Cost of Windsurfer One Design in 1981??

[wsurfn1426]

I tried to post this earlier, but I cannot see it...

Does anybody remember the retail price for a Windsurfer One Design in 1980-1982?

I was a teenager at the time, and now my memory is foggy. I thought it was close to the cost of a Laser, I am thinking about $1100.

I know that in 1982, the new Bic ( a cheaper version of the Dufour Wing) came out with a huge price drop. It was a significant enough price drop for my younger brother and me to convince my sailing dad to lend us the money for our first sailboard. I had tried another kid's board a few years earlier and I wanted to ditch my sunfish.

I do remember the Windsurfer just got it's first aluminum boom and composite centerboard around that time.

Just curious if anyone out there remembers...

[isobars]

One-Design, I don't know. But just for price comparison, my bud's early '80s Mistral Pan-Am cost him $2,500 including a rig -- that's equivalent to $5,500 today.

Mike \m/

[jsampiero]

Interesting question - and you can buy one again today

I'll ask a Schweitzer....

[blockidog]

I paid $1200 in '81.

[wsurfn1426]

Thanks!

[thombiz]

Just for comparison, I had a friend who became a dealer for BIC boards about that time and a complete one sail rig with board sold for $395. That would have been around 1981. Within 2 years prices doubled, at least there in Austin. The offerings by Mistral and similar were of much higher quality and were priced to reflect it. At the time, racing dinghys were still popular and I was in the process of building a 505 #7321 called "One Trick Pony". Larry Tuttle's 505's were selling for $10,000.

[hamiltor]

I just bought a pristine original windsurfer stored in a gals garage for the past 30 years. has the serial number etc and the teak boom looks brand new. Paid 30 bucks. not sure why I bought it, though was considering using it as a SUP (my back yard is the Willamette River.) Kinda fun just to have one again.

[pierrec45]