Mandurah Mob (WA, Australia) - 2015-11-25
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
Hardie
33.249(D)
29.951(D)
8.59(D)
25.67(D)
18.592(D)
26.137(D)
Sammy the snail
34.596(D)
31.544(D)
8.003(D)
17.865(D)
25.604(D)
24.369(D)
fangy
36.095(D)
35.049(D)
19.152(D)
23.328(D)
32.711(D)
88.824(T)
WazzaYotty
32.637(D)
30.899(D)
11.804(D)
18.818(D)
28.264(D)
51.946(D)
Decrepit
36.198(D)
34.437(D)
16.954(D)
24.914(D)
33.112(D)
44.2(D)
Firiebob
31.782(D)
29.795(D)
10.893(D)
21.306(D)
27.263(D)
20.983(D)
Oaf
33.006(D)
32.004(D)
21.978(D)
23.017(D)
30.823(D)
47.108(D)
Binny
Bugs
Bender
Elmo
man of
Pepe47
evets
SluGger
Bully boy fat Basil
ratz
otts
(Mu-) fin
Shane121
Morts
Mad Max
TOBYchef
Jonski
Swindy
remery
Auz
waricle
Greggo
Frank
Rayman
Rocky
Hammer
Lombok
The Scud
Stingray
Rob
Sam
Scud
Average36.1534.7420.5725.2932.9170.39
Hardie (35683km):
3046 days ago
1 categories

One of those days where lots of wrong choices were made.  First wrong choice, sailing at Novara, hoping Alphaland would fire.  Wrong!!  Choppy as hell, away from the shore, and so shallow and weedy couldnt get into alphaland with my 2nd bad choice my fave fin the pepweed 23/48.  Sailed back, and changed to my Delta 20 /55 Slalom, and it worked a treat, did a lot of 25 kt alphas. Back on my alpha machine Manta 54, TR9 6.3m, and Delata 20 Slalom.  Sorry for the bad choice Sammy, and bad luck about your DARLINGWink

EDit: Update on Novara and Alphaland.  I'm afraid Novara is not what it used to be, most of the seagrass near shore has died, leaving waters very choppy, when very windy unsailable for someone of my level.  Alphaland has had some seagrass growth but at lowish tides it is either breaching the surface or just under.  With a 23 cm deep fin and 48 degree rake, I couldn't sail through without plaughing and being slow to a complete stop.  So a Delta is required, and you just don;t go as fast, was close to 26kt aplha conditions, but the weed just slows you down.



Sammy the snail (29353km):
3046 days ago
3 categories

Hardie..

what the fkd session I had + brocked another panel on my sail nd 2 nasty crash Yell.. the only highlite is I got to test briefly one of those ultra delta 19 (txs Joe), was surprisely good.. for my combo anyway. session done on my fin..

for the rest, what ever Joe says Wink

good nbs el Capo Tongue out

Misty47, RS extra hole 5.8, custom weedy 21

hopefully no more breacking for the rest of the ..



fangy (22667km):
3046 days ago

Epic day at Fangys. Got to get snotgobblers organised for school so will post more later.

For a laugh see if you can figure out where my uni joint disintegratedLaughing

Second take a guess on how many times I got bitten by crabs on the walk back in.

 

So I got down to Fangy's when Wazzastillinonepiece sent through the call that the cleaning ladies were sick of his Benny Hill impersonations and chucked him out of the home ...again. Tide was a bit lower, lots of glass and a breeze starting to build. You beauty, time to catch up on what I missed yesterday.

The 1993 Vintage Missy broke cover with an 18 Delta nailed in the hole and Koncept 6.6 run up the pole.And the poetry didn't stop there. The whole day was poetry, it just went from good to great to tragedy to bloody funny. Now obviously the good bits were all about me, namely getting a 22 year old board past 35 knots. The great bits were Captain Calm just dialling it out like he has done some many times before and Wazzabewildered time and again getting himself confused by turning through 180 degrees with no catapult of any of his anatomy.

