it wasn't that crappy.

just depends on gear at the end of the day. i missed the text from nebbian telling me to bring the formula kit.

other than that i took the NXS Viper out for it's maiden voyage. really to little wind for the board but figured why not.
i dredged for a bit and found it difficult at only 220cm long.

then, i got wind.

when planing it was heaps of fun. i am impressed. but i need a run on it in 15-20. early signs are good though.

i lent it to notwal. he likes it muchly too.

www.seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=4476
www.seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=4583

my new board. the bottom shape gets some funny looks but it works a treat.

i struggled early on with the really short length and no rocker. in dredging mode it tended to want to drop the nose all the time. i had to adjust my body position a little to overcome that.

then a few good nice gusts came through and i pumped onto the plane. felt great when planing. tracked superbly and went through the lulls really well.

board is 120lt approx. wind was 8-12 knots. i am 96kg. so i can uphaul it etc. i was on a 7.5m sail. planed in 10 knots i guess.

notwal took it for a spin. he is much lighter. got planing and blasted back and forth for a while.

hi nebbian,

yep. like it. definately need more time on it in decent wind.

hey, i uploaded my track from yesterday. cheers for the help. user error of course.

do i get an award for the worst times in the whole comp.

Hey Gesty, the gps challenge is for wind surfing, not wind submarining, whats long and hard and full of seamen. At last someone who is slower than me.Just think when we finally get some wind maybe we can hit over 30 kts. I reckon we should offer Saltys new Pryde RS to Huey for a sacrifice.See you soon mate, keep on smiling

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Originally posted by nebbian
note that I changed my 1 hour value because I can guarantee I did more than 1.8 km in one hour, and RealSpeed gives different numbers depending on whether you select "Trackpoints" or "Doppler".

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RealSpeed appears to have a bug in the 1hr calculations, when using doppler (V 1.907).

Hi Nebs, could you send me the file and a screen-grab (please highlight the row(s) in error). I' have been submitting a few bug reports - so if there is something unusual, I'd like to know about it.

Ok here's a question , who's the guy at the start with the white helmet. It is an Aussie.

You know who it is

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Originally posted by mathew

Hint: he makes software for us...

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geeze Mat now you given it away.

Anyone else going for an early morning sail tomorrow?

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Originally posted by mkseven

Anyone else going for an early morning sail tomorrow?

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be out about 12 lunch time. prob go VP

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Ok here's a question , who's the guy at the start with the white helmet. It is an Aussie.

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And he makes nice stuff for ya boards

ok, i'll get up early then.

Its looking pretty ordinary up here at the moment 8-10 knots.

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Originally posted by vando

the anwser is Mal Wright

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oh, who is Mal? Does Mal create your gps calc software?