The Pit Crew (VIC, Australia) - 2021-10-16
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
fordy007
23.698(D)
22.456(D)
15.348(D)
19.167(D)
19.13(D)
36.083(D)
Sailquik
39.804(D)
37.608(D)
6.792(D)
14.189(D)
19.691(D)
15.518(D)
kato
40.199(D)
37.745(D)
20.629(D)
23.06(D)
26.226(D)
58.512(D)
Tone
27.321(D)
13.64(D)
2.043(D)
2.284(D)
2.994(D)
4.127(D)
Mathew Robertson
Shelby
Seahorse
Nic R
Spotty
Mr Love
Mal Wright
Tom Chalko
Peter Johnston
Stuart Eustice
Ado
Mal Faulkner
andrew dickenson
Pip (Old codger)
Brad
Chinaman
Dazzer
Tempest
supernan
SeaSkip
Johndog
Neil Maskiell
Hajime
PMosse
Dazman
Troppo
Sunshinesailorgirl
Josh
Phee
Adrian
Average40.0037.6817.9921.1122.9647.30
fordy007 (7898km):
895 days ago

Hampton, VIC, AU

Futura, 5.9m. 34cm Master Blaster.  18-20kn

Really messy in the Bay mush today.

Atomic fin amazing, tracks incredibly well in the crappy bay mess!



Sailquik (29582km):
895 days ago
6 categories

Sandy Point. Vic.

Great wind direction and has been a long time coming. SW to WSW the whole day which means pretty flat water and we can sail back upwind. Laughing

Wind was a bit less than anticipated - around mid to high 20's. Might have been a 30kt Gust somewhere but not consistent. I rigged both the 5.2m and 5.7m but only used the 5.2m and was a bit undersone most of the time, which suited me fine at my current state of sailing fitness. Embarassed After 6 runs I was pretty well spent so retired unhurt. 

Kato was just churning up and down on his small slalom board making it look too easy! Undecided Cool

We had good company from Tone and Ashley, but both were struggling with the conditions a bit. A bit of experience and some wiley strategies help a lot here nowdays. Yell

I used the Mistral 47 speed today, hoping that would be a bit easier than the CA40, and it was. Not much easier to get going, but definitly easier to point upwind and glide trough the lulls. I was thinking hard about what fin to use, thinking I needed a 20 symmetrial or somilar and could not remember if I had anything quite like that. Then I was looking through my fin stash and found a brand new Tribal 19cm weedspeed, which I confess I had forgotten I had go oell over a year ago. PERFECT! It was rock solid and definitly better uowind than any of the assys I have. And no slouch either with numerous just over 40 peaks. Nice to know I can still crack a 40 at 70! Laughing

Very happy with the results today and definitly enjoyed the Covid Safe company. Laughing

I also tested a 25Hz ubloc M9 based prototype that Manfred Fuchs sent me to test quite a few monthas ago, which was considerably delayed in shipping and I only got after my sailing season has finished. Very low error rates and very consistent results compared to the two Mini Motion and two LCD Motions I compared it with.  I had one LCD set to 5Hz to make it easier to compare with the prototype, and posted from the one set at 10Hz. But the results from all of them were withing an exceedingly small margon. (5 x 10's - all 5 under 0.05 difference. The 3 10hz devices were under 0.004 difference) 

Mistral 47 speed, Tribal 19 Weedspeed, KA Speed 5.2m

 



kato (37520km):
895 days ago
6 categories

Sandy Point, Vic, AU

The Pit race track is alive and well Laughing. A great forcast that .......faded just a bit when the tide was right. This speedsailing stuff is hard Wink

Stuck to the slalom board for the session and had a ball trying a few fins. Ran the Weapon 30 first and finished the session on the Weapon 28 30 deg and loved it. A little bit of weed made it hard for the upright but the 28 just lapped it up and got the peak speed.Cool Ran out of partners for a 1 hr but I did here a lot of creative chatter as to why they couldn,t do one Tongue outTongue out

Great to be back at The Pit with friends. Smile

Sl87, Atomic weapon 30 and 28,Koncept 5.7



Tone (3750km):
894 days ago

Sandy Point, Vic, AU

 

JP Speed 50 64L 5m Koncept 28cm JP Speedfin
Wind 23-25 gust 30-33 WSW

Daffy and Cptn Kato and Ash also present, excellent start, after tide let us in about 12-1230pm Rgh.
BTW Huge deep potholes on the road in, half a meter wide and tyre DEEP. Nooot shallow Joycie!

