The Pit Crew (VIC, Australia) - 2017-02-12
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
Sailquik
42.314(D)
40.971(D)
1.867(D)
4.725(D)
4.12(D)
16.679(D)
Peter Johnston
39.091(D)
37.863(D)
4.63(D)
4.52(D)
10.297(D)
18(D)
kato
Mathew Robertson
Shelby
Seahorse
Nic R
Spotty
Mr Love
Mal Wright
Tom Chalko
Stuart Eustice
Ado
Mal Faulkner
andrew dickenson
Pip (Old codger)
Brad
Chinaman
Dazzer
Tempest
Tone
supernan
SeaSkip
Johndog
Neil Maskiell
Hajime
PMosse
Dazman
Troppo
Sunshinesailorgirl
Josh
fordy007
Phee
Adrian
Average40.7039.423.254.627.2117.34
Sailquik (29582km):
2602 days ago
4 categories

Sandy Point. Vic.

I think I might have to finally conceed that the sand dune build up at Sandy Pt is hampering our speeds.

Today was a classic speed wind: WSW 30-35 with occaisional gusts close to 40 Knots, but the speeds we got were a couple of knots lower than similar daya in past years. Either that or I am finally losing it. Embarassed

Assuming not the latter, (much anyhow), I think there is a combination of things. The wind is more gusty when you are in the lee of the small dunes, but there are still large stretches of uninterupted wind. The effect is that in those turbulent areas you slow down and the rig and board gets destablised for a couple of seconds. When you get to the laminar wind again you have to accellerate, and then the next section of turblance comes along and it repeats.

In combination with this, is the way the dunes block the sand drift to make the bank lower and shallower in spots and no longer an even curve. This means you can't sail quite as close to the bank in places and also allows a little more chop build up. By the time you get the best angle, it seems rougher and the bank is shallower which means you must run a meter ot so further out, which of course makes it even rougher.

They are subtle changes in some ways but they add up to slower water.  Having said that, I missed a few of the big squalls today, so it is possible that was a factor as well. Eight runs in around 3 hrs.

I was walking back every run for the first half of the session, but then a slight lull apeared and a slight southerly swing so I aimed to sail upwind across the channel to the green marker to get a better run into the course. Just before I reached the shallows I heard some ominous creaking and felt my boom moving. Thinking it was about to break I dropped into the water to try and save it. When I drifted into the bank, I realised it was the clamp that was broken. The boom itself was fine, but I had no easy way to attach it to the mast. I needed to sail back across the channel or it was going to be a long trip to the other side of the inlet with a big recovery effort required. Eventually, I worked out a way to use the inhaul rope and the boom head lever to tighten the rope around the mast well enough to sail across with a floppy loose boom. Walked back and switched it for a spare and had a few more runs. While I was on the other side it felt like the squall of the day came through! Even Dr Cam sat in the water and waited it out! Laughing

It was undeniably a fun exciting day though, and the great company enhanced it even more. An interloper from the Southerly Busters doing a great job of sailing freeride gear, Peter Muffin man, Dr Cam and his step son. All going for it! Cool

CA40, Tribal 18 assy speed, 2016 KA Koncept 5.0m.

GW-52 posted (had 10Hz GPS-Logit and GW-60 for comparison - the former was ever so slightly faster and the latter was ever so slightly slower, but all well within the Doppler error range. Wore GW60 on my trailing, left wrist this time and error was every so slightly lower than previous session on the right wrist, but still quite a bit higher than the other two).

 

 

 

 



Peter Johnston (8869km):
2600 days ago
2 categories

Sandy Point, Vic

First speed sail in a year!! :(   So really good to get back on the speed board. A bit nervous at first, especially as I had borrowed the smallest fin I've ever used from Daffy - his spare Tribal 16cm assy. Actually it didn't let go all day, even bouncing back up the channel over steep chop. And I forgot to "let it go" at the end of the day... ;)

Disappointed not to get faster speeds as it seemed like I was sailing well. Maybe I should have rigged a bigger sail...

Great to catch up with Daffy as always, and to see Cam down for some fun, and to see his son Lachlan sail so well!

F2 Missile XS w Tribal 16cm assy and 4.4m KA Koncept.



Comments
dr cam


QLD
Australia
2602 days ago

Great work Andrew -you gave a master class today in very challenging conditions Cool

The coffee was great too!!Smile

 

Martin Worling


QLD
Australia
2602 days ago

Nice speed Andrew. Well done.

Hardie


WA
Australia
2602 days ago

Ya still got it old fellaCool, If i'd been there I would been lying in the back of my car in the foetal position sucking on my thumbEmbarassed

Sailquik


VIC
Australia
2602 days ago

Before or after you cracked your standard 40 knots run Hardie? LOL!

Firiebob


WA
Australia
2602 days ago

Very nice speeds SQ, another legendary session Cool

Re boom, amazing what we can do when we have to Smile

STROPPO


WA
Australia
2602 days ago
Nice speeds Andrew and 5x😎
sboardcrazy


NSW
Australia
2602 days ago

Sounds like a day to remember. Lucky you managed to fix the boom enough to get back.

Bradman


VIC
Australia
2602 days ago
Nice work Andrew. Wish I was also there for it today. Booms can be fickle!
Sav


VIC
Australia
2602 days ago

Not much usable footage from the gopro Cry

https://vimeo.com/203738452 

Morts


WA
Australia
2602 days ago

 

Any bit of footage is good Sav Smile

 

Very nice speed there Daffy, 5x10 not far off the 2sec so you must have had a few good runs Cool

 

 

cookie


TAS
Australia
2602 days ago

Good speeds Andrew