WindSUP Sails

adywind · Joined: 08 Jan 2012 Posts: 665

Starboard offers 4.5;5.5 and 6.5 WindSUP sails. I would go 5.5 for waves , 6.5 for cruising and 4.5 women, kids etc. I'm talking strictly 0-15 mph conditions!
http://www.star-board-windsurfing.com/2014/products/boards/windsup-sails

Sailboarder · Joined: 10 Apr 2011 Posts: 656

ittiandro · Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Posts: 294

Sailboarder · Joined: 10 Apr 2011 Posts: 656

The Aerotech sail can be bought alone since it fits with standard windsurfing hardware.

I just meant that the Aerotech sail is super quick to setup since you can roll it without dismantling the boom and mast foot. But an old dacron sail is not that much longer to setup.

ittiandro · Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Posts: 294

I was wondering if any body ( old enough!) can suggest true old longboard sails of the soft type ( i.e. partially battened) used in the 90's. They would cost a fraction of today's dedicated SUP sails and be just as good, provided I can find one. The problem is to recognize them.

THanks

Ittiandro

swchandler · Joined: 08 Nov 1993 Posts: 10588

Really, you need to look back to the early 80s for the longboard sails you are looking for. The 5.7 F2 sail that came with my 1985 F2 Strato was fully battened and it was very high aspect, because that was the design focus at that time.

That said, you might want to consider early Hot Sails Maui Superfreaks, because if I recollect right, the batten above the boom was a 3/4 length batten. Being made from dacron, they stretched a bit as they aged, so that might work in your favor. Also, the Windwing Convertible Wave sails of the late 80s and early 90s, and the Windwing Black Diamond Waves of 1995 were convertible to a 3/4 batten above the boom. I still have a couple of the latter sails, but they are small at 3.9, 4.4 and 4.9.

joethewindsufa · Joined: 10 Oct 2010 Posts: 1190 Location: Montréal

@ ittiandro:

watch what u ask 4 Smile

is this old nuff 4 ya ??
original windsurfer and sails Smile

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-sport-nautique/trois-rivieres/planche-a-voile-datant-de-1983/1109538827?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

joe
n.b. as u know, i use an HSM SpeedFreak 8.5 on longboard, FreeFormula and shortboard = versatile sail with BIG range - 12 knots to 20+
too bad u hurt yur wrist @ AAO that day or u would have tried it !!

ittiandro · Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Posts: 294

GURGLETROUSERS · Joined: 30 Dec 2009 Posts: 2643

ittiandro. For longboard lighter wind usage it really doesn't matter all that much whether the older pre-twist era sails are fully battened or not.

One of my favourite longboard sails in the mid 80's was a fully battened 7.4, which was one of many at that time which was 'power geared' for longboards, but with a modicum of higher wind control which the earlier triangular non battened (or short top battened) sails lacked.

If you can manage to find one such, of around 6 metre size, it should work just fine for what you require.