Mandurah Mob (WA, Australia) - 2020-12-16
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
Firiebob
33.891(D)
32.379(D)
12.61(D)
20.805(D)
28.178(D)
23.52(D)
Hardie
36.515(D)
34.568(D)
11.609(D)
23.565(D)
20.987(D)
31.529(D)
waricle
33.934(D)
32.07(D)
9.272(D)
16.988(D)
14.091(D)
27.778(D)
Lombok
31.97(D)
29.49(D)
16.523(D)
19.857(D)
25.693(D)
89.83(D)
remery
34.035(D)
31.487(D)
8.345(D)
20.623(D)
13.863(D)
23.896(D)
fangy
33.064(D)
30.07(D)
13.161(D)
22.365(D)
29.209(D)
24.631(D)
Decrepit
Binny
Bugs
Bender
Elmo
man of
Sammy the snail
Pepe47
evets
SluGger
Bully boy fat Basil
ratz
otts
Oaf
(Mu-) fin
Shane121
WazzaYotty
Morts
Mad Max
TOBYchef
Jonski
Swindy
Auz
Greggo
Frank
Rayman
Rocky
Hammer
The Scud
Stingray
Rob
Sam
Scud
Average35.2833.4714.8422.9728.6960.68
Firiebob (17842km):
1199 days ago
1 categories

Peel Inlet, WA, AU

Bugger everyones over my yapping, no one on the water while I sailed and when I get out there's a mass exodus and they all hit the water Laughing

Another great fun sail, only had a small window to sail so target was only 20km. I had a go at a mile and thought it was ok but too short, der.

I'm expecting some good speeds, Pete already was doing great straight up and Lucky Ha Ha would be smashing it. I would have loved to stay longer but my Child Bride has her sister over, loverly girls, coffee and cake will win. There you go Pete I'm first to post, beat Hardy at something Laughing

CA SL87, TWS 27, 5.8 Koncept and boardies



Hardie (35683km):
1199 days ago

Liptons 



waricle (17386km):
1199 days ago
Peel Inlet, WA, AU Mistral speed 95, koncept 5.4 fangy speed 21 Couldn’t get my act together today. Wind was stronger than yesterday but patchy with chop. Probably would have gone better on the CA62. Didn’t venture over to the other side today where I was told it was a bit better. Good crowd out and sunny and windy and sailing with friends so still a good day.

Lombok (6162km):
1199 days ago

Peel Inlet, WA, AU



remery (5218km):
1199 days ago

Peel Inlet, WA, AU



fangy (22667km):
1198 days ago

Monday Session - Monday started off as a decent enough. I went for the WT Cruise 287, Koncept 7.0, and a FF24 because I thought I might be a tad perhaps a tad under powered. This was a cunning plan that was working well enough. The FF24 was pushing the board up to plane nice and early and I could head up wind happy as Larry. Mid arvo the breeze started to push in nicely and so it was time to push things along a bit. By now the FF24 was too much power and turning into a bit of a bucket, but with all that power I thought I should try a fully loaded slingshot.

 

Boom Crash Opera happened instead. The load on the boom as I initiated the bear away was too much and my HPL disintegrated at the front and then the back. And while I made a season best dent in the estuary, my board happily scooted away downhill. I popped to surface still holding my boom and nothing else. I rescued my kit and lashed on by spare boom. I contemplated whether to flip the remnant boom and sail back to base, or leave as is, and walk ashore and then skip merrily the kilometre or two back to base. 

 

Having decided to do the whimsical walk I limped the board for a bit and then plodded ashore at Wamba Road, only interrupted by the Scud having a crack at feigning concern. Yet again another sibling Care Factor Zero was the judges decision.

 

I walked back along the foreshore, resplendent in full regalia, past all the mum’s at the playground who regarded me with the deep suspicion that only new Mum’s can, as to what a weird looking creepy old guy might be doing near their feral snotgobblers.

 

About halfway back to base the wet boardies started to make their presence felt and therein initiate a some serious chaffing action. By the time I make it back to the car, I have two chaffed cherries and the faint smell of pork crackling. 

 

Jump in the Kommandantmobile and toddle off home for a replacement boom… Back to Wamba Road and re rig with replacement boom and finally head back out. By now the breeze is solid and the FF24 is just too big for anything other than playing silly buggers in the chop. This turns out to be an inordinate amount of fun and I kept at it until stumps was called by the Scud whistling past from Boundary Island on his way to Nairns on an unintentional NM run. 

 

Not sure I can call it a Top Ten Fangy Day with all the carnage to boom and balls,  but still good fun in the sun.LaughingLaughing

 

 

 

Tuesday - Tuesday session was on the money. The tide had dropped and there was a decent breeze again, so WT Cruise 287, Koncept7.0, FF22 was the kit of the day. I also ignored the settings on my Koncept and rigged it as I used to rig sails to see the difference as I suspect my Kilwell might be on the stiff side for this sail. So, not quite so mental on the downhaul, leech not so floppy as a spaniels ears and neutral outhaul. 

The difference is astounding, all of a sudden I had a sail with some bottom end, forward drive and the sail has gone from being the least favourite to top of the pile. It’s a scary long, long way from suggested settings: 4 cms less downhaul and 6 cms less outhaul!  But now it works as a reasonable step between my 7.8 and 6.6.

 

The sailing today was pretty much focussed of getting my gybing technique sorted on the WT Cruise, but rather than have the discipline to complete and alpha I often just took off downhill for a quick squirt in the small chop stuff. With a lazy max at 35 I am well happy with the performance and I can see there is much more speed potential to play with in future. I also for the first time had some decent squirts in the Murray River Channel - usually I fin the wind dies as soon as I get close to the river mouth, but today was different and the novelty was worthy.

 

The only thing stopping the day being a Top Tenner was arriving back at base to find both my car and trailer gone. After the initial sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach, I noticed the trailer on its lonesome some hundred metres or so down the road…

Hmmm I wonder whether the recently licensed household snotgobbler has come down to pinch the car for her never ending social events timetable? Possibly she has stopped down the road outside a family friend’s place and got him to take the trailer off for her…yep I will go with that. Now, that only leaves the problem of how to get home when all my clothes and phone were still in the missing car…YellLaughing

 

Wednesday - The same combo again today: WT Cruise 287, Koncept 7.0 and FF22, and a quick ping around the paddocks. Nothing much to report today other than I am quite surprised at the alpha given I was tacking upwind and I had not even considered trying to maximise the U turn. I am really keen to keep practicing and improving these on this board. The NM run home wasn’t too shabby either. Defo a Top Ten Fangy Day albeit short and sweet. Wednesday's tracks just so I have some crayon work.

 



Comments
Firiebob


WA
Australia
1199 days ago

Great day for a sail, well done Cool

I think you were going out as I came in Vic, catch you next time.

Lombok


WA
Australia
1198 days ago

seen this fella in boardies in full flight sending it across the channel → must've been you → I'll drop anchor next time

sboardcrazy


NSW
Australia
1198 days ago

Great writeup fangy.. yes I need a session dedicated to getting my gybes down on the WT57 in chop..Undecided