I reckon your being a big puss and backing off when it gets a bit unruley.[}:)]

Yes but you have your god Stribo. Its different for sensible people.
At one stage the board lifted right out of the water and almost converted me.
Actually that's probably caused by sheeting out isn't it.
I can see I'm going to have to lift my game.

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Yes but you have your god Stribo. Its different for sensible people.
At one stage the board lifted right out of the water and almost converted me.
Actually that's probably caused by sheeting out isn't it.
I can see I'm going to have to lift my game.

Front leg straight, back leg bent, sail foot touching footstrap, GPS overheating, heart in mouth, big grin on face.

Watch the macho downhaul NotWal, I was doing the same and started pulling the stitching apart on the bottom panels of my Infinity
I'm a lover of downhaul, but too much is too much

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nebbian said...

Front leg straight, back leg bent, sail foot touching footstrap, GPS overheating, heart in mouth, big grin on face.

And eyes like dinner plates

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firiebob said...

nebbian said...

Front leg straight, back leg bent, sail foot touching footstrap, GPS overheating, heart in mouth, big grin on face.

And eyes like dinner plates

And don't forget to clinch the sphincter

Date: 11-03-08

GPS Maximum Speed: 32.15 knots (Pb)

Conditions: Very rough ocean, gusts 25+

Equipment: Kinetic 100L Gladiator, Ezzy 6.6 Infinity, 34cm F1 Falcon fin

Details about Self: Old B*stard

Comments: Very happy with 3rd max PB in a row, putting it down to the fin, thanks to 25 for advice.

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Date: 11-03-08

GPS Maximum Speed: 32.15 knots (Pb)

Conditions: Very rough ocean, gusts 25+

Equipment: Kinetic 100L Gladiator, Ezzy 6.6 Infinity, 34cm F1 Falcon fin

Details about Self: Old B*stard

Comments: Very happy with 3rd max PB in a row, putting it down to the fin, thanks to 25 for advice.

nah! you're a peeing happy Old B*stard

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Date: 11-03-08

GPS Maximum Speed: 32.15 knots (Pb)

Conditions: Very rough ocean, gusts 25+

Equipment: Kinetic 100L Gladiator, Ezzy 6.6 Infinity, 34cm F1 Falcon fin

Details about Self: Old B*stard

Comments: Very happy with 3rd max PB in a row, putting it down to the fin, thanks to 25 for advice.

Legendddddddd
And in Ocean, thats some good sailing.
And agree, ya banned from Hardies, or at least the max sail size will be a 4.5

Date: 13-03-08

GPS Maximum Speed: 37.55 knots

Conditions: 15 to 25 with gusts to high 20's maybe 30/31, Water very choppy for hardies, almost impossible to go fast 35+ when tide got higher!!

Equipment: F2 Missile S; gaastra vapour 5m, Samuel Custom 24 weed

Details about Self: Fat Old B*stard

Comments: One of the most exhilirating, windsurfs of my life, can't stop buzzing

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Date: 13-03-08

GPS Maximum Speed: 37.55 knots

Conditions: 15 to 25 with gusts to high 20's maybe 30/31, Water very choppy for hardies, almost impossible to go fast 35+ when tide got higher!!

Equipment: F2 Missile S; gaastra vapour 5m, Samuel Custom 24 weed

Details about Self: Fat Old B*stard

Comments: One of the most exhilirating, windsurfs of my life, can't stop buzzing

Great effort Young Fella
37+ in chop, Yee Ha

Date:14-3-08

GPS Display Maximum Speed:28.1 knots

Conditions:not entirely sure on the wind speed , but im guessing about 25 knots in the gusts

Equipment: 88 litre mistral electron 26 cm FO freeride fin , and 4.7 mt NP combat sail

Details about Self:70kgs , 19 yrs old sailing for a year or so

Comments:so very happy ! tryed as hard as i could to get 30 i probably wouldve if i had rigged my 5.8 but i wasnt game enought to try and hold onto it in those winds.
awesome day tho!

Date: 15 March 2008

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 20.65 Knots

Conditions: Pittwater NSW. Flat water. According to Seabreeze arrows around 12 to 15 knots north easter seabreeze.

