Any speeds to post? What kit did you use?

Curious to hear more.

Sam.

WINDSURFnSNOW said...

Any speeds to post? What kit did you use?

Curious to hear more.

Sam.

Sam I am really dumb, I had a Garmin GPS in my van all weekend and constantly forgot to put it on, doh!

On the Saturday afternoon, in mid low tide, on the inner channel closest to the eastern shore where you drive onto the sand spit, I was hitting some serious speed, the water flying off my board was landing a good 30 feet behind me. I was lying almost parallel to the water, 12M SB3, 132 x 39 Underground FLX, 40mm fins, and from my previous experience in going fast in buggies and on the water I was doing high 30's to 40+ knots.
The rooster tails thrown off my board were noticed by a lot of people, but I was a long way downwind from all the other sailboarders and in a different chanel.

When Matt Woods and Col were out they were having a lot of runs against the windsurfers, and always seemed to be edging in front, often by a long way.

No doubt there are fast windsurfers, but I can see the potential for much faster speeds from the kiters, with a lot less gear to lug around, and at the end of the run you can throw a huge, seriously high boost!!

Depower kites allow a rider to go out well powered up and still have enough depower to handle the increase in power due to apparent wind buildup, now its time to refine some boards, like Dave Trewern (and others) has been doing!

Great event, absolutely no hassles with the windsurfers, everyone got along fine it seemed to me?

Cya and

Goodwinds

Steve

fattso said...

The rooster tails thrown off my board were noticed by a lot of people,

that made me smile Steve

Who really cares how fast your going as long as someone else notices

That's dead right, it doesn't matter if your effective or not as long as you look good!

I suggest you look at this Steve, this is what 40 knots looks like:

www.perfect-ride.com/video.php

Click on the link under the luderitz speed challenge

You guys dogging Steve for his comments are fuggin' idiots-it was aksed what speeds etc and he answered-so what if he mentioned he was throwing down a fat rooster tail -where's the stoke?

To be honest most of my runs were too short to really get to full speed. I was kiting upwind of most of the poleys. When I did get a clear window to go for it the wind always lulled, so I never got a chance to log a good clean run as i was having to work the kite. Even so I was pretty much smoking the windsurfers.

I have to agree that 30kn on the water feels pretty damn fast though. I reckon production boards are capable for sub 40kn speeds but the water has to be butter smooth to avoid the board becoming unstable.

loco4olas said...

You guys dogging Steve for his comments are fuggin' idiots-it was aksed what speeds etc and he answered-so what if he mentioned he was throwing down a fat rooster tail -where's the stoke?

The guys are calling bull**** because of the speeds he is claiming (high 30's to 40+) you better have more proof than a rooster tail, especially when you consider what doing 40 knots really is.

Greenpat has done some speed runs and I'm sure he can vouch for the fact that anything close to 40 requires more than just a big rooster tail.

I think it would take a LOT of speed to create a 30 ft rooster tail !

Go Steve!

Loco is right on this. Steve answered a question,and stated that he was estimating his speed from experience. He wasn't "claiming" it.

Saffer said...


Greenpat has done some speed runs and I'm sure he can vouch for the fact that anything close to 40 requires more than just a big rooster tail.

Yeah, big something elses.

Can I claim 36 knots max for yesterday? Maybe I could claim 38 (rounded) but it's not 40, so it's barely on the radar anyway.

The readout on the GPS showed a maximum of 67.6km/h [36.5knots] and the track data showed:

5 bests' average = 65.9km/h [35.58Knots]

Best Speed n°1 = 70.29km/h [37.95Knots] (195.3 meters in 10.0 sec.)
Best Speed n°2 = 65.77km/h [35.51Knots] (127.9 meters in 7.0 sec.)
Best Speed n°3 = 65.77km/h [35.51Knots] (127.9 meters in 7.0 sec.)
Best Speed n°4 = 63.91km/h [34.51Knots] (142.0 meters in 8.0 sec.)
Best Speed n°5 = 63.77km/h [34.43Knots] (141.7 meters in 8.0 sec.)
Best Speed n°6 = 62.67km/h [33.84Knots] (87.0 meters in 5.0 sec.)
Best Speed n°7 = 62.53km/h [33.76Knots] (34.7 meters in 2.0 sec.)
Best Speed n°8 = 62.2km/h [33.59Knots] (103.7 meters in 6.0 sec.)
Best Speed n°9 = 62.01km/h [33.48Knots] (103.3 meters in 6.0 sec.)
Best Speed n°10 = 61.33km/h [33.11Knots] (51.1 meters in 3.0 sec.)

Yes I have posted this in three different threads across seabreeze now but hey, I'm stoked .

Kitepower Australia said...
Oh and Saffer I watched that vid, that water is like ocean chop compared to what I was on, those guys have balls to do those speeds on that choopy stuff.
The water I was on was like GLASS, I was on the downwind edge of a sandbar, the water was only 12 inches deep.
The maximum length of my run was much shorter though, and the speeds I got were only bursts of a couple of hundred meters max.

If you watched the video, you would notice on that video and all the ones where the guys achieve 40's, they are not "lying on the water" but riding upright bearing slightly downwind.

GreenPat said...

Can I claim 36 knots max for yesterday? Maybe I could claim 38 (rounded) but it's not 40, so it's barely on the radar anyway.

The readout on the GPS showed a maximum of 67.6km/h [36.5knots] and the track data showed:

5 bests' average = 65.9km/h [35.58Knots]

Best Speed n°1 = 70.29km/h [37.95Knots] (195.3 meters in 10.0 sec.)
Best Speed n°2 = 65.77km/h [35.51Knots] (127.9 meters in 7.0 sec.)
Best Speed n°3 = 65.77km/h [35.51Knots] (127.9 meters in 7.0 sec.)
Best Speed n°4 = 63.91km/h [34.51Knots] (142.0 meters in 8.0 sec.)
Best Speed n°5 = 63.77km/h [34.43Knots] (141.7 meters in 8.0 sec.)
Best Speed n°6 = 62.67km/h [33.84Knots] (87.0 meters in 5.0 sec.)
Best Speed n°7 = 62.53km/h [33.76Knots] (34.7 meters in 2.0 sec.)
Best Speed n°8 = 62.2km/h [33.59Knots] (103.7 meters in 6.0 sec.)
Best Speed n°9 = 62.01km/h [33.48Knots] (103.3 meters in 6.0 sec.)
Best Speed n°10 = 61.33km/h [33.11Knots] (51.1 meters in 3.0 sec.)

Yes I have posted this in three different threads across seabreeze now but hey, I'm stoked .

holy cr@p thats quick, where abouts do you do the speed runs and can i have a go with your GPS(payment in beers :) to see how s l o o o o w i reckon i go?