Gustbusters (NSW, Australia) - 2015-07-12
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
matt
28.021(D)
22.921(D)
4.298(D)
14.706(D)
12.331(D)
8.588(D)
Tony Polony
29.994(D)
28.535(D)
7.431(D)
21.165(D)
24.523(D)
34.287(D)
Dezza
24.424(D)
23.18(D)
7.135(D)
6.685(D)
18.564(D)
30.353(D)
Tricky Dicky
31.102(D)
29.567(D)
11.382(D)
18.407(D)
26.407(D)
56.195(D)
Gav
33.065(D)
30.81(D)
11.484(D)
17.994(D)
26.717(D)
47.322 [PB](D)
craig cole
34.42(T)
30.41(T)
9.102(T)
9.592(T)
28.441(T)
30.87(T)
Mudskipper
Bristol
Ian Knight
Samuel Brain
Paul Dorsett
SkindupTruk
Feilian
FormulaNova
Jeff Maitland
Jase
KA360
AUS2001
Anna
troll
mick
Pete
Geezer
rob
AUS3111
Ben Flood
Troll
Rhys
rick
Brooksy
Sam
road runner
Peter Berckelman
Kye
nikipiki
Andrew
AUS-8
AUS-81
Brenden Dunn
Peanut (Liam)
MATT
COZA12
Matty Nix
Geoff
Geoffrey Two Dogs
Average33.7430.6111.4319.7927.5851.76
matt (22123km):
3422 days ago
2 categories

Paradise Beach, NSW, AU



Tony Polony (15626km):
3422 days ago
1 categories

Primbee, NSW, AU

Futura 101, 6.2 OD, Keefy Delta / Gav Slingshot

Bit of a frustrating session with the wind on and off and some issues with gear. Great to get out though and awesome to see so many punters out.



Dezza (33973km):
3422 days ago

Primbee, NSW, AU

OD 6.2, Falcon 99l with KEEF weedie, 25cm Dezza edition, then Falcon 79l with the CRAIG COLE Signature 16.5cm fin, custom made for PRIMBEE

 

There was a lot of excitement over the last week about the forecast for today, helped along by Stu's new facebook group, Illawarra Speedsters where the excitement built further, so much so that Gav packed his car yesterday, and Tony Polony was worrying about spare undies. With the ABC news last night forecasting the coldest day since records began, I was having second thoughts but Tricky Dicky convinced me that windsurfing today was a must. 

I mucked about a bit today so no exciting speeds logged. Took the 99l on its maiden vogage with a brand new KEEF 25cm weedie from the Dezza series. It was so shallow in the water today and I was a worried about damaging the new fin, so came in to change down to a smaller fin. Looking forward to trying that board and the new fin out in deeper water.

Keef arrived and started rigging at 11.34am.

The wind picked up so pulled out the 79l Falcon, and put in the CRAIG COLE Signature fin, custom made for PRIMBEE, that was perfect when the gusts came, great for the shallow water, but even that fin grounded out a few times as the tide went out.

Came in around 1.30, Keef was rigged by then, and busy helping people with small fins. 

Went out for another run but had got cold, so pulled back in, packed up and came home for the best hottest shower ever.

Another great day out on the water with the gustbusters and people from the other teams. Hope we get a few more westerlies in weekends over next couple of months.

 

 



Tricky Dicky (3023km):
3422 days ago
4 categories

Primbee, NSW, AU

Great day on the water, all the usual GustBusters and Illawarra Speedsters suspects and some, with guys travelling down from Sydney (I think half of Double Demerits Crew!) plus guys from both Albury and Wagga.

Wind didn't quite kick in as forecast, but nevertheless it was a good sailing day. Very very shallow again which was a bit concernong at times!

Started off with my AtomIQ 110 and later the iSonic 87. On raw data plucked 29 knts on the AtomIQ and only a little better on the iSonic (31.6 raw data). Both sessions I had my Sailworks Retro 6.5 on the No Limitz Sumo RDM mast. Handled it all well apart from the biggest bullets when I had to just put hte sail in the water. By that time I was stuffed anyway, nothing left in the tank. The best thing was the adjustable outhaul, as it made nice simple and quick retuning on the run available, which was pretty good as the wind was all over the place, being a Westerly...



