What a lovely set of numbers.

Glad you changed that appointment.

Congratulations on three very big PBs. Fantastic!

Can't wait to see the backup.

Nice sailing Boz

Wow, Wow, Wow. 

Sensational days work, Lads!

Congratulations on some very big PBs Woody!

Surprised to see you all posting while there is still plenty of daylight. Did the wind run out?

Strewth Peskys that's a damn good day out! Those are serious top shelf PB's Mark and Boz! Congrats fellas, very impressive.  

Nibe PB's peoples, stonkin Naughties considedring the peak speeds

Congratulations on the PB's and setting yourselves up for a big party at the end of the year

Fantastic guys!!!! Big congrats.

Mark, apart from letting the battery run down, the only other way is to disconect the battery. That's a pain, I'd let it run down, should only take an hour or so. There's a chance you could be disappointed withthe alpha though. The watch calculates it differently to all the other software. It depends how close you were to the 50m separation. If you were well inside, it won't be a problem, but if you were around 48m there could be a problem. We've seen up to 2m difference in the watches calculation of separation and all the other software.

To dry it out put it in a warm dry place with a couple of buttons clamped open. But if you've got salt water in there, eventually it will corode the contacts, and you will have to pull it apart and clean it.

And you'll probably have to dry it out before recharging. Good luck mate!

Congrats Boz and Woody for bagging some sweet PB's. 

Solid session all round Lunny. 

Ben, it was worth the trip. You scored hours and distance in your top 5, and had a lot more fun than you would have had here.

What time did you start sailing?

Great work on the PBs all

Well sailed team Pinna's! Lots of PB's & Top 5's amongst you all, huge congrats    

Lunny where did you go whack on the fishy?  Shane & I have both clipped something at the Kiters end in the last week or so.

From your tracks it looks like the tide wasn't high enough to do full runs for the hour.

Terrific session guys, congrats on the pbs. Top shelf hour and alpha pbs Mark . Big distance Boz 

Lunny, did your mishap cause you to stop early? Unusual to see you so far behind Boz in km, although I do know he started first.

Congratulations on the distance PB Tailwind, and 3 second best scores. Could easily have been 4 PBs there.

Great numbers guys. Ill have to make it down there one day this summer.

Anita, too many critters on the road so 4pm finish was pushing it for the drive back home, i started 1.5hrs before the lunny, we both hit something as well, mine just out of the carpark launch about 400m out, next big easterlie kenny you gotto come down, 18-21 Delta worked well just couldn't get a proper start at the top on the NM too much week/shallow but the run all the way to the sandbankwas possible. Bit dissapointed that I didn't go for another 5 minutes on the Hr I was mucking about at the begining of the hour forgot to take that into account then stopped to check the watch 10 minutes before the end, ah well what could have been

Tim yeh I know keyboard typo, plus was tired from an awesome day of sailing

basics for a good hour -

1. sail without stopping for longer than an hour - 

2. don't guess the time, use your watch. An hour seems so much longer than it really is when you are sailing non stop.

3. start timing the hour after you have made all your tuning adjustments

4. don't fall in during the hour

5. don't stop to chat

6. don't stop to check your watch

7. sail fast and avoid upwind legs

If you have a GW60, you can set the hour, the screen goes into reverse at the end of it. Trouble is if the watch is wet when you hit the reset button you could end up with Woody's problem.

That's the trouble with the watch those buttons, plus I'm just lazy normally don't plan the hour I just keep sailing and then decide I'll go for it, will have to get serious about it, thought I got it right yesterday apparantly not

Yikes Lunny that sounds like a very sudden and scary stop! That's the problem with sailing with Boz, you just never know if you are going to get hit with some stray Boznium, he sprays it around like it's closing time in the Pub loo.

Here was the spot Shane

I might have upset it a little as this is what i saw up the Kiters end. I'm sure it was the same fish.

Ahh maybe thats why Boz started at sunrise...to plant Boznium traps all over the place. It wasnt supposed to get me Boz.

".....you could end up with a Woody problem." Yep, no one wants to end up with that.

Don't worry Lunny I got caught by my own trap as well, Mark I had the same probloem with the first watch, trouble is it died after about a mointh afterwards, water through the seal. Best thing for the watches is what Fangy does and sails slowly no strain on the watch if you do come off, I'm sure thats why Fangy potters around his grassy patch 

HMMM, I didn't put that very well did I!

No you clamp them in, I used a g-clamp with plastic lined jaws, think I managed to get 3 buttons.

Mark this is probably the worst problem with the GW60. When the button is pressed, it allows the watch to breath, if there's a lower pressure in than out, it will suck in the water trapped behind the buttons. It doesn't need very much to cause major problems.

Oh ouch, I just got whipped with cooked lettuce again. 

Just for the record I don't have a watch, just crayons, a sharpener and screen cleaner. ( The crayons are made by an off-shoot company of Garmin, so they are tots legit) KISS at its best.

Awesome session guys. Well done.

Congrats guys on the pbs and Flatchat for assisting with the drying of the Locosys60. Mike taking the back off and leaving in the sun did the trick. Cheers

Woody. Glad you could recover that data and to see your results are all legit now.

Improved in all but the hour and alpha. sensational results!

You must be a little disappointed that the  screen alpha did not count, but you still scored a PB.

That would have been an amazing hour without the offs...

Cheers to your little girl for playing along and etting up at 3.30 am!

Top session Mark, that new 61 Manta was amazing even with the delta was impressed how much get up and go it had, rekon you'll be happy when the wind boots in proper. Big congrats to Andrew knocking up the k's, and yep came to my senses not to miss another epic session, lots of big grins at the end of the day by an awesome crew. Defo another road trip before the end of the year on the next Easterlie

Congrats Andrew. Sweet PB.

Speaking of problems with teh GW60, after reviewing my tracks there are a few drop outs where no speed was recorded and some dead straight lines without any data plots recorded. This is the first time I've seen no speed displayed on the watch mid session. Don't think it would've affected the results much although I aborted a naughty when I checked the watch. 

Woody, Glad you were able to dry the watch out. I was going to drop by tonight and see if I could have a look at the watch. I highly recommend getting a waterproof pouch like an aquapack and put your watch in there. After damaging one watch already I use an aquapack now.

Cannonball, I checked your Albany track and there are a few gaps in the tracks. Didnt notice a gap in your 22knot hour or NM though. Dan had a similar problem with gaps in his tracks. i think we concluded that it was an issue with a drop out in signal to satellites for some reason. Should probably keep an eye on it. 

Boz, yes I just saw those gaps. I think ideally having the device on your head like some others do would be best.

Well done great numbers

Wow, epic numbers guys!! Glad the mission was a success. Some really awesome PBs there! Any footage this time Mark?

Just working on it Jake! Hey all here's Boz at the end of his pb naughty run https://youtu.be/pHUZ0UtdZ8k

great video. You were both flying.

Sorry Mark but that's just too nice not to post here.