Hallo Tom ! Thnxx and best New Year wishes to You ! Yeah for some windsurfers is "old school" (not to me), but this Fanatic from 1988 is surprised some new riders too, by it's allround capability. By ths board i ride from almost no wind up to 18 m/s without any loss of control. By new wide and short type board it's not possible to handle so high wind range, In very high wind it start tailwalking and very light wind is needed a dagger to maintain your upwind course. So then is needed two board to handle it, instead you need only one.
@@windsurfingfun4058 fully agree and a modern board is going to be little if any fun in very light winds. Really good to have wind range in the kit, especially in these colder conditions where chopping and changing equipment really just adds to the delay and the cold factor. Really nice that this older board still gets an outing or two, and I am sure there are many years of enjoyment left in it yet. Is it all original or did you need to change mast track or other components?
Hi, yes, mast track is changed to aluminium alloy track and of course a footstraps, as you may see in video too. All other is original. The mast track slider i was broken in 2020 december and it was taken an hour, when i make back to shore. However i had proper wear and gear (5mm wetsuit, etc.) and exept i have a piss off feeling, im doing ok 😀. So if you have same type of mast track i suggest to replace it. And the mast foot that i use is Streamlined two bolt tendon. This is the best and strongest mast base in the market. For upgrade details: instagram.com/p/CnP6oqKN2dx/ instagram.com/p/CnP6BW5Nu_y/ streamlined.us/ 🤙
@@windsurfingfun4058 thanks for this, well worth knowing. I have a fanatic cat and a Hot Rabbit. Both have an aluminium inset track and at the moment I can use the pin-type base that also works with Mistral and Bic. This is good on the cat as I can then still use the sliding mast track to adjust trim whilst sailing. The Rabbit is a short board and there is the option to convert using the Chinook Nut which would then allow it to use any standard mast base- I have a few of these including on from Decathlon which is okay and works well considering it is a cheap brand. I was curious about your board as some of the older Fanatic use an external track on top of the board- there ware ways to keep them going but not always so easy. Anyway, I really like your board and I think the colour schemes from the old days look excellent and so much more appealing than much of the new gear, especially that 'carbon wash' effect stuff crap. And one thing is for sure, the new gear is very delicate and nowhere near as easy to repair- look at any 5 year old board second hand and usually it will have significant repair damage. Amazing that you can have a 35 year old board and keep it going. Great stuff!
Hi again ! The Streamlined deck plate can actually made working by pedal, depend of original track system. In Aquata board i made it working as good as original. instagram.com/p/CnQBMsjNFKA/
Lovely combination of board and sail. That North still looks in good condition. They do last well!
Happy new year to another old school rider. Great to see that the old stuff is still in action. Ride on
Hallo Tom ! Thnxx and best New Year wishes to You ! Yeah for some windsurfers is "old school" (not to me), but this Fanatic from 1988 is surprised some new riders too, by it's allround capability. By ths board i ride from almost no wind up to 18 m/s without any loss of control. By new wide and short type board it's not possible to handle so high wind range, In very high wind it start tailwalking and very light wind is needed a dagger to maintain your upwind course.
So then is needed two board to handle it, instead you need only one.
@@windsurfingfun4058 fully agree and a modern board is going to be little if any fun in very light winds. Really good to have wind range in the kit, especially in these colder conditions where chopping and changing equipment really just adds to the delay and the cold factor. Really nice that this older board still gets an outing or two, and I am sure there are many years of enjoyment left in it yet. Is it all original or did you need to change mast track or other components?
Hi, yes, mast track is changed to aluminium alloy track and of course a footstraps, as you may see in video too. All other is original. The mast track slider i was broken in 2020 december and it was taken an hour, when i make back to shore. However i had proper wear and gear (5mm wetsuit, etc.) and exept i have a piss off feeling, im doing ok 😀. So if you have same type of mast track i suggest to replace it. And the mast foot that i use is Streamlined two bolt tendon. This is the best and strongest mast base in the market.
For upgrade details:
instagram.com/p/CnP6oqKN2dx/
instagram.com/p/CnP6BW5Nu_y/
streamlined.us/
🤙
@@windsurfingfun4058 thanks for this, well worth knowing. I have a fanatic cat and a Hot Rabbit. Both have an aluminium inset track and at the moment I can use the pin-type base that also works with Mistral and Bic. This is good on the cat as I can then still use the sliding mast track to adjust trim whilst sailing. The Rabbit is a short board and there is the option to convert using the Chinook Nut which would then allow it to use any standard mast base- I have a few of these including on from Decathlon which is okay and works well considering it is a cheap brand. I was curious about your board as some of the older Fanatic use an external track on top of the board- there ware ways to keep them going but not always so easy. Anyway, I really like your board and I think the colour schemes from the old days look excellent and so much more appealing than much of the new gear, especially that 'carbon wash' effect stuff crap. And one thing is for sure, the new gear is very delicate and nowhere near as easy to repair- look at any 5 year old board second hand and usually it will have significant repair damage. Amazing that you can have a 35 year old board and keep it going. Great stuff!
Hi again ! The Streamlined deck plate can actually made working by pedal, depend of original track system.
In Aquata board i made it working as good as original.
instagram.com/p/CnQBMsjNFKA/