General Information

Serial #

WSF M79B

Part Number

1

Total Parts

9

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 POLYETHELENE SHELL WITH POLYURETHANE FOAM/.2 WOOD WITH METAL, RUBBER & POSSIBLY SYNTHETIC PTS/.3 POLYETHELENE/.4 WOOD, METAL, RUBBER & POSSIBLY SYNTHETIC PTS, ROPE PROBABLY SYNTHETIC/.5 METAL/.6 DACRON CLOTH & METAL PTS/.7-.9 SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

360.0 cm

Width

68.0 cm

Height

14.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Marine Transportation

Category

Vessels

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Windsurfing

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

SAILBOARDING 1ST BEGAN IN 1960'S & "WINDSURFER" SAILBOARDS 1ST DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA 1970'S

Canada

SAILBOARDING IS A VERY POPULAR SPORT IN CANADA AS WELL AS ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD/ CANADA'S WEALTH OF RECREATIONAL COASTLINE ALONG WITH ITS LAKESIDE COTTAGE TRADITION HAVE PROVIDED FERTILE GROUND FOR THE GROWTH OF THE SPORT IN THIS COUNTRY

Function

USED FOR RECREATIONAL SAILING

Technical

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE 1STGENERATION OF COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED SAILBOARDS DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA/ THE DESIGN OF SAILBOARDS IS AN INTERESTING REFINEMENT OF THE BASIC PHYSICS OF SAILING & PLANING HULL HYDRODYNAMICS & THEIR OPERATION REQUIRES AN UNDERSTANDING (AT SOME LEVEL) OF THE TECHNOLOGY & PHYSICS OF SAILING

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 STICKER 'WINDSURFER' [FOLLOWED BY ENCIRCLED 'R']/ WSF M79B/ CONSTRUCTED UNDER U.S. PATENT NO. 3487800 BY WINDSURFING INTERN [REST OF STICKER TORN OFF]/.3 RAISED 'WINDSURFER/ TM'/.5 STICKER 'WINDSURFER/ 132391'/.6 ACROSS SAIL '91636'; HAS OTHER MKGS NOT ACCESSIBLE AT TIME OF CATALOGUING, POSSIBLY THE SAME AS THOSE ON.1

Missing

N/A

Finish

.1 WHITE WITH A BLACK SKEG/.2 UNFINISHED WOOD, BLACK, SILVER & BEIGE PTS/.3 OFF-WHITE WITH A RED, WHITE & BLUE STRAP/.4 UNFINISHED WOOD, BLACK & SILVER PTS, BLACK TAPING, OFF-WHITE ROPE WITH BLUE THREADS/.5 BLUE FINISH/.6 YELLOW, GOLD & ORANGE WITH BLACK LETTERING/.7-.9 OFF-WHITE/ SAIL BAG (PT) IS GREY WITH RED MKGS

Decoration

.6 HAS SILHOUETTE IMAGE OF A SAIL BOARD NEAR THE TOP/ SAIL BAG (PT) HAS LINE OF SILHOUETTED SAILBOARDS ON IT