Anne-Jelmer´ s Collection – WINDSURFINGMUSEUMPRAGUE

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Country, village: The Netherlands, Borne
Scope of the collection: 7 boards and 20+ sails

Story & Background information:
I was born in 1973 in Enschede, The Netherlands. It must have been 1983 when my brother took a windsurfing course at the small local lake “Het Rutbeek”. Soon after that, my father bought us a windsurf board: A Wayler Shark. And with that board, my windsurf life began.
With one Wayler 4.5 Sports Line sail, one boom that was too long, and one mast that was also too long. Years later, we also got a Alpha 130F. And that was it until I moved away from windsurfing in the early 90s.
In 2019, the first “Oude Deurencup” was organized at the Rutbeek. And that sparked the start of my windsurf re-entry. At first, I got a F2 Strato for free. Then I got a Mistral Competition. Those boards went, and other boards arrived until I got the collection of seven boards that I got today. All boards that I love to bits.

This Mistral Regatta sail was given to me by Mr. Jo Lamarche from Belgium. The story is this: When Mr Lamarche got married, he received a windsurfboard from his wife, a Mistral Competition Club (the version with a retractable daggerboard. Not long after, the board was stolen. The sail, daggerboard and mast foot were stored for almost 35 years. I was lucky enough to receive this beautiful sail. Mr Lamarche was moved when I showed him pictures of the sail back on the water again. I love this sail, also because of the story behind it. The funny thing is that there is an error in the sail numbers.
Can you spot it?

Crispy clean and beautiful sail. The green regatta is so beautiful. Of all my Regatta sails this one is the prettiest.

This is another kind of Regatta sail. The sail numbers are not glued on but stitched on. It might have been the sail from a Mistral Allround. But I am not sure here.

Mistral Regatta Sail that came with my Superlight. Very beautifull.

A Wayler Ypsi sail. The Ypsi was a family board made by Wayler. I don’t recall where I got this one. But it is in a good condition.

Neil Pryde Stratos 6.5 Mylar sail. I found it when I was looking for a mast foot. Like new.

A Wayler 6.0. I think this one is used with the Wayler One Design. I got this one to use with my Wayler Shark 360SE

A Ten Cate Sail, somewhat smaller then an original Windsurfer sail.

Ten Cate Windsurfer storm sail from 1976. It’s in a very crispy condition.

The Tean Cate 1976 Windsurfer sail. I like to sail this one with the wooden boom in the original configuration

A Wayler Sportsline. A similar sail that I owned as a young boy. But then we had a Red Yellow version.

1) Wayler Shark 3060 SE
The Wayler Shark is a rare and remarkable board. It was at only one occasion that I met somebody with that same board. The board is actually built by Shark GmbH, the company that is known for their modular board.
The material it is build from an “Acrytan” coated foam core. And that didn´t bring too much stiffness to the board. Going over some shallow waves would send vibrations through the board. The board weighs 18 kilos and has an Algair daggerboard and three fin boxes.
One cool feature was that when going fast, a whistling sound would appear somewhere from those finboxes. When my brother and I sailed it, we thought it was heavy as hell. And we called the squared rear the promenade deck. But in fact, it was pretty modern in its day. It is not the best board, but it is the board that taught me everything. I love it.

2) Mistral Equipe 1.5.
This one is just a classic race board. I bought it from a windsurfer near Cologne. And I am very glad I have it. It came with the very rare carbon light wind daggerboard. Unforunately it is missing the daggerboard cover so with the daggerboard retracted one needs to be carefull with the sharp daggerboard edge.

3) Mistral Competition Light
This is, in fact, the second Competition Light I own. The first one I owned was very light but didn´t look too good. The board I have now doesn´t have a scratch on it. I just looks like new.
The sad part about this is that one needs to be more careful with it. The shape is the same as the Competition Superlight but the Light doesn´t have a retractable daggerboard. But the wider daggerboard means that you can sail beautiful upwind courses.

4) Mistral Competition Superlight. Such an amazing board. It is light, has plenty of volume, and glides beautifully. Even in stronger winds. This is the board I have been using the most. And I think it is my favorite board.

5) Ten Cate Windsurfer 1976
I live very close to Almelo. And with some friends and the club Rutbeek Surfivors we decided to pay a tribute to the Ten Cate Windsurfer and the former Ten Cate factory. Windsurfing in Europe more or less started in Almelo with Ten Cate. We had a lovely weekend sailing these boards through the canal in Almelo.
This Windsurfer was built in 1976 and had the wooden boom, mastfoot and daggerboard. A lovely reminder of the history of this board is the sticker from a gas station close to Le Mans (Fr) and an extra sail number, which indicated that this board was allowed to sail on a lake somewhere in Germany.

6) Ten Cate Win
Living in Twente, so close to Almelo, it feels great to bring some of these boards back home to Twente. This Ten Cate Win is also a special board. Build for the Div 2, Open Class. Something very different. But it is in a pristine condition.

7) Bic Astro Rock
Back in the day, when I was sailing a Alpha 130F, a friend lent me his Astro Rock. I couldn´t believe how light it sailed. And from that moment on, I disliked my Alpha even more. When I saw this Astro Rock for sale I couldn´t resist. I got it for a small price.

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