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    Posted: 17 Nov 14 at 9:46am
slight deviation but... if you like that idea this may be up someones street...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8IRgrI7Fkg








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Originally posted by NickM

. I was going to spend a winter in Poland so made a copy and take it with me.   

A winter in Poland in in 1981, Nick?  Were you a spy or a union agitator?
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Yes, you might well ask. It is all Y&Y's fault. In 1981 they ran an article about how the Dutch were wind-skating on frozen canals and published a detailed diagram of the boards they were using - sort of triangular made out of reinforced marine ply on three inch skates. I was going to spend a winter in Poland so made a copy and take it with me. It was rubbish. It would not work at all if there was any snow on the ice - this pic was on the the only snow-free day I tried it. (Maybe it was that rig too...) The Polish windskaters were then using tubular A-frames about 5 feet across with metal tubes turned up at the front which coped with the snow. In the end a local sailor took pity on me and let me his DN for 20 minutes which was amazing.    
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Posts: 628 		Post Options Post Options   Quote I luv Wight Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Nov 14 at 7:24pm
The low down mast bend gives downforce onto the skates so they track properly ( ie  the opposite of windsurf/kite style lift )

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When it gets cold at our place they turn up :-)

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Edited by AlexM - 14 Nov 14 at 6:25pm
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Whoaah! I just discovered that Skatesailing actually started in 1887.

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Originally posted by Null


Was everything black and white in 1926 Rodney???  Was that the year you started sailing?


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I guess lack of leeway increases mast bend?
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Was everything black and white in 1926 Rodney???  Was that the year you started sailing?
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Originally posted by iGRF

They do look quick.. I wonder what would happen if you sailed them properly, standing up canting a free sail rig to weather, either way I'd love a go, have tried the ones with wheels on they can be a blast as well doesn't the Farr 37 guy do it, Jack Sparrow?


1926, before windsurfing was even thought of
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