After 3 years of not working the danish weed spot finally delivers again and very early in the season. I am so excited for this year and hoping to break some speed records if we get proper wind here is a little video from the first session this year


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Ive got some fins for you Kasper

Nup, not the BEST gybe spot, but equal to it.

Our best gybers are trying for 30kt alphas at Lilacs, and are getting very close.
Woody's alpha was 29.384 which is 4th fastest in GPSTC

Here's a sample, but not the best, only a 27 something
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Nautical mile run and alpha
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I'm jealous! unfortunately our weed has disappeared, for Winter, hopefully it will be back in Spring.

Looks like you have a big area of flat, and the weed looks nice, not too draggy or abrasive.

I'm surprised there's only 2 of you enjoying it, are you keeping it a secret?

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decrepit said..
I'm surprised there's only 2 of you enjoying it, are you keeping it a secret?

I think it just takes a while to re-program brains from thinking "unsailable due to weed" to "absolute speed and jibing heaven". I still remember how I was amazed that Coodanup could be sailed at all even after sailing there half a dozen times. Hope the weeds come back this year .. and that the airlines make some tickets available for miles.

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decrepit said..
Nup, not the BEST gybe spot, but equal to it.

Our best gybers are trying for 30kt alphas at Lilacs, and are getting very close.
Woody's alpha was 29.384 which is 4th fastest in GPSTC

Here's a sample, but not the best, only a 27 something

-MarkspeedsailingSpeedsurfingGPS

Nautical mile run and alpha

-MarkspeedsailingSpeedsurfingGPS

I'm jealous! unfortunately our weed has disappeared, for Winter, hopefully it will be back in Spring.

Looks like you have a big area of flat, and the weed looks nice, not too draggy or abrasive.

I'm surprised there's only 2 of you enjoying it, are you keeping it a secret?

We were 4 windsurfers that day. I was the youngest at 44 years S?ren is 52, the fastest guy was Hans 70 years old and then there was a freerider at 75 . The spot is very famous among kiters so no secret. And I have posted videos about it before.
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mr love said..
Ive got some fins for you Kasper

I am intrigued

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Kasper79 said..

mr love said..
Ive got some fins for you Kasper

I am intrigued

They're good....very good

I knew about Kloster before, knew it was VERY shallow requiring short fins, but did not know it is a weed spot.
Probably a bit like my home spot Strand Horst, which also has best conditions in september when the weed is maximum length and damping the chop.

So the spot did not work for 3 years? Why not? Water pollution due to farming, or?

If it's anything like here, the weed is fickle, depends on too many factors

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ned321 said..
I knew about Kloster before, knew it was VERY shallow requiring short fins, but did not know it is a weed spot.
Probably a bit like my home spot Strand Horst, which also has best conditions in september when the weed is maximum length and damping the chop.

So the spot did not work for 3 years? Why not? Water pollution due to farming, or?

One winter the shallows were frozen solid and then the ice moved ripping everything out of the bottom. That is one of the explanations. Another is a chance in how much saltwater they allow in from the sea. I tried Strand Horst in Easter it was a fun place to sail, but no weed at that point in time.

Looked great and sounds like you are really enjoying it ,

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Tardy said..
Looked great and sounds like you are really enjoying it ,

There is a downside though, you can get thoroughly spoilt by yjr smooth and not enjoy sailing anywhere else.
I've become a bit of a flat water princess.

At your age Decrep you can dress how you like

Haven't you noticed?

I do.

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Kasper79 said..
After 3 years of not working the danish weed spot finally delivers again and very early in the season. I am so excited for this year and hoping to break some speed records if we get proper wind here is a little video from the first session this year

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Looks like Lake George. Fun!

That's one happy sailor in the vid

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Kasper79 said..

ned321 said..
I knew about Kloster before, knew it was VERY shallow requiring short fins, but did not know it is a weed spot.
Probably a bit like my home spot Strand Horst, which also has best conditions in september when the weed is maximum length and damping the chop.

So the spot did not work for 3 years? Why not? Water pollution due to farming, or?

One winter the shallows were frozen solid and then the ice moved ripping everything out of the bottom. That is one of the explanations. Another is a chance in how much saltwater they allow in from the sea. I tried Strand Horst in Easter it was a fun place to sail, but no weed at that point in time.

Yes, weed at Strand Horst dies off in late autumn, and grows back in end spring (end of may).

which angles for the fins do you use for some weed and much weed?

Well here it's more complicated than that. If the weed is a few centimetres below the surface, you can use a fin that's 40deg at the base but 60deg at the tip. If the weed is thick all the way to the surface a 55deg fin is better. If the weed is thin a 45 deg is possible.

Also if weed is thick, a low aspect design like a delta, is probably better. There's less depth in the weed, so less drag.
Also there's a theory that thick weed can act a bit like an end plate, reducing tip vortex.