.Rider.....GPS Speed...Location.......Date

Slowboat.....41.3......Pt Walter....26.03.2007

Yoyo...........40.1......Pt Walter....26.03.2007

25..............38.9.....W/mans Pt...28.01.2006

Robbie........38.6......Pelican Pt....31.12.2005*

Elmo..........38.0......Mandurah.....08.04.2007

Claude........37.2......Pelican Pt....19.01.2007

Snides8.......36.8......Pt Walter....26.03.2007

Izymeister...36.6......Melville.......07.08.2006

TimS..........36.2......Mandurah.....08.04.2007

Jesper........36.0......Melville........03.10.2006

ChrisA........35.9......Cervantes.....10.03.2007

Hardie........35.5......Mandurah.....26.03.2007

JohnN.........35.4.....W/mans Pt....28.03.2006

JosephP......35.1.....Mandurah......26.12.2006

4XL............33.8......Pt Walter?....09.03.2007

JamesF.......31.5......Pelican Pt....27.03.2007

Bender........29.7......Bunbury......19.03.2007

PaulK..........28.6......Melville......15.03.2007

Daddycool....28.3......Melville......27.03.2007

This list is not complete. There are a lot more guys with gps units. I made this list as a reference for WA sailors from speeds posted on several different forums (and so we don't get disillusioned by the 45+ speeds from the Sandy Point and West Kirby guys). It looks like Pt Walter is the top spot in WA so far.

Laurie,

Delete this post immediately, I find it offensive, makes me look like one of the slowest in WA

Hardie, there are many slower than you. I posted this mainly as an indication of what people are doing over here in the West. It is incomplete and some I know have had good times (Jezz ,SAS, Matt?) but I don't know what/when they were. I have not put up any ranking numbers so people can't say "I'm the x fastest in WA" when that may not be the case. In fact for the mo'I think it best to call it a "table" rather than ranking.
To solve your present lack of esteem, encourage sailors slower to post their best gps speeds.

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Originally posted by 25

Elmo
re your first post on this thread
Would be very keen to come down and have a shot on Hardies run
Snides and I were trying to dig up a contact #
Please send email via this site with a number we can call before we embark on the journey
Are you staying local over Easter - Sunday looks a possibility!
Cheers
25

Nice initiative yoyo

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Done

I'm staying local, The Hardy fella is going tourist on me so the company would be great, it's a lot of water (1Nm from start to gybe)so the extra bodies won't affect it.

I've been hanging to see what the Perth crew can do on it.

Alby

G'day Steve,

I've just found out who 25 is (gulp) methinks I'm heading for a bum kicking.

Just look at it this way, you're sending him down as an exploratory sacrifice to the wilds of Mandurah.

Looks pretty good weather for the camping anyway.

Alby

Steve

I feel your pain (or will)

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Originally posted by snides8

Gday Alby,
love to make the trip, how ever its come to that time of the season where i must restock my browny points and go camping with the family!
in addition to this chore i have just had a melanoma cut out of the back of my shoulder so the doc has advised no stretching or immersion in the water for the next week :(
good luck for this weekend with the wind!!

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Steve

A huge Thank you for your sacrifice It was very much appreciated

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Originally posted by snides8

how was it did i miss anything? :((((
nice speeds down there Alby !!
struggled with the tent for the last couple of nights in the strong winds!!!, good to see i have come back just in time for the doldrums...bugger!!! :(((((

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Did you miss much?
Speeds
Doldrums good to recover from the 6.2m arm stretching session yesterday.

Have a chat with 25 for his verdict of the run, it was fun trying to keep pace with him (I've still got a ways to go)

No pain, Lots of fun going the chase though.

I haven't been doing the speed thing long so trying to catch the Perth crew is great as I can learn a lot from them.

Fanging with Hardy is always fun as we are so very evenly matched.

The speeds which you guys are achieving I can only dream about.

Alby

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Originally posted by sick_em_rex

great effort Elmo on your 38. I just read who I presume to be '25's' comments on the run on GPS-speedsurfing and he gives YOU a great write-up!
Curious to know, is it named 'Hardies run' because he found it or is it literally a spot called that and it's purely co-incidence?

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Thanks Rex

No it was the Hardie fella who found it, so I started calling it Hardies run and it's stuck.

We had always sailed further out, Hardie went exploring one session in the shallows and found the run. We've only been playing with the run for just on 2 months but it's turning into a ball tearer as we learn more about it.

Yes it was 25 who was down, it was a real eye opener (again) for me as to how quick the Perth boys go, he had the wood on me all day making it look easy which made me push harder than I've ever done before just trying to keep up.

Tim S also was down and flew, he's going to be a real problem child as he gets more experience.

Twas a great day, took 2 days to recover from it