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DanWeiss
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| sailingjoe wrote: | Assuming that you are implying, westender, that I haven't sailed the old gear, let me tell you that I have and still do. In fact, I own three boards other than this one which are 15 years or older. One of them is a "glass" board with a mast track forward. I like the way it cuts through the chop hearabouts. This particular board about which I have started the thread is small for me, but I did try it once. It's mast track is further forward than any I have used. After sailing with late model equipment all summer, I really didn't like it all that much. I do have a high wind board which would serve me better if I ever do see high winds again. Nevertheless, I have had some great days on old boards. When I was in Florida a decade or more ago, I bought an old beat up Pro Tech glass board for $75 just to serve me for the few days I was there. I brought it back to Ma. and put it in the rafters. Years later I pulled it down and started sailing with it. Talk about getting your money's worth out of a piece of equipment.  I loved that board and sailed it until I pulled the mast track out in the shore break on Buzzard's bay. The board that's the subject of this thread remains in much better shape than that one was when I bought it. In fact it hasn't been used much and the bottom colors are terrific. A department store window dresser would pay me $100 for it. The W.S. Hawaii bases make good beginner bases. You can't get much downhaul with them, but there's a good deal of safety built into them. Already, I have matched one with a board and beginner rigs (both adult and child). To finish, I worked in the ski industry for years. When I first started out as a salesman, an older wissened guy came in one Christmas season and asked me if I had any old Salomon 444's around. At that point they were on the verge of being declared obsolete and dangerous, but he explained to me the ins-and-outs of their failings. I realized then that much of the old, discarded stuff had more value than many realized. In fact, if you are knowledgeable about it, old equipment can be better than the more efficiently built newer. |
Some fool posted, "Everyone has their opinion about old equipment. Most of them are narrow, stupid and ignorant ones. However, they aren't blocking anyone from publishing their stupid, opinionated and warped views on the internet."
Now, if I could only recall which person posted this statement. Hmm . . .
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pueno
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| Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:16 am Post subject: |
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sailing  wrote: | | ...narrow, stupid and ignorant... ...stupid, opinionated and warped... |
Classic, vintage Brucie.
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isobars
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| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:21 am Post subject: |
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| pueno wrote: | | sailingshmoe wrote: | | ...narrow, stupid and ignorant... ...stupid, opinionated and warped... |
Classic, vintage Brucie. |
And repetitively redundant redundancy.
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speedysailor
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| Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:48 am Post subject: |
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| How about asnine, idiotic comments?
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pueno
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| Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:11 am Post subject: |
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| seedy wrote: | | ...asnine, idiotic... |
Classic, vintage Swifty.
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isobars
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| Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:42 am Post subject: |
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| speedysailor wrote: | | How about asnine, idiotic comments? |
Does ass9 come between ass8 and ass10?
Mike
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DanWeiss
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| Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:29 am Post subject: |
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| speedysailor wrote: | | How about asnine, idiotic comments? |
How about them? To wit, "Everyone has their opinion about old equipment. Most of them are narrow, stupid and ignorant ones. However, they aren't blocking anyone from publishing their stupid, opinionated and warped views on the internet."
Two eggs over easy? Order's Up!
Don't forget your napkin.
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jesusjones
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pueno
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| Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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| DanWeiss wrote: | | Two eggs over easy? Order's Up! |
Is he sailingyoke?
I think you're addressing one fried dude.
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"Everyone has their opinion........"
Brucie, O Educated One, "everyone" is singular; "their" is plural.
Congratulations, Einstein.
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sailingjoe
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| When will I-windsurf get it right when it comes to these stalkers, Dan Weiss, Spyder and Oneup?
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