quote:
Originally posted by hooray
Date:24.06.2007
GPS Display Maximum Speed:21.87
Conditions:8-12knots @ Manly Qld
Equipment: F2 SX 130, North 8.5 R Type,43 select speed
Details about Self: 58yrs young,175cm,74kg,3yrs exp
Comments:The sun was out so only needed a short wet suite.Sailed with a couple of kiters who only had boardies on.A nice easy sail for my first post so I can only improve from here.
Date:28-06-2007
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 33.72
Conditions:10-18 knots SW-S-SE,gusty swinging breeze .
Location:Lake Bonney
Equipment:Fanatic Falcon 91-RS6 6.2m Vector EX 30cm fin
Details about Self: 42,180cm,100kg
Comments:Great to get two days of sailing in a row,makes it easier to get tuned in,the lake is bloody cold,tomorrow looks like it will be blowing finally some wind
Date:30-06-2007
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 30.3 knots
Conditions:10-20 knots W, a bit gusty at times.
Location: Foreskin, I mean Foreshore drive Botany Bay
Equipment: Fanatic Falcon 90, 5.7 Pryde MPR, 34cm fin
Details about Self: 39, 20 years experience
Comments: Still getting used to the new board but it certainly feels a lot more effortless to sail at higher speeds than my old board. Can't wait to get myself some better sails now to really push it further.
GO Burrum heads mob !!!
quote:
Originally posted by hooray
Date:24.06.2007
GPS Display Maximum Speed:21.87
Conditions:8-12knots @ Manly Qld
Equipment: F2 SX 130, North 8.5 R Type,43 select speed
Details about Self: 58yrs young,175cm,74kg,3yrs exp
Comments:The sun was out so only needed a short wet suite.Sailed with a couple of kiters who only had boardies on.A nice easy sail for my first post so I can only improve from here.
Date:30-6-07
GPS Display Maximum Speed:36...
Conditions:smooth to short sharp chop
Equipment:Starboard KidsProS,Koncept 5.8,KA fin
Details about Self:
Comments:Early start to get the low tide and wanted to see how much distance i could get in a day.The wind was a bit up and down and moving west to s/w.In the end ran out of wind,was hoping to do 200.Nice to sail twice in a month,been a slow start for wind.Have to wait for my hand to heal before i try again
Date:01-07-2007
GPS Display Maximum Speed:35.3 knots
Conditions:Started at 18 knots finished gusting to 49knots
Location:
Equipment:
F2 SX M, NP RS4 6.2m, JP G10 Slalom 32cm
Windtech Prolite 900, NP RS4 6.2m, Elmo weed G10JP32 23cm
F2 SX XS, NP Supersonic 4.9m, JP G10 Slalom 30cm
Details about Self: 43, 185cm, 88kg, 6 years
Comments: Was good for a couple of hours, especially when the wind picked up it was great.
It all turned pear shaped when the front started coming through and the wind went ballistic.
Had my bum fairly well kicked by the conditions.
Date:29-06-2007
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 24.85knts
Conditions: 16knts gusty westerlies @ Burrum Heads Qld
Equipment: F2 SX L, Naish 7m Stealth, 43 select speed
Details about Self: 58,175,75,3.
Comments: Sailed at beautiful Burrum Heads with 55yr old mate with same board as mine but with 7.3m North Daytona. He hit 29 knts on small chop with 1klm runs between sand bars. Iam improving.
Date:01-07-2007
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 20.82 knots
Conditions:14 to 26 knots WNW Smash and bash with gust to 30+.
Location: Lucky Bay Melville
Equipment: NP X-Cite 130, 4.7 North
Details about Self: 55, started last year
Comments: What a session
spent more time in the water than on it
came home absolutely tin fruited. Got muscle soreness in muscles I didn't know I had
Should have used small JP board, but didnt take it
Date:07-07-2007
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 22.34 knots
Conditions:8 to 16 knots.
Location: Novara
Equipment: Thommen1 Fast X, 6.3m NP
Details about Self: Female, 53yrs, 68kg, 10 years
Comments: Another PB love the Thommen1 Fast X, got 4 new PB's on the Challenge Website.
Date: 19/07/07
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 24.7 knots
Conditions: 8-16 knots, gusty, 30 cm chop
Equipment: Kinetic 77, 42cm fin, gun mega xs 6.8m
Details about Self: 28, 94kgs
Comments: First time out after knee problems, felt good, had trouble finding the wind so relatively pleased with the speed..
20/7/07
Stupidly went out in 25-35 knots with big chop on a 5.8 and did one run across the bay and back before realising it was all too big and packed up and went back to work. Still did a 27.9 unhooked cause I was too scared of getting catapulted.
Even worse was when I was rigging up and a gust launched my rig ACROSS the road, glanced off a telegraph pole and came to rest on a grassy park. No damage thankfully. Basically a sign telling me to get back to work and stop bludging!!
Date: 20-07-07
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 27.41
Conditions: 15>20, rough open ocean
Equipment: Same
Details about Self: Same
Comments: I'm back on the water 
Date: 21-07-07
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 26.74
Conditions: poop, about 15 knots, coastal off shore
Equipment: same
Details about Self: same but down to 80 Kg
Comments: Bl**dy cold in just boardies
quote:
Originally posted by firiebob
Comments: Bl**dy cold in just boardies
Not funny Wineman, I ain't used to it
Blew a couple of jybes and lost my n*ts, had to get out to find em
Up here no need for a wetty, till this year, might have to get one of those blastshields from Wind Warrior 
First Starboard Gemini Tandem session with Mat
Date:05-08-07
GPS Display Maximum Speed:26.4, 10 sec 25.9, 100m 26.03, 250m 24.31, 500m 23.29. 5 x 10 24.52. I must work out the alpha.... :-)
Conditions:15-20kts
Equipment:'08 Gemini, 56cm Go Drake fin, KA Koncept 5.8's - 2006 front, 2007 rear.
