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Elmo Cracks 40 knots!!!!!!!!!

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Created by hardie > 9 months ago, 27 Oct 2007
hardie
WA, 4129 posts
27 Oct 2007 2:28PM
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Well done Elmo on your PB and finally cracking 40 knots!!!!!!!!!!

There is a new king of Hardies Run, Long live the King!!!!!!!!

http://gpsteamchallenge.com.au/showsession.php?date=2007-10-27&team=2

40.297

nebbian
WA, 6277 posts
27 Oct 2007 2:32PM
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Congratulations Elmo, that is one super crankin' run!

snides8
WA, 1731 posts
27 Oct 2007 3:50PM
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well done Alby!!! great effort
i should of pulled my finger out and come down today instead of last sat
had to put up with the swan ocean instead
(p.s. just between you and me i think you may have out done slowy today!)

mineral1
WA, 4564 posts
27 Oct 2007 4:59PM
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Well done mate, a well deserved bench mark. Hasn't been easy gaining the level, so revel in the achievement.

vando
QLD, 3418 posts
27 Oct 2007 7:37PM
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congrats Elmo thats cranking mate.
also nice NM hardie looks like you guys had a fun day.
ta Vando

Bender
WA, 2235 posts
27 Oct 2007 5:57PM
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Great effort Elmo, on joining the 40knt club.


I GUTTERED AS ALL MY TRACKS ON MY GPS HAVE VANISHED SO I CAN NOT GET ANY DATA ONMY BEST EVER SPEED SESSION.I had a PB max dispay of 37.3knts.

aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In case you cannot tell i am pisssssssssseeedddd oooooffffffffff

decrepit
WA, 12767 posts
27 Oct 2007 6:39PM
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Big congrats Elmo, fantastic, think I'll remeber that grin of yours forever!!!

decrepit
WA, 12767 posts
27 Oct 2007 6:42PM
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Bender said...


I GUTTERED AS ALL MY TRACKS ON MY GPS HAVE VANISHED SO I CAN NOT GET ANY DATA ONMY BEST EVER SPEED SESSION.I had a PB max dispay of 37.3knts.


BUMMER, I wondered why you hadn't posted.

Maybe it was this computer that did it, can't see how, but Dot did mention something like that.

*&%^& computers!!!

firiebob
WA, 3172 posts
27 Oct 2007 6:46PM
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Good onya Elmo & Hardfella

A 40 max and a 30 Nm are special guys

Cheers,
Bob.

nebbian
WA, 6277 posts
27 Oct 2007 6:59PM
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Hey Bender, Use the data recorder (circular buffer) you can save back to the card from internal memory.

Your data shouldn't be lost...

Bender
WA, 2235 posts
27 Oct 2007 7:22PM
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nebbian said...

Hey Bender, Use the data recorder (circular buffer) you can save back to the card from internal memory.

Your data shouldn't be lost...


I think i will get our team computer buff onto it. Because that does not really mean much to me
EEEEEElllllllllllllllmmmmmmmmmooooooooo

Haggar
QLD, 1670 posts
27 Oct 2007 9:32PM
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Congrats Elmo and guys, liven the dream

decrepit
WA, 12767 posts
27 Oct 2007 7:48PM
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[b]Bender said.

I think i will get our team computer buff onto it. Because that does not really mean much to me
EEEEEElllllllllllllllmmmmmmmmmooooooooo


Unfortunately Ben, don't think that will help, Nebs is talking about the latest GT-11 firmware, don't think your Garmin has this feature, but still if any data is in there Elmo's your man.

sick_em_rex
NSW, 1600 posts
27 Oct 2007 9:57PM
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rock and roll Elmo, big congrats mate. I'm still wrapped when I crack 30 knots let alone the big four OOOO!

elmo
WA, 8868 posts
27 Oct 2007 8:00PM
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Big thanks Guys

Still smiling although the happy juice is starting to wear of and the pains now starting to kick in.

Hardies turned it on today it was absolutely awesome, even with the low tide, the huge floating weed clumps it was still a ball tearer run.

Just ask us how flat it was.... go on just ask

Really found the sweet spot on the JP, it was just gliding so smoooothly



I'm really feeling for Ben's Pain, From his 3rd or Forth run he was cracking PB's left right and center and not just by a little bit.
3 Runs with 36.7 peak as well as his best run of 37.3, he was on fire today

If anyone can come up with some hints for him about recovering data from a Garmin it would be much appreciated.

So there you go boys, Hardies is definitely a 40 run.

I can guess there will be a few Weedies being put together before the season really starts.

decrepit
WA, 12767 posts
27 Oct 2007 8:15PM
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elmo said...


I can guess there will be a few Weedies being put together before the season really starts.


And if you do don't mess around they need to be 45 deg, mine are only about 50deg (40deg of rake) and I was collecting weed when not flat out. And going thru a patch slowed me down enough that the next one wrapped armfulls of the stuff round the fin.

yoyo
WA, 1646 posts
27 Oct 2007 8:16PM
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How deep was the run Elmo?

Bender, it is probably a connection issue. Do you have a 101 or 201?

The inside of the stereo jack corrodes unless you have keep it lubricated since new. I hear the gold plated contacts on the 201 also wear then corrode.

Not sure how to fix that... Garmin a very good with warranties even if it's over time.

decrepit
WA, 12767 posts
27 Oct 2007 8:18PM
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About knee to waist

snides8
WA, 1731 posts
27 Oct 2007 9:12PM
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Ben, commiserations mate (thank god for spell check) that would of had me crying in my beer. i wouldn't give up though,follow yoyo's advise and also try a couple of other computers.
i would suggest you have a look at getting the navi at some stage as it has a function of recording to card as well as the on board memory. i am sure you are going to have many days of pb's to come at hardies over the next couple of months.

snides8
WA, 1731 posts
27 Oct 2007 9:15PM
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Hardie,
well done on the nautical mate that has put you right up the individual ladder and clear of the dreaded 30.8 doldrums

jp747
1553 posts
27 Oct 2007 9:25PM
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hep hep hooray!!elmo...keep on goin and goin and goin...

hardie
WA, 4129 posts
27 Oct 2007 9:27PM
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snides8 said...

Hardie,
well done on the nautical mate that has put you right up the individual ladder and clear of the dreaded 30.8 doldrums


Ta, Snidesy...... Was off the pace on the 2 sec stuff, so thought I would go for an NM, today felt a lot easier than the 30.87, coz the water was flatter, in fact it was almost perfect today, I'm sure you guys would have done PB's as well. At one level Hardie's is/was trecherous and dangerous, with large clumps of weed that you had to zigzag and dodge, but it was also what was keeping it extra flat, and as the tide kept getting lower the water flatter, but the limestone rocks came into play and the weedbanks were getting suicideal and less than knee deep in places. So the things that makes Hardie's so fast, potential make it very dangerous as well, so be bloody careful when you come down here. A minimum of 45 degree rake fin is essential, particularly when it's shallow and very very fast!!!!!

snides8
WA, 1731 posts
27 Oct 2007 9:34PM
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thanks for the tips Hardie, i have been getting quivered up in the weedy area over winter..think i have reboxed prob 6 or 7 foils some of which are average and some of which are pretty good.i have also reboxed some for some of my fellow srm mates..(shhh these are the average ones)
all at 45deg i might add cheers decrepit!

sailquik
VIC, 6165 posts
28 Oct 2007 1:28AM
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Bloody Well Done Elmo!!!
I know how hard it was to crack 40 even here at Sandy Point to start with, so to do it over there is a real credit to you. Welcome to the club!!!

thewillow
WA, 36 posts
28 Oct 2007 9:33AM
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fantastic effort elmo, guess the muscle fatigue will eventually drag the grin off your face.

slowboat
WA, 560 posts
29 Oct 2007 12:16AM
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well done mate! Thats an excellent effort to pull a 40 in WA.

elmo
WA, 8868 posts
29 Oct 2007 9:22AM
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Thanks Chris

I thought I might have got you there, but reality kicks in with a thud

Got me stuffed how you do it on that Motocross track you call the Swan Ocean, we had the course running smooth down here (better than the last session at LP) and I still couldn't nobble ya

One day we'll drag you kicking and screaming down to the weedy course.



Oh, and I do know how you do what you do and if I could do that my wettie would be full of doodoo

yoyo
WA, 1646 posts
29 Oct 2007 5:28PM
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Think of where you have come from Elmo? There are lot of people who have been sailing a lot longer than you and haven't got anywhere near your speeds and despite your german gybe comments, you're not too bad at those either.

What time the BBQ sunday?

MintoxGT
WA, 975 posts
30 Oct 2007 2:21PM
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Yo Mo,

Well done mate, 45 is next.........Cmorrrrrrrrrn you can do it!!!!!

GT

AUS1111
WA, 3621 posts
30 Oct 2007 4:09PM
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...and by the way Elmo, how long ago did you change your name from "Stefan"?

elmo
WA, 8868 posts
30 Oct 2007 6:49PM
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AUS1111 said...

...and by the way Elmo, how long ago did you change your name from "Stefan"?


Stefan?

I've been called
Albert, Bertie, Lurch, Goomba, Dickhead, Pillock, Smeghead just to name a few.

Stefan is a new one for me

Sorry Chris I think you've got me mistooken for someone else

Stefan you poor Basket



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