Hey guys and gals, how about a Team sail over the Australia day weekend, any suggestions to a suitable location. Whats your crystal balls saying Gesty.

Yoo hooooo, SEQ on the map for 2008, well done people. Now if you can just get our rankings up b4 I sail again that would be bonzer

I'm real busy with work at the moment but might get a late sail Sunday pm

there is plenty of wind....

see you all on the formula kit

yes

Hey Fitz, I went out on the wave kit at Queens beach today with the 5.4 . If you need the track I can put it on. Won't be fast though about 25/26 knts

Gestalt said...

hi guys,

i went out on the fish yesterday at VP figured i'd be a team player and at least log a track this month.

sailed for 2 hour continuous, lost a couple of calusses on the hands ouch!

anyways,

downloaded the track, it was gobledegook, looks like my 101 is finally stuffed, been 3 months now with the lcd screen not working.

so figured i'd pop it in the microwave for 3 secs as i'd read on here before that moisture in the unit can cause issues.

POP!!!!

oh dear.

I heard of a lady Who tried to dry her poodle in the micorwave.

Same result - SPLAT! [}:)]

You two must have read the same forum --lol

I may have a chance of a sail Tuesday arvo

decrepit said...

You never ever, put anything in a micro wave that conducts electricity well!!!!

Except for cats

Gestalt said...

so figured i'd pop it in the microwave for 3 secs as i'd read on here before that moisture in the unit can cause issues.

POP!!!!

oh dear.

Oh Gestie, where do I start... *Lol while shaking head*

fair call guys. in hindsight it was only ever going to end in tears. but the unit was pretty much stuffed anyways.

in my defence i'm not that bad with electronics. have been known to super charge some guitar effects units in the past and have built a stereo or 2 from scratch.

i did thunk ahead this time and took the batteries out before i put it in the microwave. all was good until the 3rd second. maybe should have just used a normal oven or only 1 sec in microwave. prob lucky i didn't stuff the microwave too .

yesterday i was whipper snippering the yard and thought. i wonder if i can hook the motor up to me land sailor? I remembered the gps and thought i better not.

nebbian said...

Gestalt said...
maybe should have just used a normal oven or only 1 sec in microwave.

What frequency does a GPS use? (around 1.5 GHz)
What frequency does a microwave use? (around 2.4 GHz)

The first thing to go would be the very sensitive receiver circuitry, followed closely by the tuned aerial. This would probably have gone within 0.01 seconds of you turning it on.

It would be like listening to a 300 dB sound. It might take three seconds for your head to explode, but your ears would be fried within milliseconds...

Poor little GPS, I feel sorry for it

yes my ears are also fried from loud music. but the hughes and kettner can be turned up very loud so i don't even notice.

p.s. how's thing's in WA

i couldn't get out on sunday.

was my youngest daughters 2nd birthday.

went to VP to celebrate and watched everyone else sail while playing in the kids playground. it was good 8.5m weather.

Hey KT I'm gonna try for GB tomorrow after lunch. See you there