Cro Aeolus Speedhunterz (North, Croatia) - 2010-09-19
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
Jan
29.906(D)
28.205(D)
21.102 [PB](D)
20.336(D)
25.704(D)
56.348(D)
Average
Jan (2971km):
4938 days ago
1 categories

3rd Shimuni One Hour Slalom 2010.

Simuni, Island Pag

Conditions: NE bura 25-35 kts, choppy, rain

Equipment: iSonic 111 / Warp 6.8 / MFC 36cm

 

The race sarted at 11 AM with stong bura and rain.

After 30 min bura even picked up and some gusts were preety tough.

Managed to finished 4th which came a bit as a surprise...a nice surprise...I guess good phisical condition paid out....

Tine Slabe won the race, Enrico Marotti came in second and Zdravko Cerovac scored third place...

 

I started well,  among the forward group and managed to keep up and slowly make the progress forward..

After some 20 min into the race the conditions got more serious and at that point it seamed to me the time is passing very slowly....:)

Everything got more harder and I had to keep telling myself to keep calm and not to push too hard (it is a one hour race)

So I tried to go faster on one tack and rest on the other...

Then I realized I overtook some of the competition and that I am on the 4th place some 200m behind Cerovac...

From that point I started to push a little bit more and one one of the tacks the gusts really rised up and Cerovac went upwind and had some problems and I pushed more downwind directly to the mark. I pushed real hard and managed to break into 3rd place...

Just before the mark, when I realized I will gybe to third place I got kind of  exited :), I was also preety tired by that time and next thing that happened was a nice catapult and me flying through the air with some 28 kts of speed ...I bounced up twice of the water before I stopped...

So I was on the 3rd place for some 20 sec. and then went back to 4th which I managed to keep till the end...

:))

Somehow I thought I'd score a better 1hour avg but I guess I had too many slow spots (windless points after turning the marks) and that big fall during the race...

 

Anyway, it was great, a lot of windsurfers all over the place...some of them struggling...rescue boats flying around...rain poking the face....gusts and white foam flying around...just great!

 

Looking forward for the next year!

 

 

 

P.S.

Here is a nice photo clipping showing my catapult which cost me a fight for the 3rd place against legendary Zdravko Cerovac,

CRO-6, guy whit orange/white sail...

Photos are saying more then words.... :)))

 



Comments
Zoran


North
Croatia
4939 days ago

Congratz! You are our hero!!!Tongue out

Chipo


South
Croatia
4939 days ago

Nice work!

Warrior


North
Croatia
4939 days ago

OUR HERO :)

CONGRATS ON 2000kn AWARD :) and GOOOOOG 4th place :)

Neno


West
Croatia
4939 days ago

Great great work Jan!!!

Congrat!!!

Too bed that we did`t come, Borko wrote you everything Frown

Bara


West
Croatia
4939 days ago

bravo Jan i šteta da nitko od velikana Aeolusa nije pružio podršku,opet je kapiten zakazao i nije mobilizirao vojsku

Marin


North
Croatia
4939 days ago

WOW, you're my man Cool.. So you were acrually in the 3. place, sooooo great and too bad you haven't finished 3. but this is great!!

Mihi


West
Croatia
4939 days ago

Congrats Jan for 4th place and bravo for 1h!

I also planned to come, but as Borko said, prognose was very bad and also I had some flood problems at home! Hope next year!

Cheers

Mihi

Jan


North
Croatia
4939 days ago

Thanks guys!

 

ODIN


South
Croatia
4939 days ago

Nice hr Jan ....And congrats on 4th place , your smoking mate

Adi


South
Croatia
4939 days ago

Congrats Jan, you are the best! :-) It was nice to see your excitment from the shore - radiated all around! :-)))

Zok


North
Croatia
4939 days ago

Congrats Jan!

It seems the conditions for the race are every year harder and harder.

Pitty you could not hold the 3rd place till the end, but that is one more reason to go for it next year.

 

Warrior


North
Croatia
4939 days ago

no "army" this weekend, sorry

Hardie


WA
Australia
4939 days ago

Great hour Jan!!!!!!