Swan River Mob (WA, Australia) - 2008-05-22
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
25
36.001(X)
34.348(X)
16.005(X)
21.989(X)
30.201(X)
33.07(X)
Slowboat
36.846(X)
35.496(X)
18.294(X)
23.215(X)
27.369(X)
80.22(X)
Claude
37.1(X)
34.643(X)
18.509(X)
22.263(X)
31.985(X)
100.336(X)
Snides
Tim Stockton
Chris Adamson
Craig Mann
Recycle
Dan Engdahl
Whitey
Matthew Langer
JC
Stringer
Istaaack
Neil Daffen
Linds
Spock
Gav
Mick
SAM WILLIAMS
Lachy
Aiden
Aids
Average36.9735.0718.4022.7431.0990.28
25 (14457km):
6028 days ago

Quick before work sessi. 6.6 Koncept, Gladiator 95, 33 f1 falcon.

Some good gusts amongst the wicked westerley chop on the Swan. Claude and Slowey were going at it when I left.

Saw a bloke on an Ezzy appear from nowhere - it was Nebbs!



Slowboat (49232km):
6028 days ago
4 categories

2nd time I've gone for a dawn partol this year. 2nd time my car wouldnt start. F(*&KIT. After it cranked over a few timez and the battery went flat, I went and got the charger. Still no Joy. Check the obvious. Fuel OK. Spark OK. Flooded maybe? 30 minutes later. No joy. Damn. I was all ready to go at 5.50am! Not sure what the prob is. Maybe fuel pump, blocked filter (doubt it), or the gas computer has died and is refusing to switch the fuel injectors on.

Anyway, I borrowed a car and squeezed my stuff in. By the time I got there PD was done, Claude had his best times for the day, and the wind looked really nice in the gusts, with a moderately choppy westerly direction. So I rigged up and got into the wetsuit. And the wind swung WSW. Bugger. Thats the worst direction on the river for chop. Its Aweful. Especially when the tide is right up (which it was). The wind shift was timed to perfection.

I went the 6.6m and the SP60, and did a couple of 36s. It was pretty hairy in the chop so I changed to the SP47. That was a lot easier to keep on the water and I got my fastest run before the wind started to drop. And stayed dropped until I packed up. &%$!!! The joy of winter.

Just making a coffee while realspeed processes my track. Only been 6 minutes so far... 7... 9... 12... 15.. 22!!!

I give up. GPSResults: 3 seconds. Done. So these speeds are doppler from GPS Results. I'll come back and edit if realspeed ever finishes thinking about how awesome my tracks are!

EDIT; 33 minutes later I have numbers! Unfortunately a bit lower :( Claude should be able to prop things up with some garmin 2 seconds though :)

 

 



Claude (28076km):
6028 days ago
5 categories

Great to get a bit of wind again 18-25knts on the Swan river, Isonic 86, 6.1 & 29cm F1, had a few good runs between waves in the middle of Swan ocean.  2sec peak on Garmin 37.831, 37.1 was max display on Garmin, still having trouble downloading data from GT31 to PC.



Comments
Slowboat


WA
Australia
6028 days ago

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH YEEEEEEAAAAAAAR.

nebbian


WA
Australia
6028 days ago

Hey Slowboat, ready at 5:50?  Luxury!  I left home at 4:59 this morning...

25, where were you?  I didn't see another sail the whole time I was out.  Were you at Point Walter or somewhere else?

Decrepit


WA
Australia
6028 days ago

Congrats guys, put WA back in the lead, I'm afraid we couldn't better our scores today.

Slowboat


WA
Australia
6028 days ago

Hey nebs was that you grovelling at Pt walter ~1pm? Claude and I went to check it out after the wind came in again (as soon as we started derigging). It was all gone when we got there though.

Snides


WA
Australia
6027 days ago

unbelievable result guys!!!! awesome effort Claude with a monster mile through the moguls!!!!Surprised

Snides


WA
Australia
6027 days ago

yep i was there but i cowered in the car while the brave did the job!

Peter Dans  getting a much needed wind  fix!

sorry about the quality of the pic

Snides


WA
Australia
6027 days ago

 25 pulling up at the end of the melville speed strip25 pulling up at the end of the melville speed strip..

Snides


WA
Australia
6027 days ago

nebbs if you look at the first pic of 25,you where sailing directly up wind aprox a mile and a half away i  guess.

from your angle it would of been difficult to see the guys out, but they where there.

looking at your tracks you where sailing over to the walter area.

nebbian


WA
Australia
6027 days ago

Arrr OK that makes sense.  I thought Point Walter and Melville were the same place.  That's east coasters for ya Embarassed

Chris Adamson


WA
Australia
6027 days ago

"Melville Speed Strip"??

 

What Melville Speed Strip??

Slowboat


WA
Australia
6027 days ago

awww cmon Chris, that *is* flat water! WNW at Melville (as pictured) is wicked (challenging) for doing NMs and getting good peaks. When it goes WSW then speed is finished for the day.

Sammy the snail


WA
Australia
6027 days ago

TOP team work boyssssssss yaaaaaaaaaahLaughing