http://gpsteamchallenge.com.au/showsession.php?date=2008-04-18&team=6
They're well out in front now, although I saw some of the manbra blobs packing up so their posts could change things slightly.
We're not going to affect things at the top, best we might do is go from 5th to 4th
Yes but at the cost of a broken boom each and one destroyed sail for Craig.
I need to find a solution for broken booms besides just buying new ones. This is the third one I have destroyed since October last year and all have been the same size, 162-222. Again almost nothing to salvage on this one, maybe the rear end....
Then again if I could avoid hitting the bottom with my fin at high speeds it would help..... a lot!
I am going to have to have a talk with Tom Chalko about his breakaway harness lines..... 
just a suggestion, sailquick, but perhaps try a MS boom or NP X9 (180-230or higher, for NP) They seem to be the best out there in terms of stiffness, and as far as I've heard/experienced, durability.
Andrew,
It puzzles me why something similar to a ski binding spring connection has not been designed for the boom head. Get Tom to work on that over the winter and he will make a killing selling them at the next speedweek in spring.
We have relinquished it!
This is an official SRM call to arms!
That spot just past the bottom end of the new railway line.
Today - late morning / early arvo.Dare I say it looks like it might be pretty good!. Probably better that I don't.
We need to work on distance, miles, alphas and hours.
Snides is leading the charge - packin his trailer as we speak!
Like jumping off a cliff, it's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop at the end
If your harness line breaks as you're above the boom then you'll be thrown clear, like a trebuchet. If it stays connected then you whip around and smack into whatever's below you -- sail or mast. That's my thinking anyway, could be wrong...
I had another look at Rob1 video of Antoine and Patrik's crashes on the canal. (Slow-mo at 3min mark)
Hmm, Hard to say what caused those dismounts.
I'll start a new thread about high speed crashes.......
