Swan River Mob (WA, Australia) - 2019-01-23
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
Slowboat
40.656(D)
37.371(D)
14.728(D)
22.619(D)
24.185(D)
76.661(D)
25
Snides
Tim Stockton
Chris Adamson
Claude
Craig Mann
Recycle
Dan Engdahl
Whitey
Matthew Langer
JC
Stringer
Istaaack
Neil Daffen
Linds
Spock
Gav
Mick
SAM WILLIAMS
Lachy
Aiden
Aids
Average
Slowboat (47697km):
1913 days ago
6 categories

Melville Beach, WA, AU

woke up with flu/cough/high fever... kids have had it for 5 days so far- but no way I was going to miss a summer westerly. Rigged for limp mode- new 5.5m and 137 with 33spw.

Pretty gusty and very shallow so had to be careful where I went. There were some nice patches of wind and flat water- probably because it was really shallow. Found the bottom on one of my last runs- 39.2kts and boom!... its superman dredging a channel with the hip. oops. Nice to see some 40s on the big board again, and great to share a PB session with the other guys. Yes it was quite a good melville day. Not sure how I managed that many kms when I could barely make it down the stairs this morning... I guess sailing is a pretty good cure for thinking about feeling cr@p.



Comments
Flatchat


WA
Australia
1913 days ago
Well done mr. Boat on another 40. What could have been if you were feeling well!
Astrid


QLD
Australia
1913 days ago

Nice numbers Chris, hope you and your kids are feeling better soon. Was great to catch up with you again at Cervantes.
Woody-Mark


WA
Australia
1913 days ago
Impressive barge speed Chris 👍
Martin Worling


QLD
Australia
1913 days ago

Nice speed on the big board Chris.
STROPPO


WA
Australia
1913 days ago
Top speeds Chris on the big girl sweet dude 😎
Windxtasy


WA
Australia
1913 days ago

Impressive effort especially considering you had the flu, but at least it gave you an excuse to take a day off work...
Kenny


WA
Australia
1913 days ago

Nice one Slowy. curious to see what your results woudlve been on the a bigger sail and smaller board. Still was a great day for melville.Cool
Boz


WA
Australia
1913 days ago
Nice one slowie, brilliant day on Melville waters
Sailquik


VIC
Australia
1913 days ago

Nice one Chris!Cool
Slowboat


WA
Australia
1911 days ago

thx guys, pretty destroyed still. Was 40C last night when I went to bed. Fever just goes and goes for days. Prob shouldn't have got wet but... nah :)

82cm board with 5.5m wasn't exactly the optimal combo but I really did want to rig for minimum effort and figured I wouldn't get as tired using a smaller sail. The bigger board was the logical choice since it can make up for the underpowered bit to a degree. And the inevitable grovelling with the small sail would have burnt me out fast on a smaller board. Ideal combo probably 7.1m on the speed 95 or 112 seeing as it wasn't super windy (just very flat in the shallows!). But no way I could have held onto that for more than a few runs.

Stoked to get on the new 5.5m though. being sick was a good excuse to use it.
Stretch


WA
Australia
1911 days ago
Great effort Chris. Bit of a tricky situation you’ve put yourself in there, man flu is a very serious issue however going sailing may have compromised sympathy from the better half? 😁 (100% worth it of course!)