Lake Macquarie (NSW, Australia) - 2021-01-19
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
32.307(D)
30.121(D)
15.36(D)
21.565(D)
24.354(D)
38.782(D)
Bruce Healey
29.17(D)
27.515(D)
12.939(D)
17.482(D)
20.631(D)
26.286(D)
Chopper
15.92(D)
13.612(D)
2.391(D)
5.962(D)
6.756(D)
4.428(D)
Andrew Haigh
22.918(D)
21.536(D)
15.17(D)
18.687(D)
19.271(D)
50.546(D)
sboardcrazy
26.815(D)
24.952(D)
8.134(D)
17.018(D)
14.86(D)
30.101(D)
mick13B
13.082(D)
11.987(D)
3.195(D)
7.597(D)
7.431(D)
7.989(D)
Tim Ford
James Farley
Greg Kiskarpati
Mick Saunders
GeoffS
Big Tom
nick0
Ian Wright
John Pearce
rus13b
Glenn Rumford
Steve Walsh
adamhatfield
Hugh
Ben Turner
Murray Towndrow
Cluffy
Bear
Tibor
Nige Watts
Timbotto
Bostonfoil
Ant-man
Woody
katelyn
Brent Hopkins
Craig Forbes
Where's Leanne
MobZ
Croanster
dutchie1964
Ākos Molnār
dutchie1964
Kev
Brett
Average30.7428.8215.2720.1322.4944.66
Byron Mcilveen (63506km):
1165 days ago
6 categories

Wallis Lake, NSW, AU

s2 venom 7, falcon 90, kestral 18

too light for the combo but first time I have sailed at this launch spot and it was great fun.

good catching up with the locals and help show me around it was a sweet place to gybe and just cruise a tiny bit more wind and the speed would have been increased big time.

hope for some NE breeze latter in week and looking forward to trying another new spot.



Bruce Healey (24088km):
1165 days ago

Canton Beach, NSW, AU

Ok arvo, 7m, casl82



Chopper (3577km):
1165 days ago

Coal Point, NSW, AU

Mistral Explosion, Retro 6.5

yucky.



Andrew Haigh (48704km):
1165 days ago
3 categories

Coal Point, NSW, AU. Southerly 5-20kts

Stingray, 800.95-2.330 5.5m

Patchy up and down southerly. Glad I was on the foil



sboardcrazy (24291km):
1165 days ago

patchy 5-24kts SSE- S more consistent 15-22kts at the end Marmong Point, NSW, AU

 Sailed 12.12 - 3.12 with breaks..

5.7m gator - WT57 - 28WTweedy

 then 24cm WT stealth weedy + lot of tail flex and mastfoot 1cm forward.

Well Marmong has redeemed itself in my eyes.. I've had so many patchy yucky sails there. This one was very patchy and demanding at times but when it was on it was on..Tongue outTongue out

Up & down like a yoy yo when I arrived.. 5-12kts for 5 mins then 20-25kts ..it seemd to have settled into 10-23kts so I rigged the 5.7m knowing it would be brownpants if it kicked back in but thinking it wouldn't..

 Of course it did! About the 3rd run it kicked in 20-25kts with 1.5m ramps ..really happy with the 2 sec ( 26.98kts on the screen) a board lake PB. I could have probably got better except I was so maxed out , the board was launching into the air at each chop and it could have been carnage..It was a fun but hairs standing up on the back of your neck run..Laughing

Decided to switch to the 5m and smaller fin and try the mastfoot forward - set it up for the strong stuff.. Of course it died down to 10-18kts . I didn't use it but went back out with the 5.7m. I was underpowerd a lot.

I thought I did longer runs than that!  Surprised. It got really patchy if you went further than that.

 No wonder I thought I was going to have a heart attack ( heart rate up so much)..Laughing Usual 150bpm rate by Garmin but definitely more tiring than usual. Most of the time I wasn't powered enough to get in the back strap.

 Marmong is certainly flatter than Coal. I'm really happy with my gybes. I went back to my old technique and the mastfoot further forward helped engage the rail so things went better. It also made a difference being well powered ( rather than maxed out) and only having 30cms chop to deal with gybing.

I got a couple of beauties..No planing exits but tidy and still moving after the flip and I just had to hang off the boom to accelerate out.. I actually had some wind on the exit for once! I think the alpha is a lake PB? I had to keep a narrower turn or I would have run into the jetty..Laughing

 I'm certainly happier if I can get some ok  gybes in a session.

B & J conditions when the wind was in. There were some 1-1.5m ramps on port tack.. I was more focused on gybe practise and a few bearaways but I did one small one. The WT57 with it's bigger fin is easier to land than the waveboard. The waveboards narrow tail and small 20cm fin has me spinning out a fairbit on landing.

 It seemed to die so I came in and got out of the harness etc and yakked with Lajos but then it kicked back in better than ever so everyone went back out. Much easier going for it not so maxed out.

It was really good but I was tired and starting to stuff gybes so I quit while I was ahead.

Happy , Happy happy...Tongue out I finally feel like I've turned a corner with the 90ltre and I'm starting to get the gybes going..Cool

 Lajos , Gert , Hugh? and some others on fins. MickB on foil and some wingdings and a kiter.

The first time I've ever watched a kite and thought " wow ! That looks fun!' He was getting 10m high jumps and landing and planing off plus doing serpentines at full speed.

I wish we got more days like this one..zzzzzzzz

 



mick13B (1975km):
1165 days ago

Marmong Point, NSW, AU

some flight time 5/6 not a bad stats dayfor the foil



Comments
Lyds


NSW
Australia
1165 days ago
Cmon Andy even Nic uses a bigger sail than you 🤣🤣🤣