heat 1 of the belgian speedweek on the lake of La Nautique.

More comments on dailybits.be (like usual)

The day didn't start well for me. My 460 select mast collapsed when preparing my 7.5 Mega XS. Suddenly PANG. So the largest race-sail I could use, was the 6.3 The wind was increasing, so they were planning for a first official speed-race in the chop of the Lac La Nautique. I still had a freerace sail (Loft O2 7.4) from 2006 which I rigged on a North Sting C50 mast to start the race. Luckily the wind increased even more and I could change to my Falcon SL80 together with the 6.3. The 6.9 was maybe better, but this one goes also on the 460 mast.

Most of the time there was a winddrop in the middle of the 500m course. I also had to sail +2 km upwind after the finish line to be able to come back to the start line.

On the mixed (international ranking) I made a 20th place out of 40, so I am very happy with this result knowing that this is my first competition and the 6.3 was a little to small for a descent run. Minimum 25% of the participants needs a +27kts AVG on the 500m run to have a valid race. Around 50% of the riders did an AVG of 27kts or more.

Hopefully there will be another race tomorrow or friday. 

2 categories

Super weer hier geweest in Leucate, meestal met wave materiaal gevaren en nu eens met slalom materiaal op het meer, super blij met uur en kilometers:)

Gestart met sonic 125 en SL7 39. Veel te lang mee blijven doorvaren. TE laat de TB 62 genomen (afzwakkende wind) pech bij de windloterij in de baan => ondermaats resultaat bij het BK.

BK Speed 2011.

Leuke surfnamiddag op La Nautique.

Zeil te klein en verkeerde board voor goeie speeds.

Misschien toch wat investeren in een 7.8 en een grote slalom.

BK Speed 2011.

Nice day, but wrong material for speed