Pinnaroos (WA, Australia) - 2015-11-24
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
Windxtasy
33.249(D)
31.774(D)
5.681(D)
0(D)
11.157(D)
19.437(D)
lao shi
36.107(D)
34.303(D)
9.772(D)
16.53(D)
19.523(D)
31.972(D)
JJ
38.323(D)
36.568(D)
8.448(D)
13.505(D)
19.157(D)
39.283(D)
Ricey
31.792(D)
29.004(D)
7.314(D)
16.158(D)
16.627(D)
25.002(D)
tailwind
31.111(D)
27.73(D)
9.033(D)
12.673(D)
20.288(D)
29.418(D)
Geoff
34.562(D)
32.374(D)
12.264(D)
21.128(D)
26.817(D)
37.95(D)
Lunny
38.265(D)
35.878(D)
10.948(D)
15.873(D)
22.642(D)
56.678(D)
Snake
38.323(D)
36.176(D)
18.827(D)
23.003(D)
25.057(D)
76.474(D)
Pointman
Chris Porter
Jeff
paddymac
JC2
Jemma
scarrgo
Jonah
Windtech
Bunyip
AC1
Hooksey
Flatchat
Snickers
Kenny
Pacey
SRS73
AndreaMunich
Gloria
Reg
Topcat
Clue Thirst
The Shroom
fingers
Finback
Peanut
Average38.3236.3715.5522.0725.9466.58
Windxtasy (13853km):
3048 days ago

Safety Bay, WA, AU M41, tribal ws21, 4.9K

An excellent Pinnaroos turnout at Safety Bay today, with 8 of us sailing there! Thanks for the support guys, especially being midweek.

All the makings for some top speeds, almost.

Tide - perfect

Wind - strong and whistling through the trees

Sky - clear & sunny

Air density - da boing! (how do you write that sound they have on game shows that says you struck out?)

consequently we all underrigged and were never really powered up as the wind had no oomph in it.

I was really hoping for a PB today but just couldn't get past 33 knots. Speed chat was echoing my optimism by calling out 34s and 35s but they were just in my dreams. Speedchat it seems is accurate upto about 32 knots and then it becomes progressively more optimistic (Xperia phone).

Missed out on a 5X PB by less than 0.02 knots!

The guys got some good scores though and will have improved our position on the ladder, so overall I am very happy.

Thanks team!



lao shi (41082km):
3048 days ago

Safety Bay, WA, AU

Fun team outing in the sunshine on a pretty flat Beaver.

LB 5.6 (too small), MSL91, MXR 22 SW



JJ (25827km):
3048 days ago
4 categories

Safety Bay, WA

Team speed mission, all Pinnas and Duffy the blow-in Cool

On the water at 2pm - again rigged too small as it looked nuclear, I guess we got about 22 knots with a few decent gusts.

New RRD sail - couldn't get the battens to rotate without kicking them across, Hot Rod RDM mast too stiff?

Fun day, saw Anita smash some quick runs. Craig was ripping till his mast broke and Jake looked super quick as I was leaving.

M47, Firewing 5.6m, DWS 21 (best speeds)          M91, KA6.2, MXR 26



Ricey (11089km):
3048 days ago

Melville Beach, WA, AU

Nice wind,with some holes, as is usual for Melville.

First time over 30knots for a long time

Xfire 80, Koncept 5.8, CL weedy 25

 



tailwind (7476km):
3048 days ago

Melville Beach, WA, AU

Late blast down at the local. super gust but finally managed to get past the 30Kt Smile

The misty felt super stable and easy to control.

M91 tribal WS27 Reflex 6.2



Geoff (4576km):
3048 days ago

Safety Bay, WA, AU

Pleasant afternoon at the bay with a few of the team. Used the CA47 mid afternoon for a few speed runs but there was not enough wind.

