last week on the river, seabreeze dropped from 15/18 knots to 12/14 SW according
to graph around 5.30pm.
i stopped planing on my 6.7m code red + f2 110 litre,swapped the 6.7m over to my
superlight 7.5kg 150 litre fanatic[75 wide]and sailed for another half hour,not
falling off plane once.
a very large + light board, can make a huge difference to planing threshold.
interestingly i tried another fanatic 150 litre with much larger fin, but around 1kg
heavier than mine the same day and i could hardly get going.
little downhaul + max negative outhaul are essential.
article in starboard forum from german magazine, longer formula style boards plane
quicker than the shorter version.
Date:.............12/09/2010
Boards:...........JP Super Light 154, JP 52cm pointer
Sails:............ NP 7.8
Wind speed:....<12 knots
2 Sec:............19.8 knots
5x10 Sec........16.87
1 Hour............(Did not get that far :-( )
Alpha 500.......11.85
Glassy flat Melville beech, 4:19pm-4:57pm.
Love the board.
Date:.............7 Aug 2010
Board:...........JP SUP 11'8"
Sails:............ NP 2005 Search 4.5
Wind speed:....10-12 knots
2 Sec:............7.353
5x10 Sec........5.514
Alpha 500.......4.806
Venue............Shoalwater
First and only sailing session on the SUP so far should have rigged bigger
Date:.............Friday 24th Sep 2010
Board:...........JP Superlight Wind 154
Sails:............ NP 8.5 hellium
Wind speed:....<12 knots
2 Sec:............19.4
5x10 Sec........17.42
Alpha 500.......12.43
Venue............Sanctuary point
The Points a lot further out to sea and gets stronger wind then Sanctuary point, It would have been 12 knots at the most. This is the only graph that is close.
i think this is my pb on my light wind gear - i didnt have a 12.0 at the time...
Date:.............8th August 2009
Board:...........Starboard 161
Sails:............ NP RS Racing 10.7
Wind speed:....10-15knots
2 Sec:............27.85
5x10 Sec........25.34
Alpha 500.......15.8
Venue........... Botany - not on the runway / speed strip..
my best sessions have been on this setup, you dont want to blink when you get a formula board lit up
Might be disqualified for not being over 130l but, this is probably my most efficient session not including formula gear:
gpsteamchallenge.com.au/sailor_session/show?date=2008-10-10&team=5
Kyeemagh, 15 knots easterly, 18 knot gusts, lots of holes.
Loft O2 7.4, Starboard S-Type 126, 40cm Curtis fin
2s peak 29.442
5x10 s 26.405
1hr 15.545
alpha 18.468
nm 22.895
dist 56.17
Date:.............25-09-2010
Boards:..........131 falcon
Sails:............Loft Blade 7.7m
Wind speed:....gusts 17knts
2 Sec:............31.09knts
5x10 Sec........29knts
1 Hour............17.81
Alpha 500........21.23
Distance..........50.2km
Lake Bonney, Barmera i have done 34.94knts on the 131 but breeze was pushing around 25knts
Date:.............15/09/2010
Boards:...........JP SLW 154L
Sails:............ NP RS6 7.8m
Wind speed:....10-19knots
2 Sec:............25.916knots
5x10 Sec........24.427
Alpha 500.......18.755
That looks suspiciously like gloating.
Oh yeah baby
Any day sailing is a good day
Any day sailing where you don't have to chug or swim even better still
Fair call.
Weirdly, despite all the water, I've not really seen a good flat water/light wind spot here on the GC where you could safely fire up one of the monster fins these things run.
Broadwater is too shallow and sand-banky and off-shore is too bumpy. Not impossible, I know, but not inviting either. The Train is probably OK, but tidal.
Probably gonna gets howled at for being wrong again.
I have yet to use the OEM fin, way to much snot in the water, been using (shock horror gasp) 50cm Leading edge formula weedy
Date: 28 09 10
boards: 135l rocket
sails: 8.2m H2
wind speed: 12 to 14kts
2 sec: 20.56
5x10 sec: 13.60
Alpha 500: 8.28
Very pleasant sail this morning with the dolphins
Date:.............29/09/2010
Boards:...........JP SLW 154L
Sails:............ NP RS6 7.8m
Wind speed:....10-17knots
2 Sec:............26.237knots
5x10 Sec........24.039
Alpha 500.......16.639
9 sessions this month, mostly on light wind kit
Smug mode engaged
Nice one elmo-very jealous! i have nothing to report- no numbers can save me if I cant get TOW!
Date:.............2 Oct 2010
Board:...........StarB Hypersonic 105
Sails:............ Arrows 9m
Wind speed:....8-15 knots
2 Sec:............22.88
5x10 Sec........18.02
Alpha 500.......11.86
Venue............Melville
Does anyone know how to get a screenshot of the weather for Geelong Airport (Victrian West Coast) for Tuesday 5 October? Only seems to store yesterdays not 7 days as per the metro. I have a session to post.
Date:.............07/10/2010
Boards:...........JP SLW 154L
Sails:............ NP Helium 8.5
Wind speed:....10-15knots
2 Sec:............22.2knots
5x10 Sec........20.52
Alpha 500.......13.39
Date:.............07/10/2010
Boards:...........Falcon 131
Sails:..............Loft Blade 7.7m
Wind speed:....10-17 knots
2 Sec:............32.84 knots
5x10 Sec.........30.45 knots
Alpha 500.........18.5 knots
Lake Bonney, lot of standing around waiting for the gusts but the water was super smooth got a full on high speed jibe but went to wide for an alpha
good fun
The observations are from Loxton, the weather station site is approx 25km away which is the closest one to us, the site is also slighty higher in elevation.
I borrowed my mates 7.2 Neil pryde rs last winter and used it with my jp excite 120 litre board and i was so amazed how much faster my board was in 10-15 knots. I normally use a 6.6 cam sail. I felt like i was doing the same speeds i normally do when the water is choppy and blowing 25-30 knots.. The power and speed of the sail just blew me away, was so amazed. I am prettty sure i was doing 30 knots or close to it. I love light wind speed sailing it can be alot of fun if you have the right gear. You dont need it to be blowing a gale every time you want to have fun speedsailing, thats so 1990s to think like that
Any one got a cheap 7.5 m cam sail for sale???
