I was out last weekend. It was cold. Really cold. But great nonetheless.
Had my GPS on for the session and came back in with some pretty good speeds recorded.
I was a bit surprised actually. Left me wondering, does water temperature have any impact on speed?
Anyone have any thoughts?
Yeah the water is a lot more dense when it is cold, I often struggle to crack 45kn between June and Sept.
Select to expand quoteMark _australia said...
Yeah the water is a lot more dense when it is cold, I often struggle to crack 45kn between June and Sept.
I also find my body freezes into position, this seems to increase my endurance, and ability to hold that perfect "speed" stance.
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Mark _australia said...
Yeah the water is a lot more dense when it is cold, I often struggle to crack 45kn between June and Sept.
I also find my body freezes into position, this seems to increase my endurance, and ability to hold that perfect "speed" stance.
Pity that hasn't helped me yet..
I don't know about the water but cold wind has a lot more oomph than warm air. Pity about that!
I am no way expert, but read an article about this before
boardsurfr.blogspot.com/2011/01/dense-air-and-pumping.html
The kinematic viscosity is more relevant and varies more on the salinity as well.
Select to expand quoteyoyo said..
The kinematic viscosity is more relevant and varies more on the salinity as well.
what does that mean to the layman?
Select to expand quoteSputnik11 said..yoyo said..
The kinematic viscosity is more relevant and varies more on the salinity as well.
what does that mean to the layman?
It means that the waterstart francticality is inversely proportional to the immersion fluid temperature
im not sure how it affects my speed but my gybes improve proportionally to how cold the water is
