Cro Dalmatia Speed Junkies (South, Croatia) - 2009-04-27
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
Crumpo
29.08(T)
26.62(T)
17.29(T)
18.65(T)
23.8(T)
61.48(T)
Sandro
eightbft
Jabuka
Petar
MarinA
Marin the Playboy
Average
Crumpo (9218km):
6252 days ago

Today the wind was 18-24knots gusts to 30knots. I decided to try my old small slalom board mistral sle 280 with code red 6.7 and Porlimit 34 slalom fin. The chop was pretty big and this combination works good. Wind changed direction to the SI and I had to go away form the coast, in that moment finn broke down. I was swimming for about 30min and didnt move more than 50 meters because of very strong curent. Then I called my mates to pick me up with boat. Thanks god that i had cell phone with me.

I spend about 70min swiming in the see with 3/2 dry suit. I was frozen and I am tired but  still very satisfied with this day.

Aloha Crumpo 



Comments
Warrior


North
Croatia
6252 days ago

uf crumpo, thanx god you are ok :D

ODIN


South
Croatia
6252 days ago

Good that you made it back , lucky you had your phone on ja....

I got stuck with work till late in the afternoon and by that time the wind swung to SE and it was really gusty here killing most of the spots where i went to check out.

 

nebbian


WA
Australia
6251 days ago

Glad to hear you're OK Crumpo, I've been in situations that weren't as bad as yours and it was still very hard to control the panic!

I bet you're happy you had your cellphone with you.

Marin


North
Croatia
6251 days ago

Yeah, it is not bad idea at all to carry a cell phone, especially if you are sailing alone. Speedsailing is all about pushing to the limits so things can happen anytime. Last time something like that happened to me I swam for about 1 hour and 45 minutes :P.

Good score Crumpo, keep it going ;).

Warrior


North
Croatia