just sort of thought i would draw some attention to slow boats effort yesterday at hardies.
sometimes its easy to just shrug of Chris's sailing as.... "ho hum he got another 38"
as its a very regular thing for him to go out (in mostly less than ideal conditions) and then average speeds that most of us have never seen before.
so i thought his effort yesterday was exceptional, not only for his straight line speed but also for his alphas and hour runs.
like the rest of us,he had to deal with weed through out the course- but he still managed to do a 24kn 1 hr through it all!! this was made even more impressive by the fact he was using an assymetrical fin AND he was stopping regularly to clear the weed from it!!!!
god knows what he would of pulled had he used a fin that was designed for weed and designed for sailing on BOTH tacks
well done mate
here is a link to his efforts
http://gpsteamchallenge.com.au/showsession.php?date=2007-12-08&team=10

mate.. i see the bender man all most matched your nm from yesterday on the moguls at melville!!yesterday
that was a great effort as well

I'm kicking myself i missed sailing at hardies yesteday.

Yes i sailed the swan river and yes i never will again.i dont know how you SRM do it, respect!!

Tooooo mmmaaaaannnnnnyyyy boats, windsurfers and just the small problem of chop coming from every angle.[:

Its a wicked spot for sure. Thanks for the positive comments guys. I was catching a bit of weed, but only when it got really shallow. The assy fin I used has 30 degrees of rake so its quite weed tolerant.

I was really surprised at the 1 hour I ended up with given the number of stops.

Great day sailing with a great crew. Was glad to see Snides and John on the water pulling some great speeds for the team.

Hardie and other crab crew- I really appreciate you guys scoping this place out and marking out the reefs. Thats done wonders for the visitors confidence in taking out favourite fins. Although I did have a moment where I believed I'd destroyed my favourite fin and the bottom of the board on my last run. I hit something very solid that just about catapaulted me. It really felt like a reef. But there wasnt a mark on the fin... Must have been a fish or a ray.

Hanging out for the next mission there. I've got some PBs to destroy.