Swan River Mob (WA, Australia) - 2012-02-26
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
Recycle
32.99(D)
31.62(D)
16.54(D)
19.62(D)
30.41(D)
54.68(D)
Claude Lecoq
32.987(D)
31.402(D)
20.929(D)
21.046(D)
28.007(D)
66.806(D)
Chris Adamson
32.1(D)
30.82(D)
0(D)
19.38(D)
23.39(D)
25.06(D)
Slowboat
35.874(D)
33.558(D)
15.998(D)
23.677(D)
24.757(D)
44.095(D)
Stringer
31.077(D)
28.478(D)
7.97(D)
20.99(D)
24.865(D)
42.6(D)
25
Snides
Tim Stockton
Craig Mann
Sammy
Whitey
JC
Isaac de Vries
Neil Daffen
Linds
Average34.4332.5918.7322.3629.2160.74
Recycle (10709km):
4683 days ago
4 categories

Leighton Beach, with murray Ado Craig and Nic nice sea breeze for a change ,nicely powered on the 6.7,have been considering up dating sails but am terrified non will live up to let alone eclipse the trusty evo1 6.7might just have to wait till it self distructs and there is no choice

rsr6.7 iso86 tectonics f32



Claude Lecoq (22230km):
4683 days ago
3 categories

Pelican Pt, late start lots of traffic at Peli so sailed up river to Melville for a while and blast back Peli was fun,

best speeds at Peli with more consistant wind.

IS90, RIII 7.0, 34 GW.



Chris Adamson (11668km):
4683 days ago
1 categories

Leighton Beach, WA, AU

Had a fairly significant hangover today so it took some effort to remove myself from the couch and make my way gingerly to Leighton, where a nice juicy 20 knot seabreeze was blowing.

Good to see 6 or 7 blokes out and heaps of fun beiung had. Despite being well below my best, the adrenaline got flowing and there was the odd scary moment. Conditions were perfect for a 7.0 so it still amazes me more people don't sail in this magic spot instead of the scungy river. 

Norts was flying as usual so well done on another 30 knot NM - quite a feat of skill and bravery out there. Craig spilled some blood but took it well - I am quite sure it won't be the last time this happens so best get used to it.

Manta 59 / Warp 7.0 / Talon 32



Slowboat (25967km):
4682 days ago
3 categories

some wind at Melville! Used the 7.8m- not because it was too windy for the 8.6m, but because it was getting dusty and needed a wash.

Usual patchy conditions so started on the 82cm board with 47cm fin. That felt sweet. Was getting nicely lit in some of the gusts so I changed the fin down to 38cm as an experiment. It worked really well. Didnt feel too small with 7.8m. Then I got onto the 91 with an old 29cm carbon fin which was way too small most of the time on 7.8m. This fin is pretty sweet when its 5.5m weather. So I changed to my new 29cm fin design, and that was heaps better for bottom end. Had some nice runs on this when the bullets came through. Nice day of hunting bullets on the river. Almost a normal seabreeze!



Stringer (6817km):
4678 days ago

Pelican Point, WA, AU & Leighton



Comments
Tricky


SA
Australia
4682 days ago

Chris, Its all way's good to spread the pain all around the bodyUndecided Back home sailing now. nice numbers for the condition

Sausage


QLD
Australia
4682 days ago

Chris,

You ever going to produce your fins for us mere mortals?  Daylight comes second to those KA MacDougal<>Lockwood Slalom ones I have (30 & 37).

Slowboat


WA
Australia
4682 days ago

hahaha Cool short answer is yes. Lack of wind, and some distractions (other work) have slowed progress on the bigger sizes. Some speed fins getting made now. They are mil spec G10 machined by Curtis in the USA- not cheap chinese G10 that everyone else uses. 23 is practically identical to my old KA23 design. I also ordered some 26s for small slalom boards/big speed boards. Carbon slalom fins will be a few months away at this stage.

Sausage


QLD
Australia
4682 days ago

Thanks Slowboat - looking forward to some details on them.