Patent ID: 7108572

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a sailboard having a front and a rear, said sailboard having a top surface suitable for receiving human feet thereon and a bottom surface suitable for contacting a surface of a body of water; a pair of skegs extending downwardly from said bottom surface generally adjacent said rear of said sailboard, said pair of skegs extending in a vertical orientation and parallel to a centerline of said sailboard, said pair of skegs having a distance therebetween that is equal to or greater than a span of said pair of skegs, said rear of said sailboard having a width greater than a average span of said pair of skegs; and a retractable fin positioned adjacent said rear of said sailboard, said retractable fin being mounted so as to move between a first position generally perpendicular to said sailboard and a second position aligned with said sailboard, said retractable fin retracted to a position extending outwardly of said rear of said sailboard when retracted to said second position.