Starboard Serenity Windsurfing Board 2010
ESCAPE FROM PRESSURE
In 2005, when the Serenity concept was first revealed to the World by Windsurfing magazine USA, development
work by windsurfing brands and media exposure on light wind windsurfing and longboards no longer existed.
The industry had only just started to get the hang of wide-style boards, those new designs that have helped
windsurfers the World over to plane in less wind. Planing windsurfing was all there was for windsurfers to read
about, talk about, preach and practice.
“The Serenity aims at ultra-light winds and cruising, and puts a modern spin on the simple elegance that helped windsurfing
boom decades ago. It doesn't require a jumbo sail. It doesn't require pro-level skills to enjoy. Best of all, it doesn't require
real wind for an exhilarating ride. Simply hop on, sheet in and go. In this regard, the Serenity succeeds, and succeeds in
a big way. In terms of growing the sport, putting more sails on waterways everywhere, and offering everyone a form of
windsurfing that's all the time and all fun, the Serenity provides a valuable wake up call.” Eddy Patricelli, editor of WindSurfing
magazine
The course was set for the next chapter. Its concept of an uncompromised, lightwind-only hull shape measuring 460cm created shockwaves through the industry. It paved the way for longboards to make their return and ever since then, lightwind
windsurfing gradually grew and grew. By 2008, raceboarding has grown more popular once more and new lightwind equip-
ment has been launched by many brands: racing light wind boards, freeride light wind boards, beginner light wind boards,
SUP light wind boards and so on. The global explosion of SUP in 2007 also stoked the fire for lightwind windsurfing further.
2010: the World of light wind windsurfing is well and truly back.
Starboard’s Serenity
The Serenity is an uncompromised lightwind board designed to give the most exciting, lightwind ride in 1-10 knots. The
board’s design is inspired by racing kayaks and Division II boards of the 70s and 80s.
The Serenity is also about simplicity. This principle created a design that needed no retractable daggerboard, adjustable
mast track or footstrap, thus keeping the board light and easy to use: just jump on, glide and go. And glide it does.
That feeling of gliding across the water with the power of the wind in your hands: no matter what level you are at, the Seren-
ity will give a unique feeling of serene gliding, so beautifully simple, so smooth and so quiet as it cuts its way across the
water. It glides like no other board. It sails like no other board.
Scott McKercher, wave sailing PWA champion: “I didn’t realize that a part of myself was about to be reborn. I stepped on,
locked in upwind, and the memories, sensations and feelings of youth came flooding back, mesmerized. Just watching the
bow penetrating the water and the wave of water it created. Loving the way it varied as it came up and down through the
chop. Or the perfect symmetry of the parting water on a glassy day. Watching water flow. Loving the look of a yacht’s
bow as it beat upwind. And that’s where I lost myself. It felt surreal, a total departure from my normal windsurfing experi-
ence.”
Escape from pressure. The Starboard Serenity.
| Model | Volume (litres) |
Length (cm.) |
Width (cm.) |
Tail (cm.) |
Sail range (Msq) |
Fin | Fin range (cm) |
Fin box | ||
| Serenity Wood | 256 | 460 | 61.5 | 16.1 | 5.0-10.0 |
Drake Race XL 700 + Drake Plastic Shallow 410* + Serenity tail fin 135 |
40-70 | Deep Tuttle+ US 8” |
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| WoodCarbon , Wood and Technora weights +-5%. Sail ranges and fin are recommended indications. | ||||||||||
AVAILABILITY IN THAILAND
Please
contact Amara or Craig at Amara Water Sports Center at the Blue Lagoon
Water Sports Club in Pattaya, Thailand. Both Amara and Craig have many
years of Windsurfing, Stand Up Paddle Boarding (SUP) and general water
sports experience and are pleased to offer rental equipment, advice,
pricing and sales of quality equipment.
AMARA WATER SPORTS CONTACT INFORMATION
Blue Lagoon Water Sports Club
Soi Najomtien 14
Najomtien, Sattahip
, Chonburi, 20150, Thailand
+66 81862 9958 for Thai and German
+66 8521 36731 for English
+66 3823 3276 for general enquiries
Email:
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Web: www.iwindsurf.asia
For detailed directions in Thai and English, please visit:
http://www.iwindsurf.asia/index.php/location-windsurfing-thailand.html
Amara Water Sports does not export to countries that have active Dealers, however we can deliver to the airport if you or a friend are passing through Bangkok Thailand.
Windsurfing Boards are ordered by the 10th of each month and are ready for delivery about 9 weeks later. Starboard Thailand Boards are manufactured right here in Thailand at the Cobra Factory - please note Cobra do not sell direct