rec.windsurfing..

[andreas-t]

Ja, det är en klassiker! Fanns redan långt innan www:andet kom igång. (Minns ni NCSA Mosaic 1.0 från 1993, förresten. Den första allmänt spridda webbläsaren.) Vill man ha info om äldre prylar eller tävlingar, så går det bra att söka bland äldre inlägg via groups.google.com

Apropå tråden om indoor windsurfing, så gjorde jag på skoj en sökning och hittade följande inlägg av Juri Munkki från 1992 (!)

“A few weeks ago (March 13, 1992), the EuroSport channel had full
coverage of the indoor windsurfing event in Paris. I didn’t know about
it, so I missed it when they showed it live and I only recently got the
program on video.

Indoor windsurfing is divided into two disciplines. The slalom is raced
with either three or four sailors at a time in the 30 m x 50 m pool. The
start is made from automatic gates that open one at a time with the most
downwind gate opening first. This seems to give a good advantage for the
first one on the water.

The buoys are placed 35 meters apart, so the racers barely have the time
to get enough speed to jibe before they have to get around the mark. The
size of the course also means that there’s very little room for jibing.
If the leading sailor falls during a jibe, it is very likely that the
others will also fall.

In addition to the slalom course, a jumping ramp can also be lowered
into the pool. Almost all of the competitors seemed to hate the ramp.
It’s very easy to get stuck in the ramp unless you are sailing
accurately enough. A lot of fins were lost and Anders Bringdal broke his
mast. Robby Naish gave the finger to the ramp after a particularly nasty
crash at the ramp. ” (Inlägget var mycket längre, men jag klippte här.)