United Speedsailors of America (USA, United States of America) - 2016-04-17
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
Bart Kornas
31.976(D)
30.732(D)
12.003(D)
21.127(D)
25.38(D)
39.03(D)
Alsosnoff
35.184(D)
31.302(D)
13.38(D)
13.48(D)
25.74(D)
58.185(D)
Barton
25.097(D)
24.126(D)
9.5(D)
18.128(D)
19.7(D)
32.067(D)
Peter
29.193(D)
27.696(D)
8.774(D)
19.258(D)
22.7(D)
34.05(D)
Roo
34.591(D)
32.983(D)
13.66(D)
22.446(D)
23.6(D)
42.022(D)
Nina
Bill
Flad The Inhaler
Dani Sfeir
Sabah Daaboul
Cesar SpeedSeeker
Dean Withrow
Boro
Nikita
denisspb
Speedy
Martin Schauer
Pollock
CdnGuy
Jon Shell
gonzalo
o-livier
Drew
LarryD
Mike
TBob
AlexG
Chris
Chris Forenbaher
gregg s densmore
RS SSP
julo49
Average34.8932.1413.5221.7925.5650.10
Bart Kornas (5192km):
3141 days ago
1 categories

Rodanthe, NC, US

Wicked windy day here in OBX!

board - iSonic 94

sail - NP RSS 5.4

fin - Vector 25 DSW



Alsosnoff (12786km):
3141 days ago
2 categories

Rodanthe, NC, US

North Wind 25-35 mph. iSonic W54, Point-7 5M., Fin C3 23sm.

 



Barton (5511km):
3141 days ago

Bonaire Lac Bay. NP EVO 5 7.8, iSonic 107, Drake Carbon 38 and Black Project FreeDeltaRE 21. Wind: 12 ramping to 15 knots, E changing to ENE.

First day of any wind in a week and the result was that the bay had a lot of floating weed chunks. Started on the Drake 38 slalom fin but it would collect weeds when moving slowly after a jibe so switched to the FreeDeltaRE which didn't collect weeds but was disappointing and uncomfortable to sail. So, I switched back to the Drake and dealt with the weeds. This A-B comparison demonstrated two points to me: 1) since I can't 'load up' the fin on the FreeDeltaRE my stance is messed up and uncomfortable, but more importantly 2) the FreeDeltaRE is costing me at least 2 -3 knots in speed. Now that my jibing is getting smoother, even in bigger chop and with the 7.8 race sail, I'll likely NOT be using the FreeDeltaRE again any time soon.

Overall, very good session today. Numbers aren't great but looking at the data on GPSResults shows that they are very consistent at around 22-23 knots for a run across the bay. Felt comfortable and am feeling more in control every session, even when the chop starts increasing.



Peter (48505km):
3141 days ago
1 categories

Salvoo, NC, US. XFire 90, Koncept 5.8 and 5.0. Too choppy for my taste, so I switched to 3S 96 & 4.7 wave sail and had some fun. But perhaps wind and chop dropped just at the same time.



Roo (15866km):
3134 days ago
4 categories

Hatteras, sailing off the front lawn. Nailed a 35.06 on the GT31 dial through the chop. Nasty stuff that needed a union to get organized! Pretty crazy morning session on the edge running 32.5 knots. Wind swang in the afternoon that let me launch it through the chop.

LB 5.6 Naish SP 80 Tribal Speed 21

Update for data from GT-31, couldn't post from my tablet when I was in Hatteras.



Comments
Boro


USA
United States of America
3141 days ago

Barton, BPWeedspeed40 degrees is what you need if you must have a weed fin. 38cm for iSonic 107. No penalty in speed. Trims the board about the same as normal fin so no need for change in trim plus more control in big gusts. Upwind performance is the only downfall.

Barton


W
United States of America
3141 days ago

Boro, thank you for the equipment tips. Sunday was the first time in six months that the floating weed chunks were bad enough to be annoying. I'll do what I can to avoid needing to use a weed fin - the deeper sections of the bay didn't have nearly the weed chunk issue as the shallower (flatter) areas where I like to jibe. Guess it is time to work on my jibing skills and get better at jibing in the larger chop/swells - certainly a useful skill for the Gorge Smile

Decrepit


WA
Australia
3140 days ago

Nice going team, that's got you closer to the top of the ladder