The Pit Crew (VIC, Australia) - 2015-01-06
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
Sailquik
33.833(D)
32.753(D)
26.757(D)
26.299(D)
29.008(D)
99.66(D)
Brad
24.62(D)
23.43(D)
18.5(D)
16.74(D)
21.58(D)
56.22(D)
kato
Mathew Robertson
Shelby
Seahorse
Nic R
Spotty
Mr Love
Mal Wright
Tom Chalko
Peter Johnston
Stuart Eustice
Ado
Mal Faulkner
andrew dickenson
Pip (Old codger)
Chinaman
Dazzer
Tempest
Tone
supernan
SeaSkip
Johndog
Neil Maskiell
Hajime
PMosse
Dazman
Troppo
Sunshinesailorgirl
Josh
fordy007
Phee
Adrian
Average29.2328.0922.6321.5225.2977.94
Sailquik (29582km):
3370 days ago
3 categories

The 3rd day at LG! Feeling a bit weary. Embarassed

The forecast was for only 15-20 knots today so I decided to test Jamies slalom board a bit more. Wink

John reported he was using the same sail as the day before so I went with the 5.4m Koncept rigged with a little less outhaul. It was spot on, although I am sure I would have done just as well on the 5.8m.

I had a couple of runs and decided to go downwind to the spit to have a chat with Norman and Geoff, the LG legends! They were happily cruising back and forth just upwind of the spit. We had a bit of a natter went back to sailing. I tried a few Alphas below the island where the water was pretty flat and then set off upwind again. When I got back to 5mile, Ian looked like he was going for a one hour. I followed him accros for a couple of runs and started thinking I should go for an hr as well. While I was thinking about it I realised I had already been going 10 minutes so it was not a hard decision to continue! The JP 54 70L slalom felt very smooth over the slightly bumpy water at 28-30 knots but ever now and then on an akward wave the shoulder would plow a bit and put the brake on for a moment. It was pretty nice in the gybes once I adjusted to it as long as had good speed and dint get my weight too far forward. In that case it tended to push water and slow quickly, but in these conditions it was not hard to adjust my weight back a biy to prevent that.

Pretty happy with the 1hr, Alpha and distance so it's time to head home for a few days. 

But as 'The Terminator' said: "I'll be back!" Laughing

A big thanks to Jamie for looking after me for a few days and inspiring me to go harder! 



Brad (1331km):
3369 days ago

Elwood, VIC, AU

111 Future, 7.5 Koncept



Comments
Sammy the snail


WA
Australia
3370 days ago

Great job on the HR and A Cool

Dont forget about the... Wink

Sailquik


VIC
Australia
3370 days ago

Thanks Sammy. I got ya! Wink

Jimbob


VIC
Australia
3370 days ago

soft didn't even do a 100 ks. Wink

Sailquik


VIC
Australia
3369 days ago

Yeah. I know! Embarassed