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Originally posted by hooray

Date:24.06.2007

GPS Display Maximum Speed:21.87

Conditions:8-12knots @ Manly Qld

Equipment: F2 SX 130, North 8.5 R Type,43 select speed

Details about Self: 58yrs young,175cm,74kg,3yrs exp

Comments:The sun was out so only needed a short wet suite.Sailed with a couple of kiters who only had boardies on.A nice easy sail for my first post so I can only improve from here.

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Well done legend

Date:28-06-2007

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 33.72

Conditions:10-18 knots SW-S-SE,gusty swinging breeze .

Location:Lake Bonney

Equipment:Fanatic Falcon 91-RS6 6.2m Vector EX 30cm fin

Details about Self: 42,180cm,100kg

Comments:Great to get two days of sailing in a row,makes it easier to get tuned in,the lake is bloody cold,tomorrow looks like it will be blowing finally some wind

GO Burrum heads mob !!!

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Originally posted by hooray

Date:24.06.2007

GPS Display Maximum Speed:21.87

Conditions:8-12knots @ Manly Qld

Equipment: F2 SX 130, North 8.5 R Type,43 select speed

Details about Self: 58yrs young,175cm,74kg,3yrs exp

Comments:The sun was out so only needed a short wet suite.Sailed with a couple of kiters who only had boardies on.A nice easy sail for my first post so I can only improve from here.

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Date:01-07-2007

GPS Display Maximum Speed:35.3 knots

Conditions:Started at 18 knots finished gusting to 49knots
Location:
Equipment:
F2 SX M, NP RS4 6.2m, JP G10 Slalom 32cm
Windtech Prolite 900, NP RS4 6.2m, Elmo weed G10JP32 23cm
F2 SX XS, NP Supersonic 4.9m, JP G10 Slalom 30cm

Details about Self: 43, 185cm, 88kg, 6 years

Comments: Was good for a couple of hours, especially when the wind picked up it was great.
It all turned pear shaped when the front started coming through and the wind went ballistic.
Had my bum fairly well kicked by the conditions.

hooray

Date:07-07-2007

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 22.34 knots

Conditions:8 to 16 knots.

Location: Novara

Equipment: Thommen1 Fast X, 6.3m NP

Details about Self: Female, 53yrs, 68kg, 10 years

Comments: Another PB love the Thommen1 Fast X, got 4 new PB's on the Challenge Website.

Date: 19/07/07

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 24.7 knots

Conditions: 8-16 knots, gusty, 30 cm chop

Equipment: Kinetic 77, 42cm fin, gun mega xs 6.8m

Details about Self: 28, 94kgs

Comments: First time out after knee problems, felt good, had trouble finding the wind so relatively pleased with the speed..

Date: 20-07-07

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 27.41

Conditions: 15>20, rough open ocean

Equipment: Same

Details about Self: Same

Comments: I'm back on the water

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Originally posted by firiebob
Comments: Bl**dy cold in just boardies

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Luxury.....down south..
14air temp, 16 water temp, wind chill -25deg C.+

used to live in shoe box in middle of road...etc, etc

First Starboard Gemini Tandem session with Mat

Date:05-08-07

GPS Display Maximum Speed:26.4, 10 sec 25.9, 100m 26.03, 250m 24.31, 500m 23.29. 5 x 10 24.52. I must work out the alpha.... :-)

Conditions:15-20kts

Equipment:'08 Gemini, 56cm Go Drake fin, KA Koncept 5.8's - 2006 front, 2007 rear.

Details about Self: Mat and I have a combined age of 89 yrs. Combined weight of 146 kilos and height of 350cm.


Comments:Great session, Very easy to ride, especially compared with the speed tandem. Balance downwind was difficult. Upwind with CB down was good. We gybed it all runs except the first and did not fall off!
Hopefully some pics to come soon.

I have finally extracted an Alpha speed from the Tandem session. The problem was that the turning circle was so wide that I had to increase the proximity circle to 100m to get a result!
Screen shot in the photo section.

Gemini Tandem Alpha: 500m = 15.35 kts. 1000m = 15.8 kts

I am sure that on these runs the board planed right through the gybe. The minimum speeds are 6.5 and 7.5 knots!!

Date:11-08-2007

GPS Display Maximum Speed:34.37

Conditions:12-18knots

Location:Lake Bonney,Barmera s.a

Equipment:Fanatic Falcon 91-RS6-5.8m Vector Ex 30cm

Details about Self:Male-100kg-43yrs old

Comments:Tried the smaller sail again and the first time wasn't a one off.Could have gone faster but the wind was abit more square on our speed run at the north end of Lake bonney.This spot will produce 40+ knot speeds once we get the wind it's approx 1.5km long on the western bank of the lake and works in sw/w/nw wind directions chop down the course is approx 10cm high, but it is gusty and you have to hook into a good gust to run the total 1.5km.

Date: 14/09/07

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 37.6 knots (2sec 38.2 Finally cracked 70km/h yeehar!!))

Conditions: 20 to 30 kt WSW

Equipment: Thommen RS 59, Fin Lessacher 24cm 60 degree weed,

Sail: 5.4 Gaastra Flow F1

Self: Age 47, 90kg, 180cm, 23 years exp

Comments: PB thought I'd post it, feeling pretty chuffed with self, The difference was the T1 RS 59, this board rocks, will say more in Gear Review section.

Date: 27/09/07

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 35.1 knots

Conditions: 10-18 knots -flat water

Equipment:,Fanatic Falcon 91,30cm Vector EX

Sail:RS6-6.2m

Comments:Only sailed 28km total, hooked onto some good gusts and went way off the wind in flat water 5-10cm ripples.Suprised to get a 32.4 10sec average should have stayed out longer to get the average higher.

Date:Sept. 30, 07'

GPS Display Maximum Speed:26.3kts

Conditions: 12-17kts. gusts to 22

Equipment: mistral flow 266 95l

sail, fin: 6.0 v8 with modified top no shear tip, unknown fintrend 32.5

Comments: washing mashine conditions and frigid cold for tropics started at 8:30 am and lots of bamboo poles awashed and was trying to keep a good look 50mtrs. ahead just in case...