Well done on the pb Tom and Geoff you should have came down to Port Sorell and had a go on the sandbar. Yet to hear how the big boys (and juniors) went at Henty

Sounds like a great day guys, some quick speeds there! In Melbourne at the moment so a shame to miss the first big blow for ages but hopefully the bombers get up tomorrow and it will be alright:)

You missed a good day Jordan, I just got off the ph to the Henty boys so watch this space.

oh im nervouse just reading this

WEll done on the PB's Paul & Tom!!!!!!!!!!!

nice pb's Bear. makes the long drive worth while....

Well done Izaak nice pb's...

Brilliant numbers there guys, well done to everyone who got a pb. Glad to see you got some wind at last, it seems ages since I have seen you get a good day.

I look forward to seeing what you can do with the new kit Izaak. I hope you are not becalmed in the same way we are at present. What do you weigh Izaak? As a relative lightweight (70kg) I find it interesting to see what works well for lighter sailors!

SEnsational to everyone, but a special mention for the Junior IZAAC SENSATIONAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was hoping we would see the big 4 0 Stew, im sure it's not to far off!!!

Well done on all the PBs, guys!

Real team effort.

Wow..Henty must be an awesome place...dont think I'll get the Kombi in there though. Congrats guys on the great numbers and PB's

hi events,

i weigh 65kg and i am pretty efficient in light winds on my 6.3 from 13-23 knots then after that i would probably change down to 5.5 to go from winds 23-30,then after that its 4.7 30+ knots wind.i think for me it comes down to what board i have under my feet in what wind there is,if i went on the 6.3 and speed board i can hold on to it in a bit more wind and so on.yesterday it was not that windy only 25-28 and was not quite powered up on the 5.0 so really should of rigged 5.5 if i had it, but had 5.8,this would of been a better choice and i think i could of pushed high 38's maybe low 39's.but too lazy.i was not too fussed it was just good to get a pb and a sail.40 is possible for me its just a matter of what location,and more wind.another thing i found out was the smaller fin will give me a bigger wind range.

well done team great numbers,

thanks guys

Spot looks the goods! well done guys

Not bad speed for a lazy effort, Izaak! 

Excellent speed, Dave. So close to 40 average!

Wish we had some wind

you do get stuffed pretty quick having to walk 600m back and when i started to cramp even worse.

Dave Moorehead You're a STAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Makes the 10 hours return trip worthwhile Dave and I forgot your 7 hrs Bear.

Congrats to all the PBers

0.04 in front of Perks, amazing. Looks like you 2 guys are in a great battle for the top 2 sec in Tassie. Fantastic top speeds considering it wasnt super windy. I am chomping at the bit to get to Henty, it drives me crazy every time you guys get up there with out me. Izaak, you are right if it keeps getting longer it might be the place for NM. This Wed is looking really windy.

congrats to everyone who got a PB awsome job

Way to go Dave!!! Is 50 a possibilty at Henty?!!

Well done on all the PBs  guys!!!!!!,   We are becalmed as well. Whats with the weather???

yesterday is was hard sand so getting in was easy as,it was not a problem.

more pics here,

http://www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=65291

wow pb central well done guys

well done to all the boys that sailed at port sorell, a great day for PB s ,dave you bugger 0.04

Well done on PB S. and 40 plus Perks and Dave.. great sailing by the Team.

Woo hoo Bee Pee"s everywhere congrats to all

Yeah, sorry about that Perks!!  At least first to 42 is still up for grabs!!  I reckon just about any speed is possible at this spot now.  The run is long, the angle yesterday was great and it's just a matter of getting that wind strength up.  When I tried my 5.6 at the end of the day, it felt pretty small compared with the 6.5 I'd been sailing all day, but I still managed runs of 38 and 39 knots very effortlessly in the flat water at the perfect angle. 

I must say, it is the guys who have gone before, reaching 45 and now 50 knots, that give one confidence that nothing (necessarily) is going to suddenly happen if you go over a certain speed (such as cataclysmic wipeout).  I must also say Henty would have to be the most easy speed sailing spot to sail with the shore on either side so close and being able to now park right next to the luanch area and to rig on grass!! 

Absolutely bloody awesome guys, well done 

Well done Izaak, 40's coming mate  You're making it hard for us old fellas now  It's good to see a retailer (SHQ) supporting you 

Fabulous effort guys.  Izaak, you've got it all ahead of you to match it with the big boys.  Sounds like a great spot (will GE it for a squiz)  I gather this is it ???(nm line indicated)

GE is not up to date it is way out from it now,dave might be able to show his tracks with how the channel looks now

Sausage, no that's not it, that's Little Henty.  It has potential, but even harder (almost impossible) to get to!!! 

Henty is just south of Little Henty!!  Here are my tracks.  You can see the edge of the speed run from where we were walking back up the course.  My best 10 sec runs were all a bit past half way down the run.  The run also continues further, but it was too shallow.  Even as it was when we were finishing the run ot was less than knee deep.  However, interestingly the 'tide' or what ever it is had the water level rise about 20 cm I reckon, making it much safer and a better run near the end of the day than when we got their in the morning.  I'll post another GE image in a minute that will get people thinking ...

OK, these two images show how long this run used to be - 4 kms!!!  The second image shows in close up where the river used to enter the sea!! 

Great stuff team! Heaps of PB's. 

superb sessions guys congrats on all the pb's

well done guys and a great spot , keep the speeds happening...

Huge effort MEN-big congratulations on the PBs -you've snuck in front on the 5x10 Dave !!

Wow!!Top stuff guys.

well done Dave on your pb's... 0.04 in front of the champ!!!

one of you blokes is just going to have to crack 42 kts to sort it out...

echoing Hardies comments, congrats to all on your pb's but a special congrats to Izaak. I can't wait till a few years time mate when I can say I sailed with a world record holder....as I am sure it will come one day. Keep eating ya Weet Bix buddy

Dave,

You reckon anyone would notice if you took a big excavator in there and dug out an extra 2 km long channel.  Shit does anyone actually live within 200km of this place

Get Gunns to sponsor the  team - they seem to be able to move mountains literally (a little speed strip should be child's play). 

PS - does it get cold down there?

It gets very cold!!!  Winter wetsuit (4/3) that day!!  First time it hasn't hailed while sailing there, got some good downpours though.  Wednesday's forecast is looking quite a bit better than Saturday's (windier), but I don't reckon anyone will make it back down there again so soon.  Be good to plan to stay there for a few days or a week!!  There are other areas that can be sailed in Macquarie Harbour on different directions.

Looks like we were tied together down the speed run Jason Pity we are not at Henty on Wed forecast 30 to 40 kts ideal direction

Great to see so many PBs! Well done Tasmaniacs!! And congrats on the SHQ sponsorship Izaak! I am sure that you won't disappoint them. Looks like a great spot at Henty - one day I'd love to do a road (and boat) trip there.

Great speeds, happy days! Well done guys and sounds like a great adventure too.