Moreton Bay Mob (QLD, Australia) - 2008-04-18
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
ODIN
39.061(X)
36.741(X)
22.156(X)
26.165(X)
0(X)
44.69(X)
Vando
36.331(X)
33.395(X)
15(X)
24.021(X)
29.863(X)
32(X)
mikey
24.38(X)
0(X)
0(X)
0(X)
0(X)
0.3(X)
mkseven
31.277(X)
10.478(X)
0(X)
0(X)
0(X)
1.61(X)
phil
Boombuster
Ryno
ZbRider
Jemo
RIGGS
Chris
Windsurfing Ninja
Foily Mc Foil Head
Martin Worling
Drifter
Wind Glider
Trev
Macey
CHRISL
Wile E. Coyote
Scotty
Rob
Mr Keen
Starkode
Dez
musorianin
marty
Average37.7035.0718.5825.0914.9338.35
ODIN (37600km):
5845 days ago
5 categories

Finally some consistant wind 18 to 28 kts but still very gusty you had to be at the right place at the right moment but even some bigger gusts died very quickly.

 Out with the crew today and the sea state was not bad but still short runs to get a 10 sec in again we have to bare off into the chop making the course to tight.

Tried a little bit different rigging n fine tuining today and it payed off even through the lulls after the gust i was still hitting high 36s.

And for the alpha its about time i caught a good consistant run.

After an hour n half of sailing at the bank something magical happened the wind died totally so vando mark n i had a good swim back LATE in the afternoon with our BIG FRIENDS hanging around SOMEWHERE , thank god we made it back safely.

CA speed 50 , 6.4 stealth , 28cm F1 falcon 



Vando (57398km):
5845 days ago
2 categories

Very gusty and squally today at vp. Didnt have a real good day broke my harness lines after a few runs on the bank so I had to go back in again errr so i changed booms went back out wind was cranking maybe 25 knots go back to the bank got one run and the wind diedFrown. So Me, Pierre and Mark were standing on the bank with no wind and no way of getting back. So we ended up having to swim all the way back in not much fun thats for sure.

Congrats Pierre nice Alpha mateWink

 



mikey (16306km):
5845 days ago
2 categories

Got to VP late, rigged as the 25kts+ was blowing, walked the 200m to the water, got one gust for about 10 sec.....then it died to less than 10kts, so had to swim back in. Great fun wearing a weight jacket with over 7kg of lead. Aghhhhh...



mkseven (5336km):
5830 days ago
1 categories

1.61km- thats how far we swam back.



Comments
nebbian


WA
Australia
5845 days ago

Geez guys that's a long swim.  Did you swim straight for the ferry jetty and walk the rest?  Good thing you had your mates around, it's pretty scary doing the big swim on your own with the sun going down Frown

Vando


QLD
Australia
5845 days ago

Yer nebs walk up as far as we could to the end of the bank then let the wind drag us down wind lucky the tide was just coming in.

Got to where the boats are mored there and walk the rest of the way.

 

evets


WA
Australia
5845 days ago

"Fish are friends"

I am sure I have seen a doco where your friends wanted to be pals with fish..... I do not remember them swearing an oath to avoid eating swimming windsurfers!!! I would be pretty nervours.Frown(ok maybe it was only Finding Nemo but a shark is a shark!)

Snides


WA
Australia
5845 days ago

nice work guys...going to be hard to peg that back, at least on this side of the countryCry 

Boombuster


QLD
Australia
5844 days ago

Bumma I was at work but am glad of that for once if I had have been off work I would have gone with u lot & had a swim would not be good plenty of fish with big teeth out there not good swimming across the channel late in the arvo. Sorry for you lot but glad I was at work. Good speeds Vando & Pierre & good on u Pierre on your pb no good for you mike all you had was a swim.

Elmo


WA
Australia
5844 days ago

Good to see your breezes are starting to fire up, great session shame about the swim.

Nice one

Congrats on the Alpha PB Pierre, my bloody head would come of at those speeds going around cornersWink

Haggar


QLD
Australia
5844 days ago

Pierre, you keep pushing the envelope, well done mate Smile You are breakable, take care in the chop