Grevelingen Chop Team (S, Netherlands) - 2014-10-15
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
Jacques van der Hout
50.2(D)
48.65(D)
3.36(D)
0(D)
0(D)
11.79(D)
Hans Kreisel
50.66(D)
48.15(D)
2.92(D)
0(D)
0(D)
10.5(D)
Ben van der Steen
Jeroen Schuitema
Stefan Brouwers
Marcel van Kalken
Sebastiaan de Bruijn
Menno Benningshof
André Mook
Alex
Average50.4348.403.140.000.0011.15
Jacques van der Hout (28396km):
3474 days ago
4 categories

Day 4 Luderitz Speed Challenge. Expected a lot from today, it was super windy. Learned from previous days just to wait until somebody else is sailed high speeds and then go out. Wind was super strong but just to broad today, this created a lot of chop on the canal, almost everybody had to break in the middle of the canal and it was kind of suicide mission to make a run. Just relaxed on the beach and when the angle turned from 150 degrees to 130-140 degrees and speeds went up it was safe to go out. Was already 17 hours before i did my first run, managed to get 5 runs and break my personal best on 5x10 seconds and 500 meter.

Step by step we are getting there. Windangle for tomorrow looks much better, but if we get even stronger nucking wind gusts like today it will make it more dangerous and you can not really go with the flow but you have to work hard to stay in control. We will see what happens.



Hans Kreisel (34576km):
3474 days ago
5 categories
Day4. Drama day didn't feel good this morning allready and when I wanted to make my first run and was in the startbox some big gusts came. When I wanted to go on i see a pryde sail flying into the lagune. Which was my 5,0 so had to get out the water and run like hell to save my gear an I'm happy I could only 2 broken battens and a lot of mud. Only was able to make 5runs and had some bad starts. Hopefully tomorrow it's going to be my day and I'm going to catch the gust of the day. Still confident I can do it just need the canal to work perfect grrr

Comments
STROPPO


WA
Australia
3474 days ago

Top effort fellars and a pb welldone and thanks for the great read CoolCoolCoolCool

and goodluck on the next seshCool