SA Speed Demons (SA, Australia) - 2012-01-31
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
hoppybogan
30.47(D)
29.54(D)
19.6(D)
19.37(D)
27.09(D)
117.91(D)
Tricky Bogan
33.19(D)
31.55(D)
20.33(D)
21.45(D)
24.14(D)
68.37(D)
Dave M
36.78(D)
35.35(D)
24.25 [PB](D)
23.75(D)
33.13 [PB](D)
102.06 [PB](D)
Choco
41.1(D)
39.26(D)
19.12(D)
26.5 [PB](D)
34.76(D)
88.61(D)
Hamma
41.2(D)
39.12(D)
21.91(D)
26.22 [PB](D)
35.44(D)
116.8(D)
Kym Manning
36.058 [PB](D)
34.511 [PB](D)
15.923 [PB](D)
20.292 [PB](D)
29.389 [PB](D)
93.197 [PB](D)
Kimba
40.76(D)
39.58(D)
17.54(D)
24.81(D)
36.74 [PB](D)
123.5(D)
Chris Reiffel
Norman Clarke
Joe
Dr Duck
Dazz
Ricky Hamood
Kaz
Dee
Warren Mudge
PK
Hayden M
danny
Pineapple
Stan
Average41.1539.4223.0826.3636.09120.71
hoppybogan (25813km):
4441 days ago
1 categories

Sputnik, NP 5.4 Raf, Slalom 32.

Went down to Stansbury for a blast in the bay.Smile

Short steep chop in the middle,( rattle the bones ),but fairly flat by the spit.

Wore myself out.

The missus will be safe tonightTongue out.

 



Tricky Bogan (21417km):
4440 days ago

KA6.6 Kinetic57 26 Choco weed speed, Sailed out the sore spots from yesterday. Started before lunch and decided to rig big sail and go until I was stuffed and then head home.

Nice sail in some glassy calm spots just cruising back and forth across the lake. As the wind picked up I came in for a quick bite and rest, changed to Daves Lorch Speed board to give it a whirl ( never sailed a board that small before) but could not improve on my times and really needed to change down but with a long drive home ahead, I decided I was better to get home and save it up for a rematch latter in the year. Was holding my own at the begining but as the wind slowly increased and I got tired, I was getting floggedCry

 

Congrats to all the sailers smoking all over the patch



Dave M (3969km):
4440 days ago

Lake George, SA, AU. Wind: 15-25

Tabou 59, KA Koncept (07) 5.8, Choco Speed Weed 26

Sailed early before the wind kicked, good long runs, most K's i've done in recent years, will pay for that tomorrow !

Good flat sailing, not over powered at any time, nice day to just run the board and sail !!

left early, hope the wind kicked a bit more for the boys that were still there.



Choco (14530km):
4440 days ago
2 categories

Great day at  "Lake George" wind was mostly around 18-20knts for most of the day, was stoked I could get going with my 5.6 Blade and AB 54 slalom board while most where on their 6.6 sails, had a near miss with a freight train by the name of Tim, he was doing a downwind run and I was sailing cross wind, we saw each other when the foot of his sail clip the nose of my boardSurprised if we hit it would have been serious injury to both of us or even curtains but luckily someone was watching over us.Wind kicked in late in the day and I only managed a few powered runs before heading home, sail was tuned to perfection and sailing fitness is backTongue out could have done more K's if I could have stayed., great catching up and meeting  so many people from all over Australia! Jimbob you've created a monster!!!!



Hamma (12022km):
4440 days ago
4 categories

 

JP 49 ,Home made fin,RS evo III 5.5

Really under powered today,should have be on a 7.0 and slalom board but lent my bigger fin to Kym.Went for an hour but stop way short,had me walking around on the bank.Had some nice alphas but just to wide.Still a fun sail and good to see Kym get some PBs.Wind was starting to build at the end but had to leave, had a 5 hour drive home.



Kym Manning (161km):
4439 days ago

Lake George, SA

Manta 59 - RSR 6.2 - Vector Weed 24

(Posted for Kym by Tim)



Kimba (8041km):
4439 days ago
1 categories

Day trip for a chance to better the stats I should have last trip.

