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sailquik
VIC
Australia
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Posted 26/03/2009, 7:38 pm
   
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2 runs this Thursday evening 26-03-09 . First run peaked at over 51. Second peaked at just over 54 knots and looked good to me!!
Now the waiting to see if they got the 50 x 500m average...... |
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25
WA
Australia
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Posted 26/03/2009, 7:43 pm
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Thanks for the hot news Andrew!
If any 'non sailboard' get it I would feel most at ease with MI.
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Haggar
QLD
Australia
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Posted 26/03/2009, 9:19 pm
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Any video  |
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westhammer
WA
Australia
334 Posts |
Posted 26/03/2009, 10:27 pm
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The million dollar nassa class,a very scary contraption  and sailed by girls with fannies of steel |
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windjunky
VIC
Australia
152 Posts |
Posted 27/03/2009, 10:47 am
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The email from Tim Daddo this morning... he gave us permission to pass along to seabreeze.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: speedsail
Date: 2009/3/27
Subject: Macquarie Innovation makes history
Hi All,
This is just a very brief note with more details to come - but essentially, we did it !
Macquarie Innovation powered down the Sandy Point speed course last night at an average speed of 50.43 knots. During that run, we hit a peak speed of over 100 km/hr and while the claimed average speed, which is about to be sent for ratification, will be reduced to 50.08 kts due to the tidal allowance, we have sailed our craft in excess of 50 knots.
It is the culmination of over 15 years of work by the team and their loyal group of supporters and once again, we wanted to pass on both our sincere thanks and congratulations to you for helping us to create a little piece of yachting history last night. As a result, we will be making a claim for a new class C record which will be just shy of the current outright world record (50.57 kts) held by a kite, but most importantly sets us apart as the only sailing boat in the world to complete a 50 knot run !
Once again, congratulations and many thanks for your help in getting us to our goal of 50 knots !
Regards,
Tim |
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nebbian
WA
Australia
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Posted 27/03/2009, 11:07 am
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That is amazing, incredible, and stunning!
Big congratulations to the team, this is the culmination of lots of hard work. Well done MI! |
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ka43
NSW
Australia
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Posted 27/03/2009, 11:09 am
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After seeing the boat in the flesh at the pit that is unreal news!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats to Tim and all the others involved, makes it all worthwhile. |
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elmo
WA
Australia
5500 Posts |
Posted 27/03/2009, 12:15 pm
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Kimba
SA
Australia
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Posted 27/03/2009, 12:42 pm
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Brilliant news!
Great to hear that all of their hard work has paid off.
Will they try again for the outright? |
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sailquik
VIC
Australia
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Spotty
VIC
Australia
182 Posts |
Posted 27/03/2009, 6:22 pm
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Congratulations MI Team!!
Such a long and dedicated campaign is getting the results you all deserve. Your patience and dedication make us all proud
Will be great to see the speed relative to wind speed data when available for the run.
Best of luck for future attempts.
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latedropeddy
VIC
Australia
282 Posts |
Posted 27/03/2009, 6:36 pm
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Gday Spotty
Here are some pics of Tom, Daffy and some other nice bloke (sorry didn't get your name) from the bottom of #6 waiting to catch MI.
the sand was lifting and we had to yell at each other to communicate - around 18-25+, maybe a few gusts to 30. (You'd be running a 6.6 or bigger?? )
You couldn't see the prom which was another good omen!
So stoked for Tim and the other guys, they put so much work into getting MI happening - I just go down there on the record days, help out then try to crack a few gybes later.
Bad luck to Allison's attempt, it must of been pretty brutal out there.
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kato
VIC
Australia
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Posted 27/03/2009, 6:56 pm
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| Well done to Tim and the crew,about time we got "our" water back Now just knock those pesky kites off the top. The other guy ,Eric was Peter I think. |
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sailquik
VIC
Australia
1358 Posts |
Posted 27/03/2009, 7:01 pm
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Great pics L.D.Eddy! It is very rare to get pics at this, the fastest part of the course. Normally no-one ever walks that far down to take pics or video. First pic is me. Third is Peter Johnson.
It is interesting to see a photo that actually shows the chop that builds up in the lower part of the speed course. This was 18-25 knots max. In 30-40 knots it is triple the size and starts to become a mind concentrating issue!
My peaks speeds were just over 40 knots this day. Only beaten by 14 knots!!! |
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wdric
NSW
Australia
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Carl Macdonald
SA
Australia
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AUS1111
WA
Australia
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sailquik
VIC
Australia
1358 Posts |
Posted 27/03/2009, 10:47 pm
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Ahh yeah but no hurry. Wasn't much good by our standards and I don't think it will make any difference to the team score............ |
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Bonominator
VIC
Australia
180 Posts |
Posted 28/03/2009, 7:16 am
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| Well done Tim and MI Team! Only a few clicks short of the outright too! Great work. I'll have a beer for you all. |
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snides8
WA
Australia
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Posted 28/03/2009, 7:33 am
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well done to MI this is a fantastice result for yrs of effort!! hopefully they can nail the dreaded teabags soon.
have we got any info on how much wind they had? was it the 25ish mentioned above? |
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sailquik
VIC
Australia
1358 Posts |
Posted 28/03/2009, 10:04 am
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| From my observations I think 18-25 was about right. I very much doubt any more than 25 and only then in brief puffs. |
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windjunky
VIC
Australia
152 Posts |
Posted 28/03/2009, 6:15 pm
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Dont know about the windspeed, but Tim says...
"...for nearly half the run we were averaging over 52 knots and it was only a massive hole in the wind at the end of the course where we dropped down to 45 knots that cost us the title." |
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izaak
TAS
Australia
516 Posts |
Posted 29/03/2009, 5:16 pm
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swoosh
QLD
Australia
968 Posts |
Posted 29/03/2009, 5:43 pm
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out of interest how do they get back to the start of the course? its an asymmetric design, so can it still sail the other tack but slower?
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kato
VIC
Australia
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wdric
NSW
Australia
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