Fogland Speed Surfers (NE, United States of America) - 2013-08-26
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
Peter
31.69(D)
29.3(D)
14.96(D)
21.57(D)
21.16(D)
80.99(D)
Dean Withrow
32.18(D)
29.94(D)
5.75(D)
19.71(D)
20.29(D)
10.95(D)
Average31.9429.6210.3620.6420.7345.97
Peter (48462km):
3889 days ago
6 categories

Egg Island with Dean and Nina. Tides and wind did not match - when the tide was low enough to sail next to the second sandbar, the wind was weak, and when the wind increased, the second sandbar was submerged. Did my top speed at the inner sandbar, which makes for short runs. But can't complain about 2 PB's :-). XFire 90, Koncept 5.8, BPF WS 34. 

Went out for a second session in front to play a bit in the bumps. Lots of fun, but the wind was a bit up & down, from underpowered to just barely hanging on. Used 3S 96 + Ice 4.7.



Dean Withrow (5614km):
3889 days ago
4 categories

GPS failure - no speeds after the first 25 minutes. Bummer! The first runs were all in the chop in front of Kalmus. None of the runs at Egg Island Slicks were recorded.

Has anyone seen such failures? Is the GPS toast? The case was completely dry.



Comments
Dean Withrow


USA
United States of America
3889 days ago

Congratulations Peter! You were flying!
Unfortunately I can't back you up for the team results... 

I now know why I my speed never increased dispite my best efforts. The f-ing GT-31 was on, but not recording anything after my initial "test runs". Everytime I had a great run, I would look down and see the same 30 knot speed. I just couldn't understand it... I was convinced the the data was there and would show up once I uploaded the file.... unfortunately the Genie was "Locked up" and I have nothing to show for a great speed day. So pissed...Frown

Dani Sfeir


USA
United States of America
3889 days ago

Congratulations Peter. Cool

Sorry about your GPS Dean. Frown

Boro


USA
United States of America
3889 days ago

Nice speed Peter! And alpha!

Boro


USA
United States of America
3889 days ago

Dean, is this from memory card? Did you try to save this session on a new memory card or download from hard drive?

 

 

Dean Withrow


USA
United States of America
3887 days ago

Thanks Boro, I always pull the card at the end of the day and use it for my data.
I did download the data after seeing this. I also tried "save to card" and checked the SBP file.
The SD card functions perfectly. The unit showed no signs of trouble. It scrolled through the Genie settings all day,
but only recorded my first few runs. Very Frustrating. I opened it upo to check for moisture, there was none. This is my
newest unit and has very little water time. (mostly used on ice). It seems to be working fine, but now I can't trust it at all.

It's become useless unless I can figure out what happened. 
I always use the "Key Locked" function, is this maybe the cause. Can it be "locked" at the wrong time?
If the case is too tight and there is constant pressure on the "key Locked" button, will this cause it to stop recording?

It's still a mystery to me. What a waste...

Peter


USA
United States of America
3885 days ago

Thanks, Boro. Dean, maybe it's time you get a FlySight GPS. Better accuracy than the GT-31, it seems :-)