Usually it was 2 - 5 second peak in yellow and the rest turning and gybing dips on our GC 300 meters long run.
Longer run on the lake Cootharabe recently and there is more yellow then waiting and dragging.
I wonder if you could share how proper 1 hour high speed graph may looks ?
Well here's my PB, from Lake George earlier this year, but it's only a 24.8
So these are roughly 2km runs.
And here's my 2nd best hr, (24.5) about 7 or 8km runs downwind but in chop.
Macroscien my best hours are also at Lake George, around 25.22 knot hour on 5.6m sail, large speed board. Top picture in the link, I was maxed....
gpsteamchallenge.com.au/sailor_session/show?date=2014-03-01&team=22
There is no science to it. Seems high speed hours are a combination of flat water, the longer the better, planing gybes, the faster the better, and sailing with more pressure off your back foot for that hour (I myslef dont do that - I'm a lazy cruiser) and wind 20 knots plus. Best hours seem skewered to 90+ kg sailors.
Cheers Peter
Where we sail we have to do about 22 gypes each side for our hr
We do think, with a bit of experience, that the hr does require some thought
Sure the obvious, flat water, any state that maximises speed
but we are finding, an approach that reduces up wind sailing is the best
A flatter, more powered up cross, 10 to 30 degrees off, and 10 to 30 degrees up wind to maximise speed
sure you can go faster if you go further off the wind, but the upwind past 30 degrees starts becoming pretty slow
The adjustable outhaul plays a part if you want it do for sure
In my opinion, the real hr for competent gps sailors requires a different approach and rigging then sailing for a two sec peak