Pinnaroos (WA, Australia) - 2015-11-30
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
Mineral
30.2(D)
24.7(D)
9.7(D)
8.24(D)
27.6(D)
31.14(D)
JJ
37.701(D)
34.777(D)
15.189(D)
15.567(D)
31.713(D)
52.025(D)
Jeff
35.222(D)
33.419(D)
18.002(D)
20.075(D)
32.5 [PB](D)
67.49(D)
Geoff
37.244(D)
33.117(D)
13.005(D)
18.255(D)
29.519(D)
28.037(D)
GS
32.219(D)
31.229 [PB](D)
15.12(D)
8.598(D)
30.702 [PB](D)
28.427(D)
Windxtasy
30.698(D)
27.526(D)
10.143(D)
11.846(D)
28.096(D)
22.89(D)
Ricey
32.491(D)
28.126(D)
6.919(D)
14.174(D)
30.773 [PB](D)
22.535(D)
Chris Porter
35.13(D)
33.12(D)
14.85(D)
18.03(D)
21.88(D)
35(D)
lao shi
37.215(D)
34.151(D)
16.552(D)
19.562(D)
28.173(D)
69.598(D)
Snake
33.993(D)
32.103(D)
18.772(D)
22.087(D)
30.055(D)
50.144(D)
Pointman
paddymac
JC2
Jemma
scarrgo
Jonah
Windtech
Bunyip
AC1
Hooksey
Lunny
tailwind
Flatchat
Snickers
Kenny
Pacey
SRS73
AndreaMunich
Gloria
Reg
Topcat
Clue Thirst
The Shroom
fingers
Finback
Peanut
Average37.4734.4618.3921.0832.1168.54
Mineral (4665km):
3041 days ago

6.6 loft no cam, Tabou 135, 23 delta fin.

Fangland for the afternoon. Cool

Had 32 on the dial for the 135 big board, but evened out to 30.2 through real speed.

Tired arms Laughing



JJ (25827km):
3041 days ago
4 categories

Melville Beach, WA

Another NM mission after yesterday's debacle, managed to get a 30.4 from Melville (quick start but lost the wind in the middle).

I hadn't sailed from Peli Point before in a seabreeze and Trouty had told me it was good for naughties - sure is, got the 31.7 down there in a nice solid 25 knot breeze.

Fun sail down and back. Like Leighton out in the middle Cool

Good crew out, saw Mark and Shane do ripper runs and Slowy was killing it as usual.

M91,  KA6.2,  CL SL1 27 (super awesome fin)



Jeff (13294km):
3041 days ago
1 categories

Coodanup, Koncept 6.6, Delta 21 slalom, Mistral 112 at first and the the CA speed (Kermit) Top speed on Kermit but was too tired by then to do more than one run, got a 34.6 on the Mistral a bit earlier. Wind picked up enough to make me think it worth trying the smaller board. Couldnt get the fin all the way into the box but running into the bottom a few times fixed that. Had to use a hammer to get it out ! Might need to do some work on that. Alpha is a surprise - didnt think I had done any of them. Top 9 fangy day. Lots of the usual locals plus the blowin Pinnas, and a few extras. Both Tobys amd Terry. 

Mission was a 30 knot NM so can say thats done Smile, probably would have been easier if I had not been so tired from yesterday.

Got of the water about 5 and no missed work phone calls, always a pleasure.



Geoff (4576km):
3041 days ago

Melville Beach, WA, AU

River PB (37.45 on the dial)

Early 90s F2 Sputnik - KA Koncept 5.8 - Alloy Boom - FO Weed 29 (reshaped to 27)



GS (4113km):
3041 days ago

Coodanup - IS101, Turbo 6.5, Delta 23.  Happy about that!  Thanks to the team for leading me to this stage.



Windxtasy (13853km):
3041 days ago

Coodanup M91 K5.7, 21 Delta

I made the mistake of being overconfident after my recent alpha PB of thinking that maybe I could gybe in stronger wind, so I put on the 91 for stability and went for it, only to discover that the board turns beautifully but my technique is nowhere near good enough to manage the sail at those speeds. I did complete one, and had a couple where I gathered the sail but stepped off the board and back on again. They were all too wide. So disappointment. I knew from the start that with the wind on offer I really should have whacked on the speed board and gone for speed and naughties, but... 