Details about Self: Mat and I have a combined age of 89 yrs. Combined weight of 146 kilos and height of 350cm.
Comments:Great session, Very easy to ride, especially compared with the speed tandem. Balance downwind was difficult. Upwind with CB down was good. We gybed it all runs except the first and did not fall off!
Hopefully some pics to come soon.
I have finally extracted an Alpha speed from the Tandem session. The problem was that the turning circle was so wide that I had to increase the proximity circle to 100m to get a result!
Screen shot in the photo section.
Gemini Tandem Alpha: 500m = 15.35 kts. 1000m = 15.8 kts
I am sure that on these runs the board planed right through the gybe. The minimum speeds are 6.5 and 7.5 knots!!
Date:9-08-2007
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 35.99
Conditions:12-18knts
Location:Lake Bonney,Barmera s.a
Equipment:Falcon Fanatic 91-RS6-5.8m
Details about Self:Male-100kg-43yrs old
Comments:After reading a post by Martin.V.M with regards to using a smaller size sail for getting better top end speed i tried it out.
Rigged my 5.8m on the falcon 91 in 12- 18 knots i managed a peak of 35.99knots,the combination felt great.The smaller sail is the way to go
Date:11-08-2007
GPS Display Maximum Speed:34.37
Conditions:12-18knots
Location:Lake Bonney,Barmera s.a
Equipment:Fanatic Falcon 91-RS6-5.8m Vector Ex 30cm
Details about Self:Male-100kg-43yrs old
Comments:Tried the smaller sail again and the first time wasn't a one off.Could have gone faster but the wind was abit more square on our speed run at the north end of Lake bonney.This spot will produce 40+ knot speeds once we get the wind it's approx 1.5km long on the western bank of the lake and works in sw/w/nw wind directions chop down the course is approx 10cm high, but it is gusty and you have to hook into a good gust to run the total 1.5km.
Date: 13 / 8 / 07
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 24.5knts
Conditions:16 - 20, crap chop all over the show, big waves, flat spots, everything...Back Corner going downwind with kite
Equipment: Marstrom Tornado Catamran 2000 model
Details about Self: 16 yrs old, 69.8 kgs about 180 tall, sailed T's for about 18 months now, Male
Comments: Not a Windsurfer i know but i went out on my board afterwards and got a top speed of 18 knots...Then died, i've been windsurfing for only 4 weeks and was on my new board this guy gave me for free with an 8 m gastra sail. Board is a mistral 145 Table Top...My first time proper planing
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Date: 14/09/07
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 37.6 knots (2sec 38.2 Finally cracked 70km/h yeehar!!))
Conditions: 20 to 30 kt WSW
Equipment: Thommen RS 59, Fin Lessacher 24cm 60 degree weed,
Sail: 5.4 Gaastra Flow F1
Self: Age 47, 90kg, 180cm, 23 years exp
Comments: PB thought I'd post it, feeling pretty chuffed with self, The difference was the T1 RS 59, this board rocks, will say more in Gear Review section.
Date:17th Sept 07
GPS Display Maximum Speed:23.3 Knots
Conditions:Mackay (North Wall) 18 - 20 Knots, plenty of chop and small swell
Equipment: Bic Techno 152 / 7.4m NP Supersonic
Details about Self: 38 yo male, 85kg, 23 yrs practicing
Comments: First go with the GPS, thanks for the Aquapac recommendations guys, got a huge catapult on the first run and it came out unscathed. Was expecting 10-15knots wind so the gear was a bit oversize for the day.
Date: 27/09/07
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 35.1 knots
Conditions: 10-18 knots -flat water
Equipment:,Fanatic Falcon 91,30cm Vector EX
Sail:RS6-6.2m
Comments:Only sailed 28km total, hooked onto some good gusts and went way off the wind in flat water 5-10cm ripples.Suprised to get a 32.4 10sec average should have stayed out longer to get the average higher.
Date:sept.28, 07
GPS Display Maximum Speed:25.6kts
Conditions:11-16kts; choppy and a bit wavy
Equipment:kinetic gladiator 95, 34cm kinetic fin
sail: v8 np 6.6
Comments: 34 fin was surely a drag, bouncing in chop to and from but still fun..it was first sail on barefeet, left booties so i had to constantly tighten or loosen footstraps...
Date:Sept. 30, 07'
GPS Display Maximum Speed:26.3kts
Conditions: 12-17kts. gusts to 22
Equipment: mistral flow 266 95l
sail, fin: 6.0 v8 with modified top no shear tip, unknown fintrend 32.5
Comments: washing mashine conditions and frigid cold for tropics started at 8:30 am and lots of bamboo poles awashed and was trying to keep a good look 50mtrs. ahead just in case...
Date:3-10-07
GPS Display Maximum Speed:42.7
Conditions:3 ft pressure waves on the run in,flat in the middle and wave jumping 1 ft swell at the end
Equipment:Home built speedboard,5mt Koncept06, TM45 V6
Details about Self:
Comments:Crazy fun day,Ran out of Sandbank and energy.The runs at the end were just getting faster and faster.Just getting tooo crazy.The last run was a 41.5 peak in swell.If only the tide had been a bit latter.
