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Originally Posted by windsurf555
I have looked at and looked and test drove one RB-50 but obviously thewhole undertaking is not worth it unless it's setup perfectly forwindsurfing.
Where do you live? windsurf?
I would love to pick your brain on how you setup the inside. How long have you been waiting for yours?
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I'm going to try to start another thread in the "Sportsmobile Builds" with my layout and a few details so it is easier to find for other windsurfers that are curious about the van. In a nutshell, it is very similar to the EB-200 that appears on the SMB webpage, but with an extra captains chair instead of the sink/cabinet...all inside a RB. I'll go a bit more into my logic for this in the other thread.
I'll try to get the layout scanned this afternoon and posted.
I recently relocated to South Florida, and the lack of wind here is what drove me to take the plunge and get the van. Here's the story:
I learned to windsurf in Puerto Rico, with pretty constant trade winds and often having waist to mast high waves. It was almost never hit or miss there- when you packed your car with one board and one sail, you knew you were going to windsurf- some days better than others, but never skunked. Two or three times a week, most weeks, an 87L board and 5.8M sail would get you planing.
When I came to S.FL, I thought I'd buy bigger gear and still would be able to sail two or three times a week. Reality was that the forecast is seldom right. I would throw a 90L & 6.0 on top of the car and it would be blowing 12kts, requiring a 126L & 8M. Once in a while, during a cold front, I'd need a 5.0 and small board and I'd find myself with a 6.3 and large board.
To say the least, it got frustrating. So, I started looking into a bigger car to carry all my stuff with me and never be stuck with the wrong gear. Then I got a Stand up paddleboard and realized it wouldn't fit in a normal car....so I started looking at full size vans... then it evolved into the idea of being able to road trip to better spots in North Carolina and Texas for a couple of weeks a year.
Over three years, I went from thinking of getting a station wagon to buying a 4WD SMB, the whole time putting windsurfing gear and SUPs on top of a MINI Cooper!
So about five or six months ago, my wife finally said "ok" and I started looking into designing and building the van.
The rest, as they say, is history, and we'll see how it turns out.
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