72km/h or so, at the speed strip in Walvis Bay, Namibia, where all the world speed records are set.

I hit 42 knots last weekend between lucky bay and pelican point.
This was achieved riding my southwind 6.5m sports.
Speed recorded on garmin gps.
The 175 hp motor was a definate help.

Sorry im bored.

175Hp and you could only get her to 42knts are you sure shes running right perhaps dropped a cylinder or two.

The new Queen Mary ( the big one ) is reported to be capable of 32.5 -36 knts.
I'm bored too

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Originally posted by Garth

You will need to excuse my ignorance but if Bellevue was doing 62kph and according to my calculations is 33.5knots, does that mean that the wind speed on that day was at least 33.5knots.
Just say for instance the wind was only 20/25 knots, is it actually possible to go faster than the wind speed is and do say 33.5 knots???

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Yes - You can go faster than the wind, depending on the direction of travel and the wind strenght (among other things), but its too much to go into detail here. The forces of the kite and board acting against each other force you out at an angle bewteen the two. Think of it like sqeezing an apple pip from between your fingers - they barely move, but the pip can be forced out at a hell of a rate. Simple

apparently (lol) its like a right angled triangle.

your speed = one side (ie 3Kn)
wind speed = the other side (ie 4Kn)
Apparent speed = the hypotenuse (ie 5Kn)


or something along those lines...

see: www.gps-speedsurfing.com/default.aspx?mnu=forum&forum=1&val=1248

i know i'm going faster than walking pace because it takes longer to walk back than it did to kite there.

nah ..way to fast ..were you wearing a GPS?

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Originally posted by ryan78

lewiss sounds like u need to spend 90 bucks and head up here to mackay the winds been gold .

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I know, haha but I have something lovely and amazing (NOT) called school.

south of us is getting good NE ers. North of us are getting good SE ers. and WE ARE GETTING NOTHING.

Thanks Ric. Ill check out the Aqua pac. Do these have some form of clip to secure to youre body, or did you use a small bum bag type set up.

For kiting 62kmh is no probs.

I put my GPS on one of our local kiters who whilst mainly working up wind with the wrong style of board was pulling 66. He was surprosed with how easy it was.

The best I could do on the day Trying to go fast on my windsurfer was 62.

Kites have huge potenitial. Put your gps's in an aquapac and give it a fang, speed is addictive, you can also use your GPS for measuring your height on boosts as well.

Alby

Heres Tilmann Heinig, the top guy on the GPS kiting site
http://50knots.xs4all.nl/gps-kitesurfing/gps.asp?mnu=user&val=96&uid=4

and one of his videos



The beauty of kites is that they don't need the ball tearing breezes us poor wind surfers need, just some nice steady wind and some good flat water.

For any who are interested have a look at the 50knots site, it gives all the details about GPS's and how to do it all, the software is free

Kitepower stocks the Navman and Garmin Etrex waterproof GPS units. I would use the Navman without a bag, but use my Etrex with a bag.
http://www.kitepower.com.au/catalog/category_323_GPS_Windmeters__Pumps.html

The Australian designed and owned Paqua pouches are the most durable and versatile, and will fit a wide variety of objects, including phones and GPS units.

The Garnin unit can download data to your computer.

Cya and

Goodwinds

Steve

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Originally posted by Garth

You will need to excuse my ignorance but if Bellevue was doing 62kph and according to my calculations is 33.5knots, does that mean that the wind speed on that day was at least 33.5knots.
Just say for instance the wind was only 20/25 knots, is it actually possible to go faster than the wind speed is and do say 33.5 knots???

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Yes - You can go faster than the wind, depending on the direction of travel and the wind strenght (among other things), but its too much to go into detail here. The forces of the kite and board acting against each other force you out at an angle bewteen the two. Think of it like sqeezing an apple pip from between your fingers - they barely move, but the pip can be forced out at a hell of a rate. Simple

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1 word.... relative wind.

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different word same meaning; apparent wind

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Originally posted by harry potter

Do any of them really measure altitude

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The way I see it

If you want a basic GPS to do your speed, download your tracks to the PC it would be hard to go past the Geko 201 for value for money in the garmin range.

Don’t trust any of these garmin’s waterproofing, get an aquapack.

Most of these gps cables I am sure are serial port (need a usb adaptor on new laptops).

Don’t get to wrapped up in the altitude stuff. Although they work very good when in a car or on a bike when going up and down hills, it is generally accepted to be + or - 15 meters in Australia (usually a bit closer) and that is at velocity of only 0.18 kilometer/hour.

Geko 201 $240
Pros Trip computer
PC cable included
AAA batteries (12hrs)
10000 track points (record more time on the water without loosing data)
Cons ?

Etrex $200
Pros Trip computer
AA batteries (22hrs)

Cons 2000 track points ?
PC cable not included more $$

Etrex Legend $280
Pros Trip computer
PC cable included
AA batteries (18hrs)
Other features suitable for stuff besides kiting

Cons 2000 track points ?

Foretrex 201 $310
Pros Trip computer
PC cable included
10000 track points

Cons Wrist mounted
Rechargable battery (15hrs)

Forerunner 201 $270
Pros PC cable included
10000 track points

Cons Wrist mounted
Rechargable battery (15hrs)

Edge 205 $400
Pros PC cable included (USB)
13000 track points
SiRFstarIII receiver (should be more accurate for speed measurements)
Has features for bike riding

Cons Rechargable battery (12hrs)