Mistral Windsurfing Ag

Hans Fichtner

Ernstfried Prade

A footloop for a windsurfing board having a deck with a top surface. The footloop is formed of a strap having opposite ends attached at the ends to the top surface of the board, including a device for attaching at least one of the ends to the deck which includes a releaseable mechanism for holding an end portion of the strap until a certain amount of force is exerted on the strap, whereupon the strap is released. The releaseable mechanism is adjustable for differing amounts of force and includes a fixed member permanently affixed to the board, a moveable member co-acting with the fixed member for holding the end portion of the strap and an adjustable device for locking the moveable member relative to the fixed member until the certain amount of force is exerted on the strap.

Footloops on surfboards

A windsurfing board with a hull, a mast and a wishbone or other spar for winging out the sail has side fin plates with lower stabilizing faces and an adjustment system for steplessly changing the level of such fin plates, or only producing two positions of adjustment so that such fin plates are under or clear of the water. The lower position under the water is designed for producing better planing properties of the windsurfer while the top position is used for sailing under only a light wind.

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Munich, Georgia

Hans Fichtner