Breaking my mast in 60 seconds after 25 years of usage

[@mattclayson]

Love seeing this old school equipment still being used, I had the NP world cup slalom sails back in the day. Sailed them with a F2 sputnik 280 and loved them. What location is this, I don't recognise it?

[@oldschool_windsurfing]

Thank you for your kind words. It is great fun to keep these oldies on the water as they still do the job well. Please check my other videos where I run the Sputnik 265 World Cup Edition with different Neilpryde World Cup Slalom sails: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJ2VaZeVeJ1-pKc kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXbbpZpni92Ne7c Most of the videos are shot on spot next to Marina Muiderzand at Lake Markermeer in the Netherlands very near Amsterdam.

[@waynemiller6945]

Was the sail ok? The mast sleeve didn't look like it was torn. I've broken a boom, but never a mast. I also Pulled a footstrap out of a board now that I think about it. I snapped the Center Board on my long board too.

[@oldschool_windsurfing]

As the top of base splited/cloved gentle (see short: kzbin.infoJ16NdjWKagA?feature=share) and remained half in place, there was no total disconnecting and or sharp fracture. I guess that saved my mast sleeve. Where I cranked the downhaul hard. I once snapped a mast before, where the aluminium middle joint/adapter was completely corroded. Was simular picture, less than a minute out.. Clean crack, no damage.. But then I had to swim all the way back to the shore.