Equipment: Tabou 140, Tabou Freeride fin 49, Neil Pryde (badly rigged) RS6 7.2

Details about Self: First time with GPS. Getting back into windsurfing after a break of about 8 years.

Comments: Not happy with how I rigged the sail. The sail wasn't stable nor felt fast. Need more downhaul. Didn't sail for that long as I wasn't happy with how it was going. However its my first session and will help my team, the Pittwater Punters get going.

ME
Date: 21st of March, 2008

GPS Maximum Speed/2 second max: 22.98

Conditions: 10-15 knots, little gusty

Equipment: 105L Naish Quotro and 114L Naish Supercross + 6.6 KA Kontrol and 7.0 Gaastra GTX

Details about Self: 15yo

Comments: Good days sailing, see Team challenge at http://gpsteamchallenge.com.au/showsession.php?date=2008-03-21&team=32 for full comments.


DAD (Peter)
Date: 21st of March, 2008

GPS Maximum Speed: 18.6

Conditions: 10-15 knots, little gusty

Equipment: 158L JP Freeride + 7.0 Gaastra GTX and 7.8 KA Kontrol

Details about Self: 46yo

Comments: Very pleasent days sailing. Good to get out as a family and also sailing with some friends was good. Really makes me realise how fast 30 knots is though.

Hey Bubs,

On the site you've got a 2 sec max of 22.98, but above you've got 28.9... Bit of a difference, is one of them a typo?

Also well done on putting the google earth picture on there, it really does say a thousand words

Good luck for your op, keep us posted on your recovery.

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Hey Bubs,

On the site you've got a 2 sec max of 22.98, but above you've got 28.9... Bit of a difference, is one of them a typo?

Also well done on putting the google earth picture on there, it really does say a thousand words

Good luck for your op, keep us posted on your recovery.

Yeah had to put up the max display but i cleared it when my dad had a shot and forgot what i had there. So just put up 22.9 but did make the typo and put 28.9 lol. Sorry about that. The one on the GPS site isn't a typo. Max may have been a bit more than 22.9 but i can't remember. Change it to the same as 2 second maybe......

Anyway is there a way to check this on Real Speed???

Thanks for the good wishes.

Cheers
Bubs

Date: 22 March 2008

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 22.7 Knots (PB)

Conditions: Narrabeen Lake. Flat water. Very inconsistant SE breeze somewhere between 5 to 15 knots and everything inbetween.

Equipment: Tabou 140, Tabou Freeride fin 49, Neil Pryde RS6 7.2

Details about Self: Second time with GPS. Getting back into windsurfing after a break of about 8 years.

Comments: Better than last weekend. Happier about the sail. Six personal bests so can't complain about that.

Max. GPS (display) : 28.1 knots
Max. 2 sec. (software) : 28.2 knots
100 m run : 27.5 knots
250 m run : 27.1 knots
500 m run : 26.4 knots
Nautical mile : 17.9 knots
1 hour : 9.5 knots
Distance : 26.9 km
Windspeed : 12 knots
Windgusts : 18 knots


Board Starboard Carve 99
Sail NP 7.2

Self : 53

good team day.. but i did go out way to small for the conditions and had to change up.

Date: 25-3-08

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 33.55

Conditions: SW 25-30

Equipment: Starboard Carve 99

Details about Self: 53 need to get back into..

Comments: Water drained out of Goolwa leaving only the river.. lots of sand banks. despite the fantastic conditions (bit square) could not get any faster!! Great day..

Date: 01/04/08

GPS Maximum Speed: 29.7kts

Conditions:12-18kts.

Equipment: kinetic 110, 6.5v8 34cm mfc

Details about Self: just gettin' old

Comments: i wish .30 less could be considered 30kts. dammn..but nevertheless it was redemption from last wks. 2masts broken and a pb for me when the winds are nearing end of season and not so good..since i do have a blurry eyesight i thought i was stuck at 25.7..if only i had the masts for the rs:racing 7.2 just maybe i could have cracked but what the hell am happy with this...

Date: 06/04/08

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 30.1 kts

Conditions: 12-18kts.

Equipment: kinetic 110, v8 6.5, mfc34 cm

Details about Self: still getting old!

