Date: 15/1/08 Safety Bay
GPS Display Maximum Speed:19.63 knots P.B. first time using a GPS
Conditions: 15 - 18 knots SSW
Equipment: Futura 133lt, loft 02 5.9, choco 40cm weeed
Details about Self: broken down old hack 56 Y.O. almost 2 years experience
Comments: Safety Bay is a fantastic place for windsurfing! first waterstart ever at Safety Bay as well
Date:26.01.08
GPS Display Maximum Speed:24.78
Conditions:18kn gusting to 25kn
Equipment: futura 101, np 6.0 v6
Details about Self: re-entered sport after 20yrs, sailing about 6mnths. 47yrs, 87kgs
Comments: 2nd sail after breaking leg @ hardies. Great day out. Everyone smiling
Date:30/1/08
GPS Maximum Speed: 30.02 knts
Conditions:15-20 knots sea breeze. Lake Macquarie
Equipment: 5.8m KA Koncept, 1995? F2 Sputnik
Comments: A bit more east than nor'east but still good to get over 30.
Date:28 - 01 - 08
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 23.7 kts
Conditions: fairly gusty SE about 20 -25 kts in river mouth at augusta
Equipment: 88 Litre Mistral Electron 5.8 Gaastra grind 26 cm FO free ride fin
Details about Self: 19 years old 72 kgs sailing for one year
Comments:Thought i was going faster but Gps said other wise
not too happy with results but its the first time out with the gps
MM m Must gGo FfFaaaaster!!!
Like Hardie said, you're doing really well!
One tip for going faster: Sail downwind. Like, really downwind. Like, keep turning downwind until you can't feel the wind anymore... then just a bit upwind of this is the correct angle. You'll probably find yourself hanging off the back of the board, straight front leg, bent back leg, and a wicked smile on your face 
My first attempt
Date: 27/1/08
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 21.9
Conditions: 12-15 knots, Lake George
Equipment: 6 metre sail, speed dunga (fixed but leaked)
Details about Self:
Comments: Distance travelled 21.86 nautical miles
That was about 5 runs to the end of the Lake and back - took 3 and a half hours.
Attempt 2
Date: 31/1/08
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 25.1 knots
Average 24.6 knots
Conditions:Sellicks 31/03:30pm - - - - - SE 50 59 knots27 32 - - -
31/03:00pm - - - - - SE 50 61 27 33 - - -
31/02:30pm - - - - - SE 50 59 27 32 - - -
31/02:00pm - - - - - SE 52 63 28 34
Really strong gusts, a few glassy holes
Very choppy
Equipment: 4.2 Gaastra Manic, Fanatic Cross cx90
Details about Self:
Same size sail as most of the boys
Comments: My second go, I'm starting to like this.
Date: 1/2/08
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 27.03 knots
average 26.98 knots
Conditions: south easterly, choppy, holes
01/05:30pm - - - - - SSE 41 48 22 26 knots - - -
01/05:00pm - - - - - SSE 39 50 21 27 - - -
01/04:30pm - - - - - SSE 39 50 21 27 - - -
01/04:00pm - - - - - SE 35 46 19 25 - - -
01/03:30pm - - - - - SE 35 44 19 24
Equipment: 5.3 gaastra manic wave
fanatic cross 90 litre
Details about Self: bulking up
Comments: The boys had the same size sail, so I was happy with my time
I was hoping for more easterly, damn, had to work in the morning when it would have been nice and flat.
Really? Serious? I just gotta figure out how to download to my pc. Do I need an sp card? I tried without one and just bought one but haven't used it yet.
I KNOW I've been faster on the morning easterlies before my gps.
Date:4 - 2 - 08
GPS Display Maximum Speed:25.3 KTS
Conditions:20 - 25 very patchy ESE'er sometimes i was sinking other times was blasting
Equipment:88L Mistral Electron 5.8 Gaastra Grind. 26 cm FO freeride fin
Details about Self:19yrs 75 kgs sailing for a year or so
Comments:wind was ridiculously patchy i even half packed up at one stage then it blew hard so i went back out.
i know i can go faster but im much happyer with the results this time out.
