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I'm in need of a "used" jib for my Catalina 22 ft. sailboat. Mine got destroyed in a "Snow storm!" My first choice woud be a used jib from a Cat-22, but I'd be happy if it came from a Balboa 20 ft or McGregor/Ventura 22 ft. or from an O'day 22 or from a Chrysler 22 ft. Please call Eric at 507-261-19...

I'm in need of used Jib sail for my Catalina 22 ft sailboat. Mine got damaged in a "Snow storm!" My first choice would be a jib from a Cat. 22 ft..but I'd happily take one from an O'day 20 to 22 ft or from McGregor/Ventura 21 or from a Chyrsler 22 or from a Balboat 20 ft. For attachement to forestay...

Wind people: As 2022 comes to a close, some final thoughts float through my cerebral hemispheres. (I have two of them and so do you). Well, basically I just want to say....if you sell (really cheap) or give away good windsport gear to friends or "newbies you ought to feel really good about it! The f...

If I have at least 10 mph I can plane while windsurfing. Oh.....to have a ten mile an hour wind would be nice! Some windsurfers won't go sailing unless the wind is blowing at least 20 mph. Well, that means you might be waiting a long time till we get a 20 mph wind. With my formula board and the 10.8...

Wonderful windy Sunday,,,but three unfortunate slight bumps in my day. One: as I picked up speed I struck a rock which knocked my fin out of the fin box. The Fin sank. But, I recovered the fin screw! So, I pocketed my fin screw and hurried out of the water (to get another fin) with rig and board, an...

I got 200 miles to ride. I'm going down to windmill lands to sail an afternoon sesh...
I hope the waves are ready there cause my boards are ready to go.
Quetzalcoatl humming somethin like a Lynard Skinard tune.

Windsurfing on the Rise, SIEMPRE!

Quetzalcoat out. (Have Dry-suit will travel).

YEAH!!! The True October Suprise is Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. No, I am not Jinxing it! These are the facts mam/man, just the facts. Spirit Lake, IA will hit 80 degrees and have 24mph S-SE wind. Clear Lake 79 degrees with 24 mph wind and Mankato 77 degrees and 22 mph wind. Last chance to wear a Shorty! ...

I (Quetzalcoatl) recently read that the interest in Windsurfing is actually going up, not down. I read that in 2016 there were approximately 600,000 windsurfers in the USA. Now, there's around 800,000 and growing. (I guess we're not so special after all). Just because windsurf shop after windsurf sh...

ye-HAAAAHH!!!! Thar be good winds this Week.....for all ye sailors who are off duty doing weekdays. Good Southern wind for one day at Lake Cannon today, But Mankato Lakes are having 20 something wind (with gusts in 30's) for three days (Tues-Thurs) in a row! So, get out there and ride!!!! I don't un...

On Sunday, Sept. 25th, Wind speed (W-NW) tops was gonna be 18 mph. So, from Wisconsin side on my 120 l. Tabou Rocket and 6.3 Ezzy sail I headed out into the middle of Lake Pepin. BAM! Wind was mucho mas stronger! This is around 4:30 PM (when forecast predicted wind to be at it's best) and there was ...

I was just searching my memory banks of my mind, and I remembered that when I showed for the Worthington "Speed Quest" held by Craig Berg, in the Fall of 2006 that the older guys (60 years old to 78 years old) didn't use screw drivers to attach fin to their boards. They used their battery charged ha...

I can't wait for November when the winds "really" kick up! November seems lately to be our best "windy" month. Put on a good dry suit, wear mitts and boots (and Hood) and you're in for a nice Surprise! Wow, that's two months away yet. Well, guess I'll just have to put with with 70-80ish temps and mi...

A "never' damaged good solid windsurfing board for sale. It's a Mistral "Vision" windsurf board. "Looks almost new." It is 70 cms. wide It"s a 130 liter board. The length is 270ish cms. Comes with a nice "Red" colored racing fin. The price for the board alone is 475 bucks. An extra 200 bucks extra i...

First of all, I just want to reiterate that if someone tells you, "I'm selling a 2009 Tabou windsurf board",,,ask 'em to check the serial number. This is because it's NOT uncommon to get the year wrong. Most windsurfing boards do NOT label the "production year" on the board. Tabou DOES! In the seria...

Attention: Windsporters: Iwindsurf no longer has a classified section for buying and selling gear. They only concentrate on weather reports. At Windance: Owner Dave Nunn has sold the business. It's still open, it now run by a young guy name Nick. So, I, Quetzalcoatl am forever grateful to Lakawa for...

Yes, We need some "Sea was angry that day my friends"...... stories from you! Come on now, if you are reading this....then please go ahead and give us some wind sport stories. I know you (yes "YOU") still do stuff on the water. Back in the day, sailors would write wonderful, colorful, elaborate stor...

crashed!!!!! Yesterday, Wens, July 20th... Big wind day on Lake Madison, (Minnesota) as I was clipping along almost to western side of Lake Madison, Chad was in the water near his board video taping (with his helmet camera) as I passed him I thought, "guess I'll keep going and see if I can provide h...

I could'nt get work off on Weds...yesterday. So, when I finished work at 6:00 pm I went for it! I knew there'd be good quality wind until dark. So, I drove one hour to Waseca and there were whitecaps and good wind. I rigged my 6.3 Ezzy Tiger and used the 115 l. Tabou Rocket. Some German dude (says h...

Very nice report!

"The Legend" thanks you for that.

Well, Windsurfing was "pretty good" on Madison Lake. Four sailors started out. Chad, Ryan , Oz and I (Eric). Winds blew in the 20's throughout the afternoon until 7:00 pm. Wind was NW wind. I stayed on my Tabou 115 liter Rocket. One sailor smashed his nose,,,("nose of the board" pretty bad). He plan...