Comments:30 FINALLY!!!am so estatic not the best of winds and the biggest sail i have due to broken masts..2 pb's in one 1hour session..it was like "a pebble in my shoe" outhaul was so loose just to add power, redemption again from yesterday's sail when winds where the same but wasn't feeling well just plain tired and could only do 28..wifey had all she wanted for today

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Date: 06/04/08

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 30.1 kts

Conditions: 12-18kts.

Equipment: kinetic 110, v8 6.5, mfc34 cm

Details about Self: still getting old!

Comments:30 FINALLY!!!am so estatic not the best of winds and the biggest sail i have due to broken masts..2 pb's in one 1hour session..it was like "a pebble in my shoe" outhaul was so loose just to add power, redemption again from yesterday's sail when winds where the same but wasn't feeling well just plain tired and could only do 28..wifey had all she wanted for today

Good onya Johnno

Date: 6/4/08

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 30.6 kts

Conditions: 17-22 kts

Equipment: 115L JP freeride, 5.8m Ezzy Wave SE

Details about Self: 90 kg, 30 years

Comments:

I had set myself a personal goal for the burrum speed trials, to see 30 knots on the dial. I took to the strip using gear which looked very out of place next to the specialised speed kit that most competitors were using.
Started the day in lighter winds with a few runs in the 27-28 range. The wind strength started to build and when I saw a max of 29.8 knots on the dial I knew it was on.
I ate my muslie bar, pulled on more downhaul let out more outhaul, nudged the mast track further back and went for it. 30.1 kts on the next run, 30.4 on the one after that. Peaked out the day with 30.6, went home very happy.

Date: 5/4/08

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 29.25 kts

Conditions: Burrum ripples ~20 kts

Equipment: Windaction slalom, fin Torquay freeride 33, 5.3m Gaastra Manic

Details about Self: 70 kg with all the usual bits

Comments: Rigged my 5.8 and found I'd left a batten at home so I rigged the 5.3 instead. It was late. The wind was dying but I picked up a late gust.

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Date: 6/4/08

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 30.55 kts

Conditions: 17-22 kts

Equipment: Windaction slalom ~90 litres, fin Torquay freeride 33, Ezzy Wave SE 6.5

Details about Self: as above

Comments: No excuses. I shoulda gone faster. Next time I will carry a little weight.
I found I can't gybe going that much faster than the wind. The rig just doesn't behave. I'll have to practice my step gybe. Ducks seem to work.

Nebbian, your record is safe for now but your days are numbered...thinks "35 on wave gear? not in this lifetime"

Date: 19/04/08

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 30.5 kts

Conditions: 15-18kts

Equipment: v8 6.5 np, kinetic g95, 32mfc

Details about Self: got a little bit older since then

Comments: great to do another pb on a different board...am sure firiebob will like thisyehey yeesss..i know it's not much but anything better than last means something good was done

Date: 19 04 08

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 27.619(pb)

Conditions: gusty, up to 20kn

Equipment: jp 116l super x, 6.0m np v6, 31cm fin

Details about Self: Ready for retirement, (physically not financially)

Comments: Top day out, got the rig sorted and found tuning the board wasn't so hard after readjusting the footstraps..again.

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Date: 19/04/08

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 30.5 kts

Conditions: 15-18kts

Equipment: v8 6.5 np, kinetic g95, 32mfc

Details about Self: got a little bit older since then

Comments: great to do another pb on a different board...am sure firiebob will like thisyehey yeesss..i know it's not much but anything better than last means something good was done

Go the Gladiator Johno, now wind it up more
congats Mate

Date: 20.04.08

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 28.19(pb)

Conditions: Gusty

Equipment: mistral 265. 5.4 lightning, 34cm fin,weedie

Details about Self: sore

Comments: Good day for all, even Bender, who discovered a new dismount
Gotta admire the man's tenacity

Date:20th 4th 08

GPS Display Maximum Speed:28.8 kts PB

Conditions:very patchy around 25kts smooth water on the leeward side of a sandbar

Equipment: 88 lt Mistral Electron 26cm FO freeride fin 5.8 Gaastra Grind

Details about Self: 19 Sailing a year or so

Comments: Really dodgy winds for the day blows hard for 20 mins one way then stopping and turning offshore then blowing hard onshore again ,

First spinout at speed bit scary managed to pull it back into line

Still having fun trying to crack 30