Date:15th 2nd 08
GPS Display Maximum Speed:26.6!
Conditions:gusty 18kts gusting to 23
Equipment:88 litre mistral electron 5.8 gaastra grind 26 cm FO fin
Details about Self: 19 yrs old sailing one year
Comments:best session in a looooong time
had a total moving time of 3hrs 11 mins and a final distance of 64.2 kms
im am so stoked right now
Date:15.02.08
GPS Display Maximum Speed:24.8 getting there
Conditions:15 - 18kn
Equipment: 136l np super sport - 6.0m v6
Details about Self: old, but addicted
Comments: found a few holes but board and sail combo kept me going through most. Need instant fitness pills
Just a tad embarasing but what the hell...
Date: 16/2/2008
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 16.38 Knots
Conditions: 12 - 15knots (gusty). Lake very weedy which made it difficult not having a weed fin.
Equipment: 5.8KA Kult / 155lt Go with Standard Fin
Details about Self: 44yrs old been sailing for 8 weeks
Comments: First time with GPS.. cant wait for 20 - 30 knot winds
Date: 16/2/2008
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 23.77
Conditions: Little inconsistent, took wind a long time to come in. All rigged big sails so wasn't that windy.
Equipment: 2004 7.0 Gaastra GTX, 2001 6.5 Neilpryde V8 (which is now destroyed after today and prity much a bin job), 2004 JP Freeride 158 and 2002 Naish Quatro 105.
Details about Self: Just 15 years old, about 65-70kg.
Comments: First time out with GPS, was prity happy with the time because it was not a fast day and no one there, even the fast blokes who have sailed for ages, went realy quick. Defently wasnt the slowest out there so i was happy. Not used to the new sopt, never been there before and was very different. Quite choppy to what i'm used to and directly horizontal to your board so quite difficult conditions to go fast in. Wasn't very much wind either hence me rigging up 6.5 and 7.0 even though i'm prity light.
Anyway good days sailing other than the fact i put a irepairable hole in my V8 and my dad put a HUGE dent in his JP board. Not really fast but happy for a first shot, and also considdering conditions.
Cheers
Bubs
Date: 20/2/2008
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 31.9
Conditions: Easterlies on the swan river gusty as per usual, about 20-25kn. low tide and chop was medium sized - couple of flat spots however.
Equipment: north shore slalom fin 30cm, Centurion 55 90L, RS6 - 6.2m
Details about Self: 21yo 188cm 74kg
Comments: Probably my third time out with the gt-11 and first time in goodish conditions. Had the river all to myself today so could really point and sheet without too much worry. I regretted going home for lunch but my legs were getting sore
GPS type : Navi GT-11
Average speed : 33.16 knots (34.0 33.7 33.1 32.9 32.1)
Max. GPS (display) : 35.8 knots
Max. 2 sec. (software) : 36.0 knots
100 m run : 34.9 knots
250 m run : 33.5 knots
500 m run : 31.5 knots
Nautical mile : 26.9 knots
Windspeed : 25 knots
Windgusts : 35 knots
the water disappeared at Goolwa today, leaving dry sand banks to sail behind, a bit like the easterly bank at SP. wind was very square, couple of friends out... should have been else where.... it was a great, short session !!
being my first post for the SA Gyby Turkeys .. thought i'd better put in a good Alpha : 23.193 !
Date:18/2/08
GPS Display Maximum Speed:29.7 knots
Conditions:choppy 23-28 knots (pelican point)
Equipment: 07, 63l jp radical wave, 4.5m severne radiator.......
Details about Self: 15yrs old , 2 years experience 65kgs and 2nd time with gps
Comments So close to 30 , i want to break it so bad !!! i think i would of this time but the huge chop was holding me back !
