Swan River Mob (WA, Australia) - 2012-01-30
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
Snides
32.32(D)
28.88(D)
12.35(D)
23.21(D)
22.87(D)
22.97(D)
Claude Lecoq
33.842(D)
30.52(D)
15.763(D)
22.356(D)
23.605(D)
52.206(D)
Chris Adamson
42.55(D)
41(D)
15.94(D)
23.4(D)
36.79 [PB](D)
65.24(D)
25
Slowboat
Tim Stockton
Craig Mann
Recycle
Sammy
Whitey
JC
Stringer
Isaac de Vries
Neil Daffen
Linds
Average38.2035.7615.8523.3130.2058.72
Snides (18313km):
4718 days ago

Pelican Point, WA, AU

memorable day i had a stack!!

was enjoying the easterly at peli when i hit an unidentified object which

felt suspiciously(?) like a brick wallYell the impact banged my upper arm

against the mast leaving me with an upper muscle bulge that would make arnie proud.

this was enough to end the session as i then limped (mandurah mob like) back to shoreCool

that was only after i had to relearn how to water startSurprised

fun short sess all the sameCool

wind was picking up as i limped back to shore..

xfire 105 v3/evo4 7.0/talon 34

 



Claude Lecoq (22230km):
4717 days ago

Nice session at Point Walter with a good Easterly and a great turn out for a week day, enjoyed some slalom practise with Jesper for a while.

IS 90, 7.0 ReflexIII, GW34.



Chris Adamson (11668km):
4717 days ago
2 categories

Nice little mission to Ado's Secret Spot #2.

Whoa - well I certainly scored crash of the day!!Surprised

Was cruising nicely along at 37 knots on JP45 /Warp 6.3 through a section of small tightly spaced chop, around 15-20cm and trying to keep my weight right off the board to fly over it. Somehow my front foot slipped completely out of the front strap (I may have pushed my "high boom" strategy too far this time). I have had the front foot out situation before and gone through the massive panic, but always managed to get it back in and take a few deep breaths.

Not this time - it stayed out and time began to slow...first the sense of horror!!!!!!!!, then then inevitable loss of all control...AAARRGGHHH...then the almighty SMASH!!!...then I'm in the air.....then another smash, a bounce and a roll and I'm fifteen metres away from the wreckage of my gear, covered in mud. First the sense of relief that my body is intact...Smile and then I see that my mast is broken...oops. I trudge back through the thigh deep sludge to discover that the boom is also snapped clean in two places. Ummm...what to do? Two km of deep mud and weed await. This is going to take a long time and the only thing that REALLY bothered me was that I was gonna miss two hours of sailing in blissful 25-30 knots and flat water!!  Aaarrgghhh!

The only way to progress was to lie on my back and try to pull myself along backwards in small steps with what little traction I could get in the mud. Chris Porter stopped to see whather e could help, but what could he do??

Anyway, I made it back to shore exhausted by 6pm and immediately grabbed my pre-rigged 5.2 to head back out for what was left. Conditions were still excellent so it was fun buzzing around with Sailquik, Kato and Spotty for another hour or so.

I thought I had nailed some nice NMs earlier, although I had pulled out of all of them early ( had 40 knots for 1000m!), and my alpha attempts were all too wide. The crash put an end to an hour attempt but all in all, it was still a great trip! Once nice PB, some good solid speeds in great conditions, and also had the pleasure of catching up with Chris Dimond, Hamma and Choco again, and meeting Kimba, David and Richard of SA Speed Demons.

Should be some great numbers from the others today as conditions would have been perfect, but I had to go...

 



Comments
Cheryl


WA
Australia
4718 days ago

Cement for tea tonight Snides!

Well done on beating the 14000 km barrier. Cool

Bender


WA
Australia
4718 days ago

Geezz that dosnt sound like fun.Cry

 It must suck getting on in years and getting to the stage where your skills start decliningCool. Make sure you get yourself checked outWink

Bender


WA
Australia
4718 days ago

just had steak for dinner, meduim rare. I'd cook quiche if you'd give me your  recipeCool

Troutty Trousers (AKA Fish Pants)


WA
Australia
4718 days ago

I saw the explosion and it looked like a quiche gone wrongSurprised

Snides


WA
Australia
4718 days ago

too right bent one- cement's not that tasty at the best of times still better than quiche! your food of choiceLaughing

Snides


WA
Australia
4718 days ago

from where you where trouty it probably looked like a pavlova collapsing!

Firiebob


QLD
Australia
4718 days ago

Bugger Snides Yell

Did the back end of your board fall off like Snags Undecided

Troutty Trousers (AKA Fish Pants)


WA
Australia
4718 days ago

Sorry real men don't eat quiche Tongue out I should of said bacon and egg pieLaughing

ray gun


WA
Australia
4718 days ago

Hope its not your drinking arm SnidesYell

Snides


WA
Australia
4718 days ago
Hello firey na still have the tail of the board Little bit puzzling there wasn't a scratch on the fin. Just a bruised arm... One of the problems from using short Harness lines...you tend to go 'down with the ship' More instead of being Thrown clear using long lines.
Snides


WA
Australia
4717 days ago
Nice work ado!!😃 Boy you missed it yesterday here in good ol wa it was epic 😒 as usual....
Firiebob


QLD
Australia
4717 days ago

Very nice speeds there Chris, congrats on the Pb mate Cool

lao shi


WA
Australia
4716 days ago

Smoking mile, Chris!Cool

Shame about the big off!

Tricky


SA
Australia
4716 days ago

Nice 0ty ChrisTongue out Pitty about the crash that was costlyMoney mouth, GR8 to chatch ya

Chris Adamson


WA
Australia
4716 days ago

Well Tricky you know what they say; if you don't crash you aren't trying hard enough!

I am a bit of a regular at crashing - not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing Undecided

Jimbob


SA
Australia
4716 days ago

Nice little mission to Ado's Secret Spot #2.

Wink Was my little lonely secret spot too but word got out.

missed seeing you as have been working 12 hour shifts.