Changed to the Sputnik 270 and tried a few alphas and a nautical mile - much more fun. The NM was quite challenging with the 21 weed fin in the chop. :-)

CA47 - Choco Weed 22 - Tushingham Lightning 5.3 (best peak speed). 90s F2 Sputnik 270 - Makani Weed 21 (NM and Alpha)

Left about 6-40pm and Jake was still smoking down the run - go Jake!



Lunny (42007km):
3048 days ago

Coodanup & Safety Bay, WA, AU

Headed down to Fangys to pick up a fin and considered it mad not to have a crack while i was there, problem was the wind refused to blow while i was thereEmbarassed Hmm could have sworn it picked up as i left. Ahh well it was nice to try out the delta 19 speed. Feels less draggy than the 21 Slalom, be good to try again in the smooth with some wind. So up to Safety Bay it was with an abundance of Pinnas rigged up ready to go. It was a little bit grindy on the teeth early on with the tide a tad low, feeling the weed brushing the fin at speed. I was having a great time until i heard a rather loud bang and found myself flat on my back in the water. Seems there wasnt too much Pride (did i spell that right) taken in the construction of this mastYell Only used it 3-4 times. Luckily i wasnt out deep but a long walk back.

Great to catch up with the crew and awesome to see Anita getting some good speed.

Oh and Jake i stayed to keep an eye on you until i saw you come in. You must eat lots of carrots, great eyesightWink

Coodanup  Mistral 91, Reflex3 6.2, Delta 19

Safety Bay  F2 Missile 49, KA Race 5.5, Vector WS 26

 



Snake (23888km):
3048 days ago
5 categories

Safety Bay, WA, AU. Did the mad dash after work to try to help the team out and arrived about 4:30. Half the guys were packing up, some had already been out on the smaller kit and had their fun and had changed up :( it sadly wasn't looking as epic as forecast. Aaah well, rigged up the 6.3, plugged in the sp47 and got out there. Maybe it will come back in?

Spent a fair while (the entire session) running back and forth on the strip - super tiring stuff after 2.5 hours actually. By the end of it, I had a window of about 2 seconds after each gybe during which I needed to be back in the harness else.... When that 2 seconds was up, goodbye forearms!

Pretty happy with the numbers for the conditions I guess. Never fully lit, but the odd gusty section helped get the board moving along nicely. Would have been great 2 hours earlier (lower tide) but with 5 more knots!!! By the end, the chop at the top of strip was getting dodgy - especially when the only light was coming from the channel markers or the moon...

The NM includes a run down the strip, gybe out in the swell, a blast over the pond and another half a gybe on the other end. brutally short sailing! No idea how that hour happened?!? I jumped off the board and flipped the sail at the top of the run every single time. Maybe I should have just gybed, might have been worth a shot at a 20+, but had to save the arms.

Nice day out, but missed the team attack by an hour or so. Next time guys! Cool

CA SP47, RB6.3, C3 Slingshot 23



Comments
Hardie


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

Well done Anita, great speeds, sounds like Safety bay was the place to be!!

lao shi


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

Snake on the run on the after W word session

At least windsurfers look before turning,.

Geoff, Sputnik air gybe!

JJ in Terminator mode!

Geoff threading the Beaver needle!

JJ on speed kit

The Captain in flight

Lunny heading back

Jeff on Kermit!

Sorry, AC1. Didn't manage to catch you.

Windxtasy


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

Great pics Mark! Clearly I need to improve my board trim!

Ha! I have a 2 sec & 5X bean! Luckily they won't last long.

lao shi


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

It was at the end of the run as you were rounding up. I took the snap as at least you weren't hidden by the sail.

Windxtasy


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

Well done Andrew! Congratulations on the PB! I couldn't get one so I'm glad on of us did.

tailwind


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

Great pics Mark. Were you standing on the jetty or the speed strip?

Windxtasy


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

Good numbers allround, Geoff. You got me on all of them. I'd have been ecstatic with your 2 sec!

lao shi


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

Actually stills taken from video camera standing at the end of the Jetty. Pretty hard to hold it steady in the wind.