The tragedy was my final two runs.In the first I had just gone pass Paz's posts when I spun out at speed making a decent dent in the estuary. I went back around to have another crack and this time I had the power well down when my uni joint filed for divorce. This time I made a fine effort of denting the place. I also got a really good indication of what a colonic enema might feel like. Good thing my sphincters are tighter that my wallet I say.

Captain Calm and Wazzawahoo both dropped by to complain about the pothole I had made ( and to check I was speaking coherently - well as close to it as I get) and with that I was banished to the long walk home. The irony did not escape me that even when the Muppetman provides enough breeze, he still conjures up ways to make me walk home through the crabs. 

The funny was just spread through day, with the size helpings that make you grin as you type. I mean between Wazza, Firie,Capn Calm and me, well Benny Hill was an amateur. Top Ten Fangy Day in spades.  

Video of the old girl on one of the runs to follow soon

 



WazzaYotty (2200km):
3046 days ago

Coodanup, WA, AU

Fun day. Just Fangy present on the foreshore at lunchtime, staff car hogging the premier parking spot. Apparently The Capt'n was finishing the last of Dot's Super Cake ( as recommended as standard tucker for Russian athletes) and would be down later.  Tide was lower than yesterday and the weedbanks looked flatter. Met Terry from NZ and Hardpole, both of whom were Deltaless. I gave them a postcard of GrumpyNutz Rock as orientation and I was off.  Wind was looking good and building so went with the F2 Vento and North Idol 5.3....the thinking being if too lumpy for the 116 litres of the F2 I'd need to change board only.....down to the Waihau X ....where "x" is the unknown volume. Pas had helped me sort out the footstraps the night before so that relatively normal feet fitted inside.  Started off great on the bigger board but was the width was starting to make things as bumpy as a teenager's chin downwind so rather than implode I changed boards....as the wind picked up a bit more. Had a great time...got buzzed by Fangy who came at me out of the sun and we had a great drag which Fangy won courtesy of his lemon chiffon sunshirt with ruffles. That ended when I lured him up into the shallows as I had a smaller Delta. Not long after that he vaporised into droplets, as previously described by The Capt'n. Ventured up to the top with Rod and hissed over the smooth and a 2nm run back downwind....several times. My fitness dictated an early shower was needed but it was an awesome sail. WooHoo! Good to see heaps of others amongst whom were FirieBob, Stroppo. Shane, 'ken and others who I apologise for missing.



Decrepit (54483km):
3046 days ago
4 categories

Another fantastic Fangy day!

Heavy white caps appeared here at lunch time, Fangy texted to say plenty of white caps out the back there and smooth inside.

I was still feeling abit sore from yesterday, but decided good wind and water wasn't to be missed.

When I got to John St had average of 18 and max of 24kts, nit wanting to stretch my arms any more went with the 5.4 koncept on the 48cm board and 18cm 50deg assy weedy.

Instant Fun! and it kept getting better as the wind slowly lifted. Only dissapointment now is my alpha, the phone had a 25.3, that would have been in my top 5, but I have to be content with a #2 NM.

Pity I couldn't convince Firie to borrow a short 50deg fin, he banished himself to the outer chop.

Saw Fangy make a huge hole in the water as his uni gave way.

Then I also had a big off getting caught by a gust coming out of a gybe and hooked back in before I had my back foot in the strap.

Was feeling a bit like quitting then, but just had to try for a NM, when I saw the 33 on the phone, that was enough.

 

And here's the gpsvisualizer view.

fangys 25 nov

Ken, the 37 is peak speed on the GW52, it's normally almost a knot more than the 2s.

Interesting where all my best speeds are, I thought the best wind is normally closer to the Island?



Firiebob (17842km):
3046 days ago
1 categories

Coodanup, WA, AU, couldn't upload to KA72 before but it was operator error, I'll blame dementure Wink

My wife does say I'm stuborn Embarassed Got a couple of offers to borrow a suitable Frangaland fin but declined, stupid stupid stupid Laughing I knew it wouldn't be perfect but thought my speed thing fin would be ok, if not just play a litttle wider. The fin was hopless, couldn't get going in the shallows and when I did it was very draggy, further out in the chop I was getting megga spin out so called it quits. Called into Ross's on way home and bought a new fin, when in Rome do as the Romans do Wink

The good news for the other teams is I think I have dregged all the weed up now so there goes all the Frangaland flate water. BS aside I got done good by better sailors today, running out of excusses so will have to lift my game. Watching some of the sailors screaming down through the flat stuff looked awesome, some impressive speeds guys.

