Lake Macquarie (NSW, Australia) - 2019-03-30
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
Byron Mcilveen
34.892(D)
33.354(D)
13.133(D)
20.869(D)
22.845(D)
41.282(D)
Greg Kiskarpati
37.637(D)
35.037(D)
6.559(D)
22.557(D)
14.753(D)
18.226(D)
Andrew Haigh
36.67(D)
34.904(D)
13.347(D)
22.61(D)
26.34(D)
42.687(D)
rus13b
34.319(D)
32.272(D)
12.814(D)
21.008(D)
25.382(D)
25.923(D)
Glenn Rumford
27.496(D)
24.746(D)
8.937(D)
13.13(D)
18.322(D)
16.765(D)
Mick Saunders
19.147(D)
15.849(D)
2.076(D)
0(D)
9.281(D)
4.114(D)
sboardcrazy
33.566(D)
30.48(D)
9.247(D)
19.128(D)
26.927(D)
20.246(D)
Tim Ford
James Farley
GeoffS
Big Tom
nick0
Ian Wright
John Pearce
Steve Walsh
adamhatfield
Hugh
Bruce Healey
Ben Turner
Murray Towndrow
Cluffy
Bear
Tibor
Nige Watts
Timbotto
Bostonfoil
Ant-man
mick13B
Woody
katelyn
Chopper
Brent Hopkins
Craig Forbes
Where's Leanne
MobZ
Croanster
dutchie1964
Ākos Molnār
dutchie1964
Kev
Brett
Average37.1534.9713.2422.5826.6341.98
Byron Mcilveen (63506km):
1826 days ago
1 categories

Teralba, NSW, AU

falcon 115, s2 venom 7, select v max 37 and 35

very gusty and heapd of boats very happy with speed in that size chop we just didnt get the wind strength others got but we got wind way before everytwhere else.

back very sore had to stop, hope its ok tomorow.



Greg Kiskarpati (20229km):
1826 days ago
3 categories

Budgewoi Lake, NSW, AU



Andrew Haigh (48704km):
1826 days ago
6 categories

Budgewoi Lake, NSW, AU

Quite a day. For once the forecast was spot on. No wind until 3pm and then lots!

Sue texted that the wind had arrived at Peelie but I still had nothing at Buffo, which is only 2km away. So I started to rig the 6.2. Within minutes I had trouble rigging due to the wind.

FF70, 17cm fin and 6.2m. 20-28 kts and no sign of any flat water. After all the recent rain and run off the lake was literally black.

This is my first session posted with the Motion GPS. Bit of a drama converting from OAO to UBX to SBP then into KA72 (But this will soon be fixed)

Very pleasing to see the exact numbers that I saw out on the water coming out of KA72

...........Motion Display.....Motion KA72.........GT31 KA72

2 Sec       36.67                 36.67                 36.54

5*10        34.90                 34.90                 34.80

1 Hour      9.54                  13.34                 13.31

Alpha        22.67                22.61                 22.58

NM            26.32                26.34                 26.31

Dist           42.55                42.69                 42.41

 

The only discrepancy is the 'hour' that is because the Motion displays the average speed for each whole hour after you press the reset button, not your best overall hour.

After a summer of poor GPS reception, especially with the GW60 watch it was nice to see between 20-24 satellites being tracked 



rus13b (5064km):
1826 days ago

Budgewoi Lake, NSW, AU

5.6 r6 sl91 tribal 25ws

was good sail, 3rd sail in 3 months so gumby mode out there. 1 run out & bak for more down haul.

then i could hold it & it was ruff, water heaps high & black, real dirty looking.

not a bad speed, missed first 6 gybes in a row & front foot was coming out of the strap.

more sailing needed thats all. plenty dwn there 10 15 guys & girl.



Glenn Rumford (10539km):
1826 days ago

Marmong Point, NSW, AU

Isonic 117 litre, Severne 8.6 Reflex 7.....a touch big for my 70kg. Unlike Byron, I had more wind than I wanted.



Mick Saunders (11615km):
1826 days ago

Marmong Point, NSW, AU Out and back. Too gusty.

formula 159 deb 70 maui 9.2 m



sboardcrazy (24291km):
1825 days ago

20-30kts w - WSW Peel st Budgewoi Lake, NSW, AU level 0.46

 5.5m Mach2 - 80ltre iso- 21.5cm FF ( cutdown 24)

 then 70ltre patrick - 16cm tribal delta

 Rough as guts! Like Lake george on a big day.. 

Got there early and took a punt and rigged small. It took a few hours before it kicked in and then I could have used the 5m but I had the 5.5m rigged so out I went.

One of those sails where at the time you're too focused on staying in one piece to think of anything else but after it's " wow that was scary but a total buzz " Laughing

10" - 1ft waves, the area down near Buff was a little flatter at first 6-8" triangular bumps but it got choppy as the wind came in. Did a hang on for grim death nm to get down there. Looked at the watch and I think top speed was only 29kts..Undecided . Hung around there for a while and got a few high 31's which I thought was pretty good for my weight in those conditions. Stoked with the alpha as it was pretty bumpy and full on..Smile I used the thick foiled FF as I wanted something that wasn't going to let go while I was overpowered in the chop.

The gusts were getting pretty wild and I was worried about getting lifted so I thought I'd come in and get the 5m. Bit of a hary work back.

 I decided to change boards to the 70 patrick. I was going to put the 18cm Ff in it as I know I can trust it in biggish chop but the board doesn't like it as much as the tribal and I knew I'd have to get used to the 70-tribal combo eventually. 

Andrew said it was the waterstate rather than the wind strength so I went back out with the 5.5m. Mmm I should have changed down.Undecided

I wasn't keen on doing a nm with the unknow combo .If the tribal had let go in those conditions it wouldn't be pretty..Laughing 

Anyway I did go for another nm and although it was survival mode the combo was terrific! The Patrick just cut through the chop , the fin didn't look like letting go and although I was mega powered the sail was very well behaved. I'm looking forward to getting better with that combo and hitting some flatwater..Tongue out

 As expected I hated the Mach2 off Coal in B & J conditions ( shouldn't have sold my 5.7m OD Frown ) but it was great at Budgy. Even though at times I felt I was on the verge of getting lifted the combo was very user friendly.

 Got the 2 sec starting through the bigger chop and finishing in choppy but slightly smaller conditions. I'm pretty happy with that for the conditions and it was getting pretty wild so I decided to get home while I was still in one piece.

 I could have gone back out with the 5m but it was 5pm so called it quits.

I'm probably lucky I didn't stack it but I'm still buzzing..Laughing

 



Comments
Sailquik


VIC
Australia
1826 days ago

Nice speed Greg. There must be a story there to tell? Wink

Greg Kiskarpati


NSW
Australia
1826 days ago

Hahahahah Daffy , not really , only that i nearly lost my brand new gps , apart from that Sue will let everyone know the conditions .

Drifter


QLD
Australia
1826 days ago

Greg, nice session. ^^^ LOL. 

sboardcrazy


NSW
Australia
1826 days ago

I thought you must have launched from Buff Andrew.

Maree Jordan


NSW
Australia
1826 days ago

Awesome guys

Dezza


VIC
Australia
1826 days ago
Good to see the results from the new motion so close to the gt31 andrew, and great sailing lake Mac team