I will upload some video but that takes more time as I have a very poor Interweb connectionCry

Lunny


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

Great Pics Mark, Nice arvoSmile

Lunny


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

Haha whats the chance of those 2 secs JJ & Jake. Well done on the PB Andrew. 

Snake


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

Great photos Mark!! Geoff's one in particular Laughing

Lunny - I know right, crazy!

Duffy


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

Nice numbers there Pinnaroo's!

JJ good to see you changed up to make the most of it!

fangy


WA
Australia
3048 days ago
Woohoo Tailwind- congrats on the PB 👍 And that is great team session Pinna's- well done all of your. Especially Lunny- your departure worked a treat down here😛
Windxtasy


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

SNAP! - not Lunny's mast, JJ and Jake's 38.323! Well done guys, and great backup from Lunny. Just what the captain ordered.

Huge after work effort Jake - you put the rest of us to shame. top session all round!

Craig, thanks for staying to watch over Jake, especially as he was sailing in the dark. He must have been enjoying himself.

STROPPO


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

Some nice numbers and good stories and great pic's and a pb TailwindCool

JJ


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

Awesome Andrew Cool

Another M91 convert!

Pointman


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

Nice to see you guys finally got some wind!

Great team sesh Cool

I'm back in town in four weeks and gagging for a sail, see ya soon.

JJ


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

Nice one Greg, be good to catch up.

Nauli


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

There you go Andrew...PB right there >30!!

Windxtasy


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

It will be good to have you sailing with us again Greg. Did you leave some gear here to use?

Snake


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

Greg can always take out the 47 Tongue out Thanks for being the watchful eye Lunny! 

Sausage


QLD
Australia
3048 days ago

Cracking session guys - love the photos.  Nice speeds too Anita.

Pointman


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

Anita I've got most of my gear stashed in the Mother-in-law's garage.

Snake I reckon I'll be too rusty for the 47! Undecided

 

JJ


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

Geoff, have you been quietly perfecting your freestlye moves?  Surprised 

lao shi


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

Nice going, speed twins!Surprised

Lunny it is a bit off when you get 38+ and don't even get a bean!Undecided

Good job on the PB, Tailwind!Cool

Looks like retirement is coming closer for me!Embarassed

Windxtasy


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

Mark, your presence and enthusiasm are always an inspiration to the rest of us. Your wealth of technical knowledge is enormously helpful too. It is always encouraging to have you along.

JJ


WA
Australia
3048 days ago

Less than a trip to Albany Tongue out

 

lao shi (39740km)

Windxtasy


WA
Australia
3047 days ago

are you saying Mark is retiring when he gets to 40 000?

JJ


WA
Australia
3047 days ago

No - just pointing out it's an amazing milestone (km-stone?) Laughing

sboardcrazy


NSW
Australia
3047 days ago

Great speed Anita! I can't remember the last time I got over 33.

Looks like some serious wind there and great to see some photos.

Windxtasy


WA
Australia
3047 days ago

Thanks Sue, it's been a long time since I went over 33 also. Last summer.

lao shi


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

 

sboardcrazy


NSW
Australia
3046 days ago

Great to see some video! You look fast Anita!

Windxtasy


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

Thanks, Mark. It is good to have a video of me doing a decent speed.

Sue - as long as I look fast. A decent slingshot there, once I get in the flatter water. Unfortunately the powers that be have carved a boating channel through the start of our speed strip, so just when you are getting up to speed you have to brace for the whoop de doos and then get the board settled again before bearing away. Then you have the rolling swell to slow down in!

Sailquik


VIC
Australia
3046 days ago

That sounds like a great fun session! 

 

Great speeds everyone! Cool

 

Fantastic Photos Lao! More Please! Wink

 

I hope to get a chance for a sail with you people on the way back south. Tongue out

Windxtasy


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

We'd love to show you around and have a sail and maybe a meal with you, Daffy.