Went out on the old RSR 6.7 early as I thought the 7.8 / Falcon 89 / Delta weed 27 might be a bit unbalanced and heavy.  The old thing did ok and still had plenty of bottom end grunt.  It was fantastic blasting in the flat water and glass patches(reminded me of the early 90's here) and I soon got a 40 on the dial.

Got up close and personal with Choco on one run when he was in my blind spot and I was in his!  The nose of his board tapped the foot of my sail and since we both came of unscathed I continued down the run.  I only knew about it when I heard a tap and Choco saying woah...Shows up in the video footage...

Went in and changed to the 6.2 evoIII at lunch when it looked like it had picked up and headed out on the JP49 up to the NM start where I sat waiting forwind.  It was too gusty and my attempt was pathetic so I wnt in to swap the 49 for the Falcon 89.  During that critical rig swap I was a bit lax and off flew the 6.2 cartwheeling and floating for 50m - I had to chase it down through the shin deep slop.  Each time I nearly caught it off it went po-going end on end until it finally stopped long enough to pounce. The mud is more draining than sailing!

Went out for a few more NM attempts but I couldn't time any decent wind through the run and was oversheeted on the verge of stalling the whole way down. Looks like I will have to wait until next summer for a crack with some good wind as I had to head home and didn't like the prospect of roo's in the Coorong.  Ended up seeing a couple of sheep and only 1 roo which I was happy about.  Pulled in the drive at 12 after leaving at 7:30.  Took Choco's advice and sprayed the undercarriage of the beast at Meninge, mileage went up after that.

When I left Spotty was flying and didn't seem to have any problems with lulls, I am sure he had a big 40+Nm in there.

Great quick trip - I had hoped to sail Monday arvo when I had arrived at 6 but the launch was flodded on the westerly and I couldn't go to the spit with the commo.  I will hopefully have the x-trail next time.

Great to catch up with Hamma, Chocco, Kym(congrats on the 6 pb's), Dave and Tricky from the demons, Daffy, Spotty and Kato as well as Cam at the end. 

Will post some footage some time of the glass and fin trails...

RSR 6.7 - Falcon 89 - Delta Weed 27 then EvoIII 6.2



Comments
Chinaman


VIC
Australia
4441 days ago

Well done on the PBs Jeff, Had to laugh at your comments sounds very much like someone that I know when I look in the mirror.Very  similar case at home after a decent session on the water   Laughing

Tricky Bogan


SA
Australia
4440 days ago

Execellent PB's JeffCool great distance I know how choppy it can be

Sausage


QLD
Australia
4440 days ago

Congrats on the PB's Jeff, Dave and Choco.  Choco, sounds like you used a life on the near miss.  Would like to see the combined tracks at contact point to see just how fast you two were going.

BTW - What's the seasonal water cycle for Lake George and is it only refreshed from rain?

Hardie


WA
Australia
4440 days ago

Congratz on all PB'sCool

Vando


QLD
Australia
4440 days ago

Nice turn Choc and you even done some ks todayWink.

 

Choco


SA
Australia
4440 days ago

Snags Tim had his GoPro on.....hate to see the vid

Firiebob


WA
Australia
4440 days ago

Congrats Jeff, Dave and Choc, a bag full of PB's well done Cool Cam said it was bloody cold Wink

Vando


QLD
Australia
4440 days ago

me thinks Tim was busy smiling for the cam and not looking where he was goingTongue out

Firiebob


WA
Australia
4440 days ago

I hope you captured the WTF look Choc Laughing

hoppybogan


SA
Australia
4440 days ago

Congrats all you Lake George guys, what a month it has been.

Must get myself down there one day and get me some of that action.

LEO


NSW
Australia
4440 days ago

NOICE ALFA BROS !! MUST GET MYSELF DOWN THERE !! MASIVE CONGRATS TOP EFFORT 

Tricky Bogan


SA
Australia
4440 days ago

Dave well deserved PB's long time between drinks but what a way to quench that thirst, sooo close to 40Cry hey thanks for the ass kickingEmbarassed

PJ


SA
Australia
4440 days ago

Well well done to all SA Speed Demons for an outstanding and huge last few weeks and with Jamie showing the way to locals and interstaters.

