December_ _ __________________________________________ __2004
http://www.triadwindsurfing.com/
What’s New –
Christmas Party -
The
annual Triad Windsurfing Club Christmas party will be at Mac Barnhardt’s house
on Friday, December 17th @ 7pm in
What you
need to do:
1) Please
reply via email to me (mbarnhardt@triad.rr.com) by Dec 7th and let me know if you're
coming so I'll know how much food and drink to have. Spouses and better halves
are welcome. Dress is holiday casual.
2) Bring
a "gag" gift for the white elephant gift giving.
3) Also,
if a few of you will bring something to eat, that will be helpful. Please reply
to me if you would like to volunteer to bring something.
I'll send
directions later to those of you who replied and are
coming.
Thanks,
Mac
Club President – Charlie Prewett prewettcr@yahoo.com
Club Vice-President – David Brown davekrys@triad.rr.com
Newsletter Editor – Mac
Barnhardt
As always, we need pictures and articles from other club members for the newsletter and web site. Please send me anything windsurfing related…pictures, a trip you took, gear/equipment reviews, a great day you had sailing, etc. Send it to me at mbarnhardt@triad.rr.com
Club Treasurer/Secretary –
Keny Kirschstein keny@elsouth.com
Trip Coordinator – Debbie Wrenn iidbis@mindspring.com
- Equipment For
1)
7.8
Aerotech PowerLite sail– Excellent Condition - $150
Call
Mark Pace 336-643-9428 or 336-210-9041 or email: mark.pace@att.net
2)
2000
7.5 Neil Pryde V-8 / Excellent condition / paid $640 new / selling for
$250
Contact
Jeff Shanklin 887-4928
3)
Mistral
Explosion 288, 130 lts., Good Condition, $200.00
Includes
fin and footstraps.
Contact David Lee at
336-662-9646 or email dlee@compuconusa.com
4)
1990 Fanatic
Ultracat (According to Jim, you
won’t believe the price! It comes with it’s own board bag, cool graphics, great
shape with no dings, and you’ll get a free beer!)
Contact Jim
Crawford at 336-969-6141 to check out the board
5)
98
Pro Tech Convertable 93lts GC board, board bag, & fin
$350
Elvestrom
210 Complete Kids Rig Board, Sail,
Mast, Boom & base
$200
Well used
sails. All are in useable condition but have repairs. Take you pick $25 ea.
Gastra
MW5 5.8 & 5.2
Ocean
Energy 4.1
Air Foil Air Wave 3.3
Contact Don Wrenn 869-6256 iidbis@mindspring.com
6) Fanatic Mega-Cat board; 250 litres flotation, in great shape, $350.00
North
Sail; Infinity, 6.0 meters, good shape, $55.00
North
Sail; Spectro, 7.0 meters, good shape, $75.00
Gastra Sail; 8.0 meters, like new, $50.00
Contact David Johnson, xantos@ols.net , 727-5174 (day), 983-3606
(night)
7)1999
Neil Pryde Sails-
4.7NR
(Like New) $250
5.3MPR
(Like New) $250
5.7MPR
(Great Condition) $225
6.5V8
(Good Condition) $200
7.0V8
(Like New) $300
7.5V8
(Fair Condition) $150
1999
Neil Pryde Masts (Fiberspar)…
430CM
(55% carbon) $125
490CM
(55% carbon) $150
Call
Keny Kirschtein 854-9057 or email keny@elsouth.net
8) F2
World Sails 5.6 sail $150 –
This is a great sail for slalom, bump & jump, or waves. It has an optional
camber for those gusty days, has a lot of range, and is in excellent condition.
Call Mac Barnhardt at
545-6355 or email mbarnhardt@triad.rr.com.
9) O'Brien
Sensation
6.m
sail, mast, boom
mid
to late 80's model (complete package)
$175.00
Jean Hyack
(336)998-9898
10) Mistral Equipe
board
Fanatic Viper Funracer 340
board
Westwind
shortboard
Fiberglass
Mast
Weichart Aluminum
Mast
Powerex 490 30% Carbon Fiber
Mast
Mast Bag (holds
2)
Windsurfing
Misc booms (2) and harness
lines
Dakine adjustbale harness line
(brand new)
Sails - Aerotech 7.0 (excellent
condition)
Duet 5.8 (good condition)
Windwing 5.3 race sail (good condition)
Ocean Energy 5.7 (good condition)
5
assorted fins
Chinook tall mast base with
pad
Windsurfing
Generic tall mast
base
Seat
harness
Visual Ed waist
harness
Other miscellaneous
windsurfing items
Contact Henry Smith at
htsmith@intrstar.net
11) John Anderson has gear for
sale. Check out the following URL for more info:
http://home.nc.rr.com/windman/
If you have equipment for
sale that you want listed in the newsletter, send Mac Barnhardt the details via
email mbarnhardt@triad.rr.com.
A few newsletters ago, I reported
on the windsurfers who were going after the world speed sailing record. Finian
Maynard surpassed the trimaran Yellow
Pages 11 year old record of 46.52 knots by reaching 46.82 knots. This was
done on the 1km man-made canal in Stes. Maries de la Mer in the South of France.
The Yellow Pages team then suffered a
big crash in their subsequent attempt in
Some of
you may recall my write-up last year about my trip to
This time
around, I sailed in the
I sailed
in 15-20 mph wind and got a good taste of the Bay area sailing. It included big
chop especially as I got farther out in the Bay. Afterwards, we (some co-workers
and I) drove down Highway 1. We drove through
Obviously,
there is a ton of things to do in
One of
the coolest things about this area is the huge windsurfing and kiteboarding
community. Everywhere I went (Crissy Field, Coyote Point, Waddell, and
Links:
Rio
Good page
full of links to local Bay area sites:
http://www.sfboating.com/bbwindsurfing.html