Old boards can be lots of fun using your new rigs with them. But it can be hard to rig newer high tension sails with the old mast bases. Put a Chinook Base Cup Kit on top the old universal and then you can use your modern mast extensions. I like using midsize ( 5-7 m) wave and freestyle sails with my Windsurfer One-Design. In 4 or 5 knots of wind you won't plane, so you might as well glide around with your light modern rig on a board that was built for those conditions.
Here Glenn is sailing a modern Exocet Cruiser while I am on the old One-Design. If the wind picks up we are ready, these rigs will go straight onto our freestyle boards.
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I have an "80's ish" mistral SST board with the red twist to attach mast foot. I want to convert this foot to the Chinook US Cup. Do I have to remove the red twist, if so how the heck do I do that? It appears to have 2 set screws (tiny allen wrench) - but apparently they were put in with cement!
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