Swan River Mob (WA, Australia) - 2009-08-14
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
Stringer
34.61(D)
31.714(D)
9.907(D)
19.077(T)
26.342(D)
34.63(D)
Chris Adamson
37.1(D)
35.29(D)
14.65(D)
23.47(D)
29.62(D)
81.34(D)
Claude
37.497(D)
35.425(D)
13.416(D)
15.348(D)
25.593(D)
37.827(D)
Slowboat
42.765(D)
39.232(D)
12.59(D)
22.694(D)
30.493(D)
56.19(D)
25
Snides
Tim Stockton
Craig Mann
Recycle
Dan Engdahl
Whitey
Matthew Langer
JC
Istaaack
Neil Daffen
Linds
Spock
Gav
Mick
SAM WILLIAMS
Lachy
Aiden
Aids
Average40.1337.3314.0323.0830.0668.77
Stringer (7685km):
5340 days ago

15-40knot NW/WNW Melville 12-5PM... very rusty. first sail in 7 weeks. license back in 5 weeks, cant wait!

very gusty, 5.8 RSSmkii, 86Isonic, 30cm F falcon.. was spinnign out a bit in the chop should have gone 32 fin



Chris Adamson (14466km):
5340 days ago
3 categories

Nice day at Melville. Started out super-windy (recorded 43.6 knots on the wind guage) and then backed off through the afternoon.

The river just seems so smooth and the rounded off lines of chop all go in one direction - it's bliss!

Manta 49, North Warp F2009 5.2, KA 23sym.

Was 5.7 weather after the initial onslaught but I was too lazy to change.



Claude (27863km):
5340 days ago
1 categories

Melville beach, waiting for the wind to ease up was a mistake, when I finally decided to go out the best of it was gone, struggled today with W49,  a bit hairy through the chop and may be more suited to flat water,

W49,borrowed CR 5.6 from Jez, and 26F1, nice combo .



Slowboat (47697km):
5340 days ago
6 categories

Nice day out. Pretty crazy wind at first with a series of squalls coming through and seeing several 40kt+ gusts. Clearly it wasnt 7.8m weather so I rigged the 6.2m. I used some more downhaul than the day before. Probably a bit too much in hindsight. SP44 with a CL24S. First run was underpowered, second run I hit a smoking gust and hung on over the lumps. Got 43.15 on the dial. Today was working a bit better on port tack since the wind had a touch more westerly than yesterday. I came in and changed to the SP53 and 23KA sym, but the wind was backing off by the time I got back out. Still got a string of 40s and 41s on the dial so very happy considering the conditions werent close to perfect. But there was wind. And that means speed. The wind really dropped at the end so I backed the downhaul off and went on a NM mission in the dark. Was barely planing for some of it and cruising the rest. Sail felt way more balanced with less downhaul. Interesting :) Great SRM turnout today!



Comments
Chris Adamson


WA
Australia
5340 days ago

Honorary mention goes to Stringer's missus, who drove him down there (in a Holden Viva chock full of windsurfing gear, no less) and then sat patiently in the car all afternoon while he went windsurfing!

You've done well there mate!

Johno


TAS
Australia
5340 days ago

It's a credit to you Stringer

Izaak Perkins


TAS
Australia
5340 days ago

are you finding the new warps good chris, my dad go his and they look really good.stringer you must have to pay her back some howLaughing

Stringer


WA
Australia
5340 days ago

yeah she's the best.. i tell her that ALL the time! how is the silly duffer, she left the lights on all arvo so she had to call the RAC, both our phones out of battery too (almost) and her RAC membership had lapsed so i had no option but to continue windsurfing until the rac arrived.. shame i was too bugggered to manage anything decent.. special shout to chris won the honorary SRM trophy of Tsatsiki for being the greek champion of the world! and for a 43 today, thats ridic!

Stringer


WA
Australia
5340 days ago

special mention to ado's girl who thought he was at work all afternoon ;)  hope she doesnt read this.. (let me know and ill take this message down)

 

another poofteenth and you would have got your 30kt nm

Stringer


WA
Australia
5340 days ago

good on ya claude i didnt have the balls to pull out the speed board today, was strugerling enough with the slalom board, gotta shed some kg's or ease up on the back foot at low speed

Chris Adamson


WA
Australia
5340 days ago

Hey Stringer, my wife doesn't read this but her Mum does! I don't suppose she'll mind.

Hi Sue!

Actually the game was up when I walked out of the garage in a wetsuit.

roodog


WA
Australia
5340 days ago

hey stringer , i know for a fact that Sue reads these once in a blue moon , i work with her.I don't think see would mind either, 

Hi Sue , how's Tom