Hope Lake George fills and gives us more special times in the future. Heal up and save for new gearCool

Firiebob


WA
Australia
4440 days ago

Hey Hamma were you and Choc holding hands, close numbers and congrats on your Pb, bloody fast corner Cool

Jimbob


VIC
Australia
4440 days ago

Surprised Yeee Haaa Hamma a wopping big incease of 0.1 from your last best Alpha. Wink well done Mate.

Smile Well done Choc nice PB, Dave congrats on the over 100 and naughty.

lao shi


WA
Australia
4440 days ago

Great collection of PBs, guys!Cool

Dave M


SA
Australia
4439 days ago

Great day and congrat's to all

good to watch the big boys play

dissapionted with my alpha.. did a bunch in a row and all too wide... have to do better next time

Hardie


WA
Australia
4439 days ago

KimSurprised

Kimba


SA
Australia
4439 days ago

Congratulations getting 6 Pb's Kym, I knew you would love it!

Well done team on all the alpha, nm and hour pb's also.  Was a nice cruisy day in the morning with plenty of smiles!

Dave M


SA
Australia
4439 days ago

looking forward to "Kimba Cam".. it's been awhile

Kimba


SA
Australia
4439 days ago

The near missSmile

Dave M


SA
Australia
4439 days ago

amazing !!

so glad you big blokes missed each other

that is soooooo CloseSurprised

Firiebob


WA
Australia
4439 days ago

Awesome Kimba SurprisedSmile Thanks for sharing

Sausage


QLD
Australia
4439 days ago

Tim, Congrats on the NM pb & thanks for sharing vid (any chance of a close-up on Choco's face cause then we'll all know what expression he pulls when on the bogWink). 

Lovely corner Hamma & nice string of PB's too Kym.

Choco


SA
Australia
4439 days ago

wowSurprised what you dont get in that vid is the speed we were doing Tim, Nice NM PB Tim and Nice PBs Kym,Dave,Jeff,that NM PB still alludes meFrown

Izaak Perkins


TAS
Australia
4439 days ago

Wow nice footage Tim!! and well done to all on their resultsSmileCool

Hamma


SA
Australia
4439 days ago

Shit that was close Tim,exact same thing happen to me and Perks.Makes you look around a bit more .Well done on all the PBs again.

Choco


SA
Australia
4439 days ago

I dont remember digging the board upwind to avoid the crash, happen so quickly must still have some good reflex reactions.

Hamma


SA
Australia
4439 days ago

Hey Choco I wonderd what that smell was when you cam inLaughing

Chris Dimond


SA
Australia
4439 days ago

That's amazing.You guys are both very lucky.

You can see the projection of Choco's board before the last second crank upwind. That could have been very ugly.

Just imagine that happening to two fast sailors!! Surprised

Kimba


SA
Australia
4439 days ago

I will post the video in real time, this is split second stuff (25fps) so the clip is only 1/2 a second long.  The video shows me continually scanning downwind and choco is still hidden behind either the luff or the clew panel. Choco, I will have to find the part of the track it happened, it might be easier to send each other the tracks and playback until they cross...

Checked out more of the footage and there are some nice shots of the glass patches with fin trails.  HD plays much better on my workstation at work with 16Gb of RamLaughing.  Thanks for all the encouragement re. the PB.

Sausage, I will try and zoom up on Choco's face and but I am pretty sure he said woah so it should look like thisSurprised

Steve200


QLD
Australia
4439 days ago

Well done on the PB fest crew, phew guys that was a very scary near miss. Kimba (the white lion), good video and nice reporting.

Jacques Kint


VIC
Australia
4438 days ago

14 Pb's in one Day! you guys have to stay away from lake Goerge!Cool Choco and TIm holy Shh!T Man whats going on! close callYell

Kimba


SA
Australia
4415 days ago

Finally got my stupid video software working.  Here is the Close Shave with Choco...

 

Hardie


WA
Australia
4415 days ago

Flat for a long long long way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!