One leg down the run, walk back, start next run AFTER readjusting outhaul, which then came LOOSE at start of run #2 (14knts and WTH?!)and sail flapped against exposed cleat screw tearing it at boom height of course), huffefd and sh177y so with no spare sail repair kit so PACKED up, yakked over coffee with rest of crew (Who BTW had a great fkn time).

 

Thought had a good first run (33knts) but hadn't cleared historic memory of GT31, dang.
Other wise, ages to get going with a rough start, got one foot in the straps at 20knts...
Still got a not bad initial run after 6 months lollylaggin round the house.



Comments
Mr Love


VIC
Australia
895 days ago

I tried the Slalom Board at Hampton today Simon and had a massive off, man it was rough.

Jetlag


NSW
Australia
895 days ago
Great to see the Pit firing and you guys getting amongst it, happy days!!
Dirty harry


VIC
Australia
895 days ago

40 at 70 Surprised well done Andrew 

Peter Daish


SA
Australia
895 days ago

Nice sailing guys, thank god you guys were all vacinated.  might be in hospital on a saturday night with covid !!  scary stuff.  I'm glad your all safe.Cool

Sailquik


VIC
Australia
893 days ago

Thanks Peter. Smile All double dosed here and following the rules to the letter.  Cool

Vonpat


VIC
Australia
894 days ago

I think there is a song, THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN.

Dezza


VIC
Australia
894 days ago
Nice going at Sandy Point! How do you do an hour there, I thought you had to walk back upwind? Edit just saw Katos tracks, must be bumpy sailing back
kato


VIC
Australia
894 days ago
Nah, it’s not that bad and I really don’t like walking 🤣. A fun day despite the lighter wind
Sailquik


VIC
Australia
894 days ago

 

Kato's track. He filled in the inlet with coloured lines! Laughing

 

Me, not so much. Embarassed

Tone


VIC
Australia
894 days ago

Kato- legend or robot, nice day out

 

Dezza


VIC
Australia
894 days ago
Thanks for the tracks Andrew and pics Tone looks pretty good there!
Captain skip bogan


SA
Australia
894 days ago

Good to see you still remember how to do it guys 😂👍

Dave Morehead


TAS
Australia
894 days ago

Great sailing guys!  Cool

fordy007


VIC
Australia
894 days ago

Well done guys! Can't wait to travel to a 'speed' location and hit 30kn at least.... Bit hard in the Bay, not complaining, just waiting.... hoping for a least Cup weekend, maybe not.

Did see you out there yesterday Mr Love, yes, incredibly rough, even for the Bay!

Sailquik


VIC
Australia
893 days ago

Video from my helmet cam of all my runs and the general action. Warning: is 33 minutes long. Laughing

 

https://youtu.be/O3FMNIME0Zs

 

 

Dezza


VIC
Australia
893 days ago

great video, was the last run the fastest? Well done Tone and Ashley taking that on too. 

Sailquik


VIC
Australia
893 days ago

Yes. but there was not a lot of difference berween the top speeds on all of them. Smile

Decrepit


WA
Australia
887 days ago

Just had a birthday Andrew? Straight to the top of the 75 year old rankings, well for 2s and 10s anyway

Sailquik


VIC
Australia
887 days ago

Yes, but my 70th. ??? Edit. Oh, you mean the over 70's Laughing Only those two. You still have the rest and overall sewn up. Cool