That will be a second best naughty for me, and the fastest I have done on a big board. Should have changed to the speed board, but after all the high kicks dancing "Nutbush City Limits" last night the thigh muscles only had enough energy for one nm.

The day was redeemed by a good Pinnaroos turn out - I did recommend Coodanup as the place to be - and those who didn't join us will wish they had because the steadily building wind (which must have been 22-23 knots when I left) was just what we wanted. There will be some amazing numbers posted tonight.

Shaw, it was great to see you flying, even though you were overboarded. Congrats on all those PBs. Did you put the mast track forward a bit?

Jeff, super naughty there, exceeding expectations and then some!

Good to see Ricey and Mineral and all the other GPSTCers also.

Back to lightwind days for practicing gybes. A lot more work required.



Ricey (11089km):
3041 days ago

Coodanup, WA, AU

YES, managed a 30+kn NM, which was my aim.

Really stoked

Not sure how I can have 30.7kn NM and yet only 28.1 5x10 second average. Does anyone know?

More later

 



Chris Porter (11725km):
3041 days ago

Some fun at Melville after work. Should have gone the 6.3, underdone on the 5.4. Windier than yesterday!

CA SP47; Ram 5.4; Lockwood Curtis 23.5



lao shi (41082km):
3041 days ago

Great finish to the month with a blat around the Swan from Melville with Geoff and JJ and later Chris.

Bar was super shallow with some nice runs off the wind. Went searching for naughties out in the middle and up to Wallyworld but couldn't find any and lost track of speedy when he went on his mission. Have to be impressed with how well the 91 handles insane chop.

First time using this sail fin combo and quite impressed. Perhaps a bit small.

Well done team on a great day out!

Loft Blade 5.6, MSL91, F1 26

100



Snake (23888km):
3041 days ago
5 categories

Peli point after work. Got there to see Steve and Claude derigging 6.2s (overdone!) so wasn't confident with my smallest (6.3), but wind backed off about 3/4 of the way through rigging by about 5 knots. Bugger. Missed it by about 20 minutes. Just went for a bump and jump instead, and must have nailed like 30 or 40 huge floaters and about 5 or 10 accidental forwards ending in big wipeouts/body slams. Man, what a beating. Did one run back from majestics but it had min speed of 26 due to the holes. Super surprised to see 30 there, it was so underdone. Some super lumpy chunks made for an epic fun ride when powered up though Tongue out 
Loving all the Pbs guys - smashed coodanup! Cool Well Done All!! 

Edit: forgot the gear:

Iso 86sl, RB 6.3, Goldwing 32



Comments
Firiebob


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

Hey Mike, them's good numbers for big board and F/A time on water Cool I had a beer in the frifge for ya but you were gonski when I got out Frown but yeh big drive home Smile

Hardie


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

Well done GS and Hardpole, Fangy's delivers again

JJ


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

Awesome PBs Shaw - stoked for you Cool

Jeff - super nice NM Laughing

Ricey - smashed it Surprised

Geoff - worth waiting for, got that old baby rockin...Wink

 

Plenty of new speedsters, to carry the team into the new year.

Windxtasy


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

4 PBs GS - Fangtastic! You were flying! A smaller board would have seen you going even faster.

Jeff, super naughty there, exceeding expectations and then some!

Firiebob


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

Nice PB's all round, big congrats Cool

JJ love what you do mate, very nice Nm on the swan Cool

Terry A


Sth Is
New Zealand
3041 days ago

Well done on all the PBs guys!!!!!!!!!

Great to meet sone more WA speedsters

Windxtasy


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

Super naughty Ricey! Congratulations!

... the 5X 10 all have to be on different runs. They can't all be part of the same nm unless you changed course multiple times during the run.

Obelix


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

Good speed Mike. 30 on the big girl.

Congratulations on the PBs guys. Can't believe all these NMs ove 30...

Duffy


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

Ricey i dont think that Grin on your face could've been any bigger! Well done!

 

Top numbers GS, Hardpole...hope your fins didnt get too much 'profiling'

(Mu-) fin


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

  Well done on the PBs felas,... cool ,!!!  Cool            .

 

lao shi


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

In order of posts.

Mineral, good to see you back 30+!

JJ, sweet river naughty!

Hardpole! Taking jj's naughty crown! and a nice set of numbers!

Geoff! Got me 2s and naughty! Great stuff!

GS, 30+ naughty! Nice! and good speed!