Date:2/3/08
GPS Display Maximum Speed:32.6 knots
Conditions:fluky 18-25 knots (Point Walter)
Equipment: 1993 Fanatic Mega Ray (100L), 7.0m Tushingham X15, 34" fin
Details about Self: 44yrs old , 99Kg
I could get into this!! need to look at better fitting , smaller fin. Great having my 12 yr old son join me taking turms with GPS...might need to buy another.
Date: 2/03/08
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 24.7knt
Conditions:fluky (especially in 50m flat zone), 18 to 25knt,Point Walter.
Equipment: Prokid S-Type (70L), 5.2 X15 ,26 drake fin
Details about Self: 55Kg, 160cm, 12 years old
Comments: First time speed sailing still like waves but river is easier to get to. Also the biggest swell in perth is ferry wake. Had to share GPS with Dad (Daddycool). Need another GPS because my fastest run was when dad had the GPS!
Date: 7-03-08
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 31.31 (PB)
Conditions: Very gusty, beach open water.
Equipment: 100L Gladiator, Loft 5.9 O2, 34cm FI fin.
Details about Self: Old B*stard.
Comments: First sail in weeks, first time with O2 sail and 2nd go with 34cm F1 fin.
Date: 08.03.08
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 26.26 knots
Conditions: 13 - 18 (guess) SE. 50 - 70 mm ripples
Equipment: JP freestyle 93 (03), Finworks 30 cm pointer
Sail: Ezzy SE 5.8
Self: Age 58, 70 kg, 170cm, 11 or 12 years sailing exp
Comments: Out at the speed strip at Viccy Point. Wind was a good direction for bearing off but the wind there seems a bit lighter than at Thomo's beach where I launched. I guess Macleay and Garden islands soak some of it up.
I should have rigged bigger but I'm not used to chasing speed, more into fun, and sailing over powered is for the most part a pain in the bum. But this bearing off in smooth water is different. It qualifies as fun. I must do some more. My immediate plan is to grow 20 cm taller, put on 30 kg n ... no. I'll clean up the fin a bit, stiffen the battens a bit and see what happens. (Cajones are adequate for these speeds)
Hey Notwal,
I've done 35 knots on my 5m Ezzy wavesail so speed sails aren't essential for going fast...
Rig big, lots of downhaul, bag the sail out. It feels like a big sack of potatoes but when you're going off the wind it's fast 
Also put your harness lines back further than you normally have them, you want to sail along with lots of front hand pressure. This helps to prevent spinout at speed, which can be quite frightening...
And join the challenge, you know you want to 
You're not fooling me in with your steenking lies nebbian. I know you are a dweebing geek n everyone knows they don't go fast.
Yesterday I went to the same place with the same gear and 5 to 8 more knots of wind and after applying your dubious tips I went SLOWER. You are a steenking lying geek and not to be trusted.
Actually, rudeness aside, I think I over did the downhaul. Ezzies don't like to be over-downhauled.
Yes I am a steenking dweeby geek but hey I've done 35 knots on my ezzy so ner ner ne ner ner.
Were you really bearing off? Like, not just sticking to the flat water near the bank but sailing stupidly broad?
I downhaul to the max recommended setting (crinkle goes all the way to the end of the swoosh) and put on about 2cm outhaul, your Ezzies might set a bit differently to mine though.
Basically take off outhaul until the sail feels really bad, CE wanders all over the place in gusts, and then you're in the zone. Sounds wrong but it works for me. But this only works when you're really bearing off...
It was a bit like that but none of that woosy stopping the crinkle at the swoosh business. This was macho downhaul. I took it all the way through to the luff. Outhaul was about 1 cm. I will try again with max recommended dh. That has always worked in the past. I think I will try and stiffen the battens though. Should be fairly easy. I'll let you know how it goes.
