeze... Where are you all?

Slight hijacking of the topic, but I had a slight mishap yesterday - managed to snap and lose the dagger board of my Mistral OD whilst powering upwind. I'm guessing old age/fatigue as I certainly didn't hit anything.

Does anyone happen to have one available or know of somewhere I can get hold of one? Will be trying WSnS shortly!

thanks - have dropped him an email.

Sounds good Steve, I'll be on the water tomorrow for sure. Although I'll be heading out more like 4ish 5ish and sailing until the light fades.

This arvo, Tues, Wed arvo looking good for a long work up to WestHd and return to TaylorsPt etc. I will probably do Tuesday arvo. Haven't had the Phantom380 in a good fresh breeze yet. Anyone else?

Looking good for this Arvo - see you there about 5:30 taylors point

Well that was fun!

Just Arnie and myself on a jaunt to Currawong Beach and back. 15 knots (ish) of breeze. Something like that, maybe not quite that much.

I wasn't on the Lechner after all - there's an old Formula board in the boatshed that I get to keep my gear in that never sees any use so I thought I'd take it for a spin. (er... with the 8.4 racesail!?!) I took the gps and so can reliably say that I covered 45 km's in the meanderings and zigs and zags. That weird thing sure gets along just fine! I daresay I'll give it a run again but don't worry - I Love my Lechner.