Nice naughty, Captain! Sorry about the no show but a few home dramas to deal with.

Ricey! Sweet naughty! No7 all time legend Nm!Cool No2 70+ we need a new category. Uber legend!?

 

ray gun


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

Sweet numbers Pinnaroos.

Geoff nice to see you again sweet numbers mate.

Anita welldone and good to see you as always.

Ricey cracking work saw you head out as I drove away.

JJ amazing  river Nm.

GS careful it gets addictive 

paddymac


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

Awesome outing Pinnas! Congrats on the PBs!!!

Decrepit


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

Great numbers Pinnas, congrats on the PBs, for those at Fangys, great to share such a great session with you.

STROPPO


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

Welldone on all the pbs pinners top stuff CoolCoolCool

Ricey


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

Some more:-

Tried out a new (for me) speed board today. Had difficulty in getting up wind on 15cm delta with 5.8 Koncept, so will have to think more about that. The board (66l Fanatic Falcon) has slight tail rocker that requires delta fins filled slightly to get a snug fit and not catch the weed. It felt good downwind.

Swapped to my old Xfire 80 board with 19cm delta and got upwind better. Got downwind better too: that was the board I got the 30+NM. But the wind had picked up a bit and looking at the tracks I got good distance, whereas the two fastest runs on the speed board were barely long enough.

Had a drag with Terry A. He slowly overtook me but not much in it. Then I asked what his NM was: it was 36+. The big difference was the he had started further up, got a good gust and flat water that I had not ventured into.

All good learning. Definately a top day.Smile

Great to see Anita, Shaw and Jeff.

Lunny


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

Wow souded like a great day. Nice one Smile

fangy


WA
Australia
3041 days ago
Wow Ricey, Jeff, and Shaw all big nauti Pb's. Congrats fellas. Great to see so many Pinnas down. ( except for you of course Mineral:-)
Saltynuts


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

Congrats Ricey,Jeff and Shaw on your PBs, Well done guys.Cool

 

Sausage


QLD
Australia
3041 days ago

Congrats on the PBs guys.  It's raining PBs over in the west atm.

25km to go Lao shi.

Snake


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

100km until he completes the circumference of the Earth, Snags Surprised 

Lao Shi - I'm pretty sure that translates to 'Windsurfing Addict' in some language Tongue out

Mineral


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

Great work with PB's guys Cool was a good day down there. Smile

Firie, I had to head out, arms were tin fruited, and had to get home. Left it a bit late to head off.

Two bloody traffic snarls on the way. First one was on South end, three cop cars had a bloke in the paddy wagon, and yep, idiots all rubber necking. Second one was as per normal, the north end, a flaming car park. Two bloody hours Frown took the shine off the trip a bit.

Might have to re think stratergy for trips that way with the congestion on the roads.

Sammy the snail


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

I can tell who went to Fangy's ah ah ah.. well done guys CoolCoolCool, how good is the run yeah Tongue out

Anita, pitty for you! I think you had way a too big board for the day, I was using the 47, and im way heavier Wink

sboardcrazy


NSW
Australia
3041 days ago

Cripes guys you lucky buggers! Congrats. Anita no way I'll ever catch your nm. Congrats! A great finish to the month.

Jeff


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

Well done on all the PB's, Glad that 6.5 wasnt too big Shaw - just shows if you can hold on more is better !

Mike, the trick is to stay until 5, then by the time you hit the North end the traffic has cleared. Funny thing was my best speeds were all on the last run, so I might as well have saved all the effort and just gone out on the small board at 4:30 (just joking).

And Fangy, Im glad I didnt take up your offer to pre-scratch the fin, its was so much more fun to run aground on the first jybe and take some skin off as well as scratch the fin. One big positive was no crab nips, negative was I stood on something stingy on the grass while changing boards, thought it might have been a bee but I think it must have been something else as it faded pretty quickly. All part of the fangland experience.

Windxtasy


WA
Australia
3041 days ago

Yes Sammy, bad choices on my part. Kicking myself for it now, what could have been... although the 91 handles very well, I didn't feel overboarded in terms of handling - its just the smaller board would have been faster and I would have been able to really go for it. I really wasn't up to nms after all that dancing and only 2 hours sleep the night before (I should have stayed home but I had to sail after missing out on Sunday), and with the forecast being very average I didn't even put my small speed board in the car. The 41 would have been plenty in the end. I was overdone with the sