Sailed Sems this morning. All was good until the head of my sail snapped leaving me stranded a few hundred metres out. Finished up having to do a self rescue leaving the 5.0 m sail behind.
The sail was just a cheapie so not a big deal. Long story short, I unfortunately also lost my Severne Redline carbon boom and the bottom half of a 4.0 NP mast.
In the unlikely event anyone comes across any of these items could you please let me know - thanks.
Now looking for some cheap replacement gear. Please PM me if you are looking to sell anything similar to the following
Severne / Gaastra sails - 5.0 (wave sail with a bit of poke) and a 5.5 (wave / freeride). Chinook aluminium boom
Hi Shane, I am sorry I wasn't there this morning. However, I have an almost brand new 5.6m Severne S1 that I bought in November but never used because my SDM mast does not fit into it. I will leave Australia 25th of June so shortly before that you may also have some cheap stuff, such as: 4.5m Gaastra Manic (quite nice) 5m Gaastra Manic (quite old) 2 piece mast (SDM) + extension + Neil Pryde X3 boom
I kind of lost track of time but I think I was on the water around 9.30. Had a 5.0 with 95 litre board and was going along nicely for 20 minutes. I must admit I was little distracted after my swim in but I reckon it did drop a by a few knots.
Hey Jay, I might keep my options open with respect to purchasing a boom but if things align (wind / work / life) I may have to take you up on the offer.
I left at about 8.35 Shane so you were prob out a bit earlier than 9.30. Geoff, i sailed on a 4.2 from 7.15-8.15 with a few lulls in it. Would have been hanging on to a 4.7
What a beautiful day, the sun was shining, the birds were singing and oh, I found my carbon boom about 1km north of the Semaphore jetty. Thankfully someone has come across it and propped it up for me to find. Pretty awesome.
