has anyone tried it with gps.....
i've done it a few times on swan, sandypoint and lano... ...lano was best coz it was a big craypot boat, but he soon burnt me off.......no gps machine though
nice flat water, bit bubbly though....would it be cheating...could u break records?????
Got to be careful windy, some of those big wakes will hold you down worse than margarets if you fall off.
Interesting question thou, as long as you're not in aerated water, (You're more likely to spinout) riding the wave should give a boost.
And what's the cruising speed of crayboats?
Surprises me he burnt you off, unless you were pointing high?
Windy,
Wake sailing, chop blockers etc. were discussed on the GPS-SS forum some time ago. The ideas ranged from easy to evaluate to complete lunacy (entertaining). It seems that little can match a long sand/mud formation that drops into deep water with a strong steady wind at about 120deg. These factors produce a long strip of water with just a slight ripple, ie as good as it gets for speed.
SP also has an important feature, ie the curve, which forces the sailor to turn off the wind as the board accelerates, which maintains drive by altering the angle of attack as the increase in speed changes the apparent wind angle. This may seem a bit of mouthfull but some reasonably basic maths supports it and so do the results produced regularly at SP.
didn't actually mean the wave, just the flat stuff they leave behind....although a nice big fat swell off a aircraft carrier would be 
not sure about the wind shaddow....
decrepit ---- the big boats at lano can hammer, you'd have no chance, even speed freak Elmo 
