You definitely had the bay dialled today.

Wow brilliant Slowone

smoking speeds Slowie in WA

Great numbers guys!

You'll sleep better tonight!

Great speeds, Recycle looks like you made the right choice. Plenty of wind at Wallyworld but the tide never dropped enough.

As usual superlatives are insufficient, Mr Boat. I am humbled. You even beat me for distance no wonder you were cramping

hell that's fast (both of you) and far .... well done.

though you might be down there today gearies was a handfull on 4.2. some on 3.7's.

what board were you on

WooHoo Mr Boat your da man, congrats Chris awesome numbers and great tale mate 

Nice numbers Slowie, there's no way you will be allowed to use the new dunny at Melville

Fantastic speeds, well done guys.  Amazing to be getting those speeds and to not be on a speed course!

as per usual chris you acheive speeds the rest of us mere mortals can only dream of. and on the open ocean too

some pics by Cheryl ..

Snides on the 'run' slowy heading back upwind.

Darryl (5.6 plus weight!)

the boys -Darryl,John and Sam

massive respect to you all thats nuts

Awesome Chris, SB record ever, I love the spagetti bowl .  Great job all, I enjoyed watching you guys  it looked good from the shore ...

thanks guys. Still buzzing...

Thanks for posting the pics Cheryl . The pic of Darryl gives a pretty good idea of how flat the outer weed bank was getting in the best parts. There were only small patches of flattish water like that, the rest of the time there was wind chop and swell breaking over the bank. If the storm surge was lower it would have been unreal, but the water level stayed up all day. My best speed there was a 43.8 max and 42 10 sec on another run.

There is a sand bar which has moved from the GE pic- I think its pretty obvious where it should be from the track overlay. The fastest 2 runs were heading south behind the sandbar (which at the time was quite tight angle) then slingshotting out into bay. It seemed to pressurise on the point. When the wind went back more to the west it was too broad along the last part of the bar to slingshot off without having to smash through some horrible sharp cross chop which was pretty dangerous, and the wind wasnt so intense there any more- it was more gusty. And there was the seaweed soup concentrate which required plenty of chop hops to clear it on approach to the outer bank when the pond run didnt fire (the backup plan).

Troppo, I was on the old green 46 from last year. New ones arent here yet.

Nelson, not only do they need to install much bigger piping, they need to allow more than half a square of paper out of the dispenser per sitting...

Respect doing these speeds in conditions as on the pic of Darryl!

Awesome numbers SRM!!

Amazed at how you get away with such a small fin in that stuff Slowie!!

Just one word....EPIC!

Gnarly stuff indeed. The chatter and pounding must be intense through the board and lower limbs?

Grats Slowie on showing us how it can be done and to those other sailors out there to:-) An inspiration

You're the fastest dunny plugger in the west Chris, suprised you needed to go...those speeds would scare the crap out of most people!

he didnt break the toilet at SB again did he?

yes

oh man, is this the way you "normally" exhibit your engineering critique? ... by taking a colossal crap on it?!? i bet you have been banned from a few museums

the safety bay dunny is no museum piece... But the contractor clearly specified the wrong gauge of pipe for western loads. It reminds me of a holiday in Thailand where we had to call a plumber to the chalet to fix a similar problem. I have the photo of the poor bastard to prove it

Great numbers guys, sounds like a great day!

 Hey Slowie, I work for Kleenex maybe I should talk to them about some sponsership for you.

Jac, the pic of snides is right in the best part of the run. You can see the small waves rolling over the bank (which was about 0.7 to 1m deep) gave some patches of smoother water but you had to hunt for them. The nature of the chop was quite spaced a lot of the time, with some troughs, so it was possible to go fast. It was quite gusty too, mostly 18-25kts with regular short gusts over 30. My best run on the weed bank was the only one where I had a solid gust for more than a couple of seconds. I could have done with more wind, but that would have just made the chop worse. The waves wrap around the weed bank so you have nowhere to go but over them, so it can be quite an interesting experience staying in control at full speed- especially when you fly out of a gust into a big lull and chop- very entertaining. The chop on the outside of the bank where you finish the short run is very much like sailing back upwind at Fuerte (you can remember that stuff surely), but with a bigger swell component. Quite tricky to gybe in with a speed board.

The pond is the inside of the sand bar, which has a lot of curve on it now. Its too short to be useful for anything but straight SW wind. As soon as the wind gets more west in it the runout is too broad and choppy so you have to sail away from the bank. Also the wind switches off where you want more. At the right angle the slingshot run is perfect for a couple of seconds until you hit the cross chop from the other side of the bar (at full speed). At that wind direction, for some reason the wind pressurises at the end where you need it for the slingshot. Thats where I got my fastest runs. Crazy accelleration for a few seconds in proper flat water. Wicked adrenaline rush. Different to the weed bank which is a more steady buildup to speed, ultimately limited by the chop (and wind).

With a bit lower tide and more south in the wind, the weed bank will be much faster if we ever get the wind to line up. In that direction the run is a little longer. In summer we could get some seabreezes with 30kts in the gusts. I have a mission to show its the fastest water in western australia. The fastest spot so far is only 6 minutes from my house, but its horribly gusty and tedious, and takes a special day to pull the bigger numbers. Safety bay is on open ocean, full of white pointers, and nice clean water. With a solid seabreeze and low tide (without too much teabag pollution) it will be on. But like yesterday, I cant see the speeds being "amazing" compared to more friendly speed runs around the world. Still a whole lot of fun and a great challenge to try to go fast here.

Could be a repeat on Wed... maybe not so windy though.

Is the phantom sh*tter going to strike again

The master of speed, the master of shit, legend  Sorry mate 

Thanks for the photos Cheryl, would be amazing speeds in flat water but wow, I'm going to have to find a new excuse