Is converting a ws board reasonable?

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GasHazard
GasHazard
QLD
385 posts
QLD, 385 posts
27 Mar 2023 3:22pm
What's the consensus opinion on converting a 90 litre windsurfing board to a wing foil board for a beginner by adding a couple of foil track boxes. Is that a sound notion?
timbosail
timbosail
ACT
17 posts
ACT, 17 posts
27 Mar 2023 5:45pm
I converted a board but i also made it shorter by cutting off the tail, which of course lost some volume. Depends how wide and long the board is, how much you need to change the shape. I could also already wing and wind foil and was just doing a project. Can be done, but not the best way to start for a beginner, you might be best to look for a cheaper foil board.
Faff
Faff
VIC
1421 posts
VIC, 1421 posts
27 Mar 2023 6:40pm
I wouldn't bother.
airsail
airsail
QLD
1603 posts
QLD, 1603 posts
27 Mar 2023 6:32pm
Done it to a 120ltr sailboard, worked great. It's now the local borrow board, many have learned on it for no cost before purchasing a smaller board.

90lts is very small for a beginner, you would want to be only 50-60kgs max.
Grantmac
Grantmac
2388 posts
2388 posts
28 Mar 2023 2:33am
Not advised. Wrong volume distribution, rail and deck shapes.
Taavi
Taavi
433 posts
433 posts
28 Mar 2023 3:04am
Definitely, go for it, Only that the rocker of a normal windsurfing board would be slightly in the wrong place. Your feet would be placed pretty close to the place where you would stand on the windsurf board before getting going, maybe even a little bit further forward, as there is no rig weighting the front of the board down. Put long tracks somewhere where I have marked the location of the back foot, and I guess the flatter the bottom is and further forward the flat section of the bottom extends the better it would get going. I don't see why it should not work.


foilthegreats
foilthegreats
809 posts
809 posts
28 Mar 2023 3:42am
I did: www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTIxMDYyMTAwNDE0MDAx?story_media_id=2896884581627996584&igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

8'8" 21.5" 80L 15lbs

Haven't tried it but looks like good beginner/light wind wing board to me. I did put the foil tracks in parallel with the deck to take out the rocker.

I'll give it a go soon and give you a quick report.
Dcharlton
Dcharlton
320 posts
320 posts
28 Mar 2023 4:10am
Yes, you can but you must refer to it as 'Frankenboard' after the transformation. We all learned on a Frankenboard with great success!

DC
BigZ
BigZ
190 posts
190 posts
28 Mar 2023 4:25am
Why? Sell it and use the proceeds to buy a cheap, used wing foil board. Even a really mediocre dedicated sup/wing board will be better than a conversion like that.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23695 posts
WA, 23695 posts
28 Mar 2023 12:28pm
Yeah but how good are the tracks in these cheap well used boards? A lot of early wing boards were crap
At least a proper conversion might last
Waterkooled
Waterkooled
49 posts
49 posts
29 Mar 2023 5:33am






Here's my frankenboard ! Works great , very stable being 34' wide . Used to be a 2004 or 5 starboard go 155 L .
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