Windsurfer with auxiliary propulsion equipment

A windsurfer comprising:

• an elongated floatable surfer body having an upper surface and an openable storage compartment which is constituted as a recess in said body;
• a mast securable to said upper surface;
• a boom secured to said mast;
• means engageable in water supporting said body for propelling said body in the water, said means being storable in said compartment;
• a daggerboard mountable on said body in a position projecting downwardly therefrom;
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• a removable lid arranged to close said recess and formed as a substantially flat plate having two side surfaces, one of said side surfaces of said plate being substantially flat whereas the other side surface is provided with a raised formation forming a seat which is raised above said other side surface, said plate being fitted over said recess in a windsurfing position in which said other side surface faces toward and said raised seat extends into said recess whereas said one flat surface faces upwardly so that it presents no hindrance to windsurfing, and in a riding position in which said flat one side surface faces toward said recess whereas said other surface and said raised seat face upwardly so that a user can sit on said raised seat.