Gav (2756km):
3422 days ago
2 categories

Great fun with all the gustbusters & illawarra speedsters & double demerits wind was up and down but worth braveing the cold naish sp95&105 , loft 7.0 &6.4 racing blade, keef weedie 17&19cm thanks to craig cole for the warm coffee and the loan of the mast cheers mate . Primbee, NSW, AU



craig cole (6927km):
3422 days ago
2 categories

primbee nsw

nice sunny day down at primbee iam glad the cold front that was forcast never got to us.

woohooo gav and tricky nice pb's

great to see so many sailors out on the lake,and mat and chris that had a 5 hour drive to get there!!!!!!

thanks for the loan of the ca keef

i tested some makani fins today a little more upright than we usaully use at primbee,the weed wasnt so much of a problem in the morning,pretty impressed to get 33knots with a 26cm fin in a 69 wide slalom board and handling a 7mtr sail

falcon 111,north 7mtr warp,makani 26cm speed,ca 55,makani 23cm speed



Comments
Dezza


VIC
Australia
3422 days ago

Great PB Tony!!!

Tricky Dicky


NSW
Australia
3422 days ago

Oh, and I left at 4pm, Keef was derigging at that point. He has a special coating on his sails that make them look like they didn't even get wet!

Excelent Mile Tony!

sboardcrazy


NSW
Australia
3422 days ago

How strong was the wind down there today?

Dezza


VIC
Australia
3422 days ago
Woo hoo tricky, you had an awesome day today, two PBs 😄😄
Dezza


VIC
Australia
3422 days ago
Jeez the PBs are rolling in!! Nice work Gav, great way to wrap up b4 FI
Windsurfunstu


NSW
Australia
3422 days ago

Nice bag of PB's guys. Well done!Cool

philip watts


NSW
Australia
3422 days ago

Congratulations  on all the PB's Tony, Tricky and Gavin more to come tomorrowSmile

Nigel


NSW
Australia
3422 days ago

Congrats on the PBs guys. Great sailing with y'all.

 

 

Gav


NSW
Australia
3422 days ago
Have fun tommorro you mob dont think ill be there hate fly out day hope youve got some more wind coming your way see you in 14days time Cheers Gav
Feilian


NSW
Australia
3422 days ago

a great day out with the gustbusters today , a bit chilly early in the day untill the cloud cover moved and the sun came out ,

arrived a bit late and a touch unmotivated as the wind wasn't as predicted , rigged the 6/4  and tuned it a few times and then time for lunch

good to see Dezza matching it with the guys with the 6/2 and testing the different boards and fins on such  a chilly dayWink

aso tricky ,tony and Gav with a bag of FAT PB'S Wink

MT


NSW
Australia
3422 days ago

Congratulations on a great lot of PB's Gustbusters. Hope you can all get back on the water again tomorrow.

Tony Polony


VIC
Australia
3422 days ago

Brilliant numbers Tricky and Gav - I'm in awe of your efforts! Not sure what was happening today with myself, just wasn't in the 'groove'. Boom seemed to be too high, harness lines were either too long or short (and were set in the wrong position), booties for the first time felt strange and I'll give the gloves a wide berth next time.

Need to get upwind a bit more so I can take full advantage of the 'bear away' without running aground too. Oh yeah, me needs to get me the right fin too (and stop scabbing off my mates) Embarassed 

All first world problems I know! Great to be with a superb bunch of guys (and gal) regardless...

craig cole


NSW
Australia
3422 days ago

nice pb tony!!!

a bit of brown noseing around keefs van may get u fin,be warned if he makes you a fin you maynot like the graphics,he has a sick sence of humourLaughing

Feilian


NSW
Australia
3422 days ago

  Laughing

Feilian


NSW
Australia
3422 days ago

tony im working on a new delta style 18cm Wink

sboardcrazy


NSW
Australia
3422 days ago

Briliant image Keef! Laughing

Dezza


VIC
Australia
3421 days ago

nice write up on the Makani's Craig, do you think we can borrow one for the next team outing and put them against some of the other team fins? Cool

 

Keef, looking forward to seeing how the TONY POLONY delta weedie shapes up

Troll


NSW
Australia
3421 days ago

good efforts on the pbs guys

Tony Polony


VIC
Australia
3421 days ago

Craig if I brown-nose any more around Keefy's van all you'll see is my boots hangin' out of his orifice! Sealed