CA SL58, a 27 speed thing fin, 6.6 Koncept, boardies and a 100 crab bites.



Oaf (7354km):
3045 days ago
2 categories

 

Coodanup, WA,AU

Another mad dash after work to get a short sail. Some of the team still packing up when I arrived, maybe some others, didn't stop to chat. The captain barked some daunting/inspiring numbers at me. Maybe he said a 37 nautical mile, or maybe 2 sec. Either seemed equally unlikely for me to equal but I set out to give it my best go.

I spent most the time disappointed not to see my peak speed go above yesterday. Had 33.25 yesterday and a very stubborn 33.08 today. Turns out my numbers weren't too bad though with a PB NM and my second best hour speed. Still, nothing good enough to help the team out. Must try harder.

On my Jack Jones for the whole session and I don't count the guy of a string surfing persuasion who was down the other end or the wokkers or the respectable gentlemen setting up their Wednesday evening trip nets.

Off the water after 7PM again. What an awesome end to the day.  Great moon rise again, nearly full today.

Manta 86, GPS6.6

 



Comments
Elmo


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

Wazza, congrats on the PB

Saltynuts


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

Congrats on the PB's Jamie, Paul and Ross.

(Mu-) fin


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

  

    Well done on the U tern Wazza, a nice PB amungst some good speeds too.!!!   Cool

  

                         

sms09


WA
Australia
3045 days ago

Nice corner Jamie, well done on the speeds and nm ,  Mike good sailing mate. Ross and Paul grats on the pbsCool alround good numbers by everyone.

Windxtasy


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

Looks like a super alpha to me, Hards.

So does yours Wazza! Well done!

Super naughty Decrepit!

ratz


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

nice corner wazza.

Sailquik


VIC
Australia
3046 days ago

Amazing Alphas for a Selta fin Hards! They can't be too bad.... Wink

Tomski


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

Well Done Mike. Massive set of numbersCool

Bully boy fat Basil


WA
Australia
3045 days ago

good work on the PBs Wazza and Oaf and Ross.From your reports a fangtastic day.

STROPPO


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

Some great numbers today and welldone on all the pbs fellars Cool

Mike you were the fastest in the peel today another floging by a 70yr old pensioner WTF!Cool

Tomski


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

Well done Fangy. Great PB's

Sammy I think that sail is of the same vintage my TR8's were. Mine fell apart tooYell

Windxtasy


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

Super PB's Fangy, and well deserved. Congratulations.

Stretch


WA
Australia
3046 days ago
A swag of PBs! Well done Wazza, Fangy and Oaf
Decrepit


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

Great stuff guys, a really epic Fangys 4PB day!

 

Strop, not sure, is it because of my new 2015 koncepts? The fact I had a starboard assy fin?

I'd also move the mast track a little bit further forward than I normally have it, I think that allowed me to get up on the tail a bit more.

Firie got some pics, looking forward to see if that shows anything.

My peak speeds were a bit before you came out, so may have had better wind.

Whatever it was I WANT MORE!!!!!

 

I just checked the phone and GW52 alphas, the GW52 is just a few meters wider than the phone tracks for it's 25kt alpha, but it's still only a 24.9 alpha anyway.

Firiebob


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

WOW, deff a top Fangy Day, awesome PB's guys, big mobs of congrats Cool

I'll post later, for some reason KA72's log in page isn't working me, don't sweat I was the slowest on the water hole, FNQM's tactics are working Laughing I don't want to peak too early Embarassed

Firiebob


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

My photos show you sail like shit Mike, lift your game Laughing I'll sort your photos now and post soon Cool

fangy


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

^+1 on that FirieLaughing

WAZZA! I knew you were u-turning like a politician today. Congrats on the PB and nice nauti too.Laughing

 

WazzaYotty


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

Good work Fangy....you were blitzing it all day. Thoroughly deserved the pb's....good work.

