Super fun there today, thankyou for sharing it with us. Nice distance Mike, and pretty impressive speeds too.

Maybe I should try realspeed - I might get that 17 knot alpha I was trying for!

Anita, there is the odd occasion realspeed gives better alphas than ka72, but I don't think it happens very often.

I mainly use an old version of gpsar, that doesn't "see" short alphas, mine above was just over 400m, but quicker than the 500m one that gpsar came up with.

Ka72, in this case agreed with real speed.

Certainly if you want to improve your alphas real speed is a great help analysing them and seeing how you can improve.

As in my case above, at 400m I have a seperation of 50m but at 500m the speration has gone out to 55m, if I'd stayed at 50m it would have been a better alpha.

Well Done Ross on the Pbs, 20knt Alpha, Mike was having the same problem with the weed getting in there to. sure a little dot of sikaflex will fix that problem.

Big congrats on the PBs Ross. Great fun sailing down there with you today!

Great stuff Ross, how close are our numbers?

you're getting very close now Fangy,

Fatmatt 212 on 1373

fangman 215 on 1398

only 25 points behind, that shouldn't take too long.

Nice U-Bolt Fangy, not bad Hr while you were at it PB's are

Synchronised speed sailing!

You guys are real close to the same speeds.

I thought Dan and I had the market cornered in the 'same speeds' stakes.

I like the "faintest tugs from the weed" comment......the tugs we get are from eels getting in the way 

Very nice figures boys and wicked pb's Fangy, great stuff man.

Nice corner there Fangy.

well done on the pbs fangy..

Nice close numbers fellars and welldone on the pbs Ross  i know what you mean about the turns i was doing power slides on most of my gybes to good fun pushing it on the big board !

Glad we were to there to inspire you to greatness Ross! 

You never even hinted that you might have some PB's... and waited so long to post them. Such self control!

Its a good day when you can mirror Decrepit's scores.

I know what you mean about ignoring directives from the captain. I was having so much  fun I ignored my own!

Yes well I thought we could get a good Hour by doing a down winder to Novara, but then seeing how well the short fins didn't handle the chop, and how much fun the smooth was, I likewise gave in to temptation.

Nice PB's Fangy. Years of dedication are paying off....your youth is returning!!

Wish I could have been out there so you could have repeatedly overtaken me but that will have to be on another day.

i will catch you up one day!!

Good work.

Wazza

Decrepit ; I was talking to Grant from the Big Smoke....I think he was your ? mystery man.

Great PB's Fangy, and welcome to the 20kt alpha club!!!!!

Hey Fangy, its great having a target to aim for, its a great excuse to windsurf and an extra motivating factor.  Saw a Resident Ortho on Fri (I'm going down the pecking order, Consultant did surgery, first 2 clinic visits were with a Registrar, now I'm down to a Resident), and he was very cautious saying that I must be very careful to avoid re-breaking it as it will be a much more complex procedure if its re-broken, and recommended against any risk taking behaviour that would re-break the leg.  So thats freaked me out a bit, all my Top 5's and PB's may be frozen in time forever for me now, so I'm thinking of giving RPH a miss and seek out a private consultant Ortho for a second opinion.

Congrats on the PB's Sir Fangalot

Well done Franga on the PBs.

Nice work Fangman 20kn alpha sweet and cracking Hr too.

looks like a good session mike , also pleased to see you havent given up on the 17cm i'm sure once you have it tuned up you won't be dissapointed

Hi Keef,

At the moment it's in a vice with some bog on the bottom front edge of the base and the top rear edge. I hope this will force the nose down, and get rid of the gap.