Lake Macquarie (NSW, Australia) - 2024-08-01
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
Tibor
17.153(D)
16.19(D)
6.025(D)
14.684(D)
14.556(D)
11.28(D)
sboardcrazy
20.902(D)
18.867(D)
5.525(D)
12.751(D)
12.307(D)
11.975(D)
Tim Ford
James Farley
Greg Kiskarpati
Mick Saunders
GeoffS
Big Tom
nick0
Byron Mcilveen
Ian Wright
John Pearce
rus13b
Glenn Rumford
Steve Walsh
Andrew Haigh
adamhatfield
Hugh
Bruce Healey
Ben Turner
Murray Towndrow
Cluffy
Bear
Nige Watts
Timbotto
Bostonfoil
Ant-man
mick13B
Woody
katelyn
Chopper
Brent Hopkins
Craig Forbes
Where's Leanne
JAB
MobZ
Croanster
dutchie1964
Ākos Molnār
dutchie1964
Kev
Brett
Average19.0317.535.7813.7213.4311.63
Tibor (18420km):
173 days ago

Lake Weyba, QLD, AU

Well, not too bad. Sunshine and good company. Quita few guys out enjoying the.  6./13 knotish wind. Lots of fairly good jibes today. I wish l could remember them tomorrow!



sboardcrazy (25673km):
172 days ago
4 categories

5kts with patches of 10-12kts and occasional 5 mins of 12-15kts SSW before rain Valentine, NSW, AU

 7.2m Moto - 

125ltre tabou bullit - 38cms tectonics weed demon

WT64 ( 112ltres) - 35cms Tectonics

 WT57 ( 90ltre) - 28 cm WT weedy

 I decided to try a larger sail. I usually would have used the 7.5m Turbo but I'm not strong enough yet.

I usually find the Moto user friendly and easier to use than the 7.5m but cripes it's heavy! Draining the water trying to beachstart , underpowered waterstarting and uphauling were exhausting..Frown

I just swapped boards depending on the conditions.

I took a risk with the little one. Both times I went for a nice little run in the stronger stuff and saw it was going to die. I managed a dry gybe and back in just as it died to 5kts. Lucky I didn't fall in or I would have been stuck out there. It was worth it for the buzz.

I was miles too hot for most of the session. 

Only me with one winger who spent most of the session floundering due to not enough wind .

They usually fly past me when I'm plodding so I got revenge when I flew past him on the little board after he'd fallen in..Laughing

The lake was empty except for one giant 50' cruiser ( it was so big I thought it was the ferry).

We were on a collision course and I was plodding. It was going fast and would have gone ahead of me but it kept going slower and slower. I stopped and tried to stay upright but there wasn't enough wind  and when I was 10m from it I had to fall in the water to avoid collision..Undecided Brr..

 Any way it was fun. Trying some new tips for the gybe entry and they are making a big difference. Just got to get the foot weight right and concentrate on the arc.

No wonder I'm so fit when I sail regularly. 2hrs drive , carrying all the kit , sailing ,  washing up and hanging once home. zzzz

 No wind for a while now.

 I usually find it hard to get back up to speed after a break but I've been surprised at how easy I've found waterstarting ( except for the big kit) and how my gyes are. Smaller kit certainly helps..Undecided

 



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