Midnight 'ken ....good pb....I'll spotlight for you once this bloody moon's down!

fangy


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

Ahh the full moon - that explains a lot. Congrats on a real nice PB 'ken. You should get a PB for commitment too - Two days of dash from Perth to here!

STROPPO


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

A good read fellars once again you guys remind me of Smile

Elmo


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

Great work guys congrats on the swag of PB'sCoolCoolCoolCoolCool

 

Unfortunately all good things must come to an end

Left Ravensthorpe after having breakfast @1000 arrived home 7 hours later, if you check the graph you van tell when I pulled into the driveway

Fortunately I'm a team player so rather than hook up the trailer I sat down with my beloved and watched some TV.

All you can hope for now is for me to be inundated with work, if not, bribes will be accepted as I'm looking for some new fur to patch the ratty bits.

 

Top sessions glad you all had fun lots of good reads

ray gun


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

Wow guys epic conditions.Tongue out looks like a top ten for sure.

Fangman awesome numbers mate and congrats on the Pb's 

Wazza sweet corner.

Oaf top Nm

Decrepit amazing as always.

JJ


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

Congrats on the PBs, MM's Cool

Super numbers Mike!

Firiebob


WA
Australia
3046 days ago

The Masterblaster himself, Decrepit Smile

fangy


WA
Australia
3045 days ago
^ Good to see you photoshopped out all the swans Firie 👍
JJ


WA
Australia
3045 days ago

Epic video Fangy Cool

Firiebob


WA
Australia
3045 days ago

+1 re vid Cool

Windxtasy


WA
Australia
3045 days ago

the smooth just goes on and on...

fangy


WA
Australia
3045 days ago

..and with over a NM of smooth, every now and then I feel like I am cheating. But I get over it pretty quickly. I only post the video to make Snag's day.Tongue out

And Stroppoo - I cant quite figure out who is who in that photo. I am going on the haircuts - but I think I can see Captain Calm, Wazza and Firie. But Wazza is lefthanded, so maybe its Elmo? Whatever - good work Laughing

Sammy the snail


WA
Australia
3045 days ago

Great stuff guys Smile, well done on all the PBs Cool and fantastic brochetta of nbs Ross Tongue out, very cool video too.. seeing that old girl going so faaast!

Very happy for you guys Smile, juuust greaaat

I regret not been there Cry, another time

Sausage


QLD
Australia
3045 days ago

Yep made my day alright Franga Yell  Congrats on the PBs especially that nm (even if it is cheating).  I see you channelling your inner B1 & B2 with that rashie.

Congrats Oaf and Wazza on the PBs too.

Firie, you can stop playing possum now and show them how it's done FNQ style Wink  Just how deep is that millpond?

STROPPO


WA
Australia
3045 days ago
Ross you are in there no matter what you think !
sboardcrazy


NSW
Australia
3045 days ago

Great stories guys and congrats on the PB's . Sounds like an awesome place.. except for the crabs..Surprised How bad are the bites and how big are they?

 I bet you make that up just so other teams won't go there..Wink

fangy


WA
Australia
3045 days ago

How bad are the bites and how big are they?

Sue you best ask Oscar Pistorius - he had ten toes before he came here.Foot in mouth

Just how deep is that millpond?

where I gybe its probably about 30-40 cms, the run is more like 70 - 80cms

Sailquik


VIC
Australia
3045 days ago

Geeze Decrep', You make that sail look great! Laughing

 

Nice speeds as well! Cool

 

So many good numbers from all! Great to see. Makes me wonder why I passed by and drove a couple of 1000 K's North!? YellEmbarassed

 

Love ya' Prose Fangy! Cool

Windxtasy


WA
Australia
3045 days ago

Can't believe Sailquik could pass by the one of the best flat water sailing spots in the state without giving it a try out. The last two days are about as good as it gets. Maybe Fangy's stories about the crabs scared him off. Worse biteys where he's going.

Decrepit


WA
Australia
3045 days ago

Annita, I just think he was in a hurry to prove to Issac he could join them before Xmas! I did mention that Tuesday was looking the goods.