Date: 9/12/07

GPS Display Maximum Speed: ~25 knts

Conditions: gusty 15 to 20+ knts NNE - nice swell at wanda that day tho

Equipment: 'hybrid' slalom board / 6.2m sail / 33cm fin

Details about Self: age 25, 75kg, 183cm, 15 years exp

Comments: first decent go with the navi. choppy, gusty, felt pretty uncomfortable with new harness lines and too big a fin for the gusts. will have to give the ap a go and tuck up near the runway

www.seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=7740

Date: 16/12/07

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 32.7 knots

Conditions: 10-18 knots - flat water

Equipment: JP Supersport 100, 36cm Goldwing Fin

Sail: RS:Slalom 6.7m

Me: 32yrs, 68kgs

Comments: Another PB. Woo Hoo! Went out before dusk near the St Georges sailing club in Sydney. Wind was rather variable. Had a few good runs. Very comfortable with the setup never getting overpowered. Need a good 20kt day soon.

Date: 16/12/07

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 25.8 knts

Conditions: Varied! 12 - 15knts @ 1700; 18 - 21knts @ 1800; 23 - 28 knts @ 1900. Confused chop and small waves to 0.5m. 20 deg was a bit chilly. Rain and some lightning early but it moved north.

Equipment: 'hybrid' slalom board / 6.4m sail / 27cm finworks slalom fin

Details about Self: same but with headache 24 hours later and counting (see below)

Comments: My second go with the Navi, near Sydney AP with the southerly change coming in. Tough going right at the end with larger chop and stuck with a 6.4m in the ~30knt gusts.

I've learned a lot from this run, after reading up on Ask the Guru post. My sail was way to big by the end, and rigged like crap. Fin was too small as I spun out about once per run. I think the boom was too low as well, although this saved me from even further injury from one really nice catapult at speed - right in front of a Qantas 767 too, I think I've put off about 250 people from ever windsurfing.

I think GPS is going to be a great way to gradually improve though, along with the info from this site. Time to face the finer issues I tend to ignore like fin choice and correct rigging.

lots of strange tracks in this file, maybe due to storm?
www.seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=7853

Fancy me forgetting to put my great session up when I cracked 30 knots

Date: 08/12/07

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 31.67 knots

Conditions: 15 to 25kt SW

Equipment: JP X-cite 110 latest model with JP 31cm G10 weedy

Sail: LoftO2 6.6

Self: Age 55, 87kg, 175cm, 18 months exp

Comments 5 x PB's and cracking 30 knots first time.

Date: 23/12/07

GPS Max spd 30.12Knts

Conditions: 15 - 18 knts smooth

Equipment:2007 6.5m Ezzy Infinity (1 cam in)
1999 Mistral Score 104l
36cm Tourquay freeride fin

Details: 32, 82kg 182cms, 6 yrs

PB, nice to try flat water for a change, would have liked to use smaller fin as i felt this was maxed out and could have done better.

Date: 27/12/07

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 29.1 knots

Conditions: 20-30cm chop, seabreeze at Kyeemagh, probably about 18-20 knots.

Equipment: 2007 Gun Race 8.1m, Kinetic 77cm and Maui Fin Co 58cm Race

Details about Self: 28ish, 95kgs ish...

Comments: First time out with the GPS for a while, on the edge for most of the day - but more due to fin than board. Could have easily done another 5 knots with a narrower board and smaller fin.

Date: 13-01-08

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 30.9 knots

Conditions: Lake Macquarie, about 20 knots, nor' easter.

Equipment: 5.8 KA Koncept, '95? F2 Sputnik 275, 32cm JP freeride fin

Details about Self: 32yo, 70kgs

Comments: First ever speed session with the GPS (xmas pressie!). Stoked to break the 30kt barrier in the lake. i am hooked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my mate danny was smokin' - 32.7kts.

Date 14 jan 08

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 36.94

Conditions: Safety Bay Flat water

Equipment: JP Slalom 84
NP RS Slalom II 5.8
Flying Objects 32cm Weedy sawn off to 23 cm

Details about Self: 29 balding

Comments: I can't believe i've been doing my speed runs the wrong way at safety bay
I wasn't even going to sail today after giving myself a 115 volt electric shock at work and arm was pretty sore and twitchy because of it

Date:20-1-2008
GPS Display Max Speed 34.6 knots.
Conditions: Rain Front of about 25 knots.
Equipment 08 Koncept 6.6, Sonic 85, Flying Objects 26cm weedfin.
51 yo. This run was a10 sec 34.0 knot which is my P.B.

Date:22/1/08

GPS Display Maximum Speed:26.7knts

Conditions:15-18 knots gusty

Equipment:07 5.6m severne s1/06 fanatic freewave 88l

Details about Self: First time with gps ,im 15 and weigh 68kg.

Comments:Dodgy wind but wanted to go out really bad !

Date: 23-01-08

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 30.69

Conditions: About 20+ knots, beach open water.

Equipment: 100L Gladiator, 6.6 Infinity, 34cm FI fin.

Details about Self: Old B*stard.

Comments: First sail at beach in over 2 months, bout time.
Board wanted to go faster for sure, but too many hills to get over

Date: 14/1/08 Pelican Point

GPS Display Max Speed: 27.23 Knots P.B. on my new Navi GT 11 (xmas present)

Conditions: 18 - 20 Knots SW

Equipment: 72lt Prokids Flare, 5.5 Severne Overdrive, 27cm Choco Weeed

Self: 12 Y.O. 52KG 15 months experience

Comments: Second day back after a month due to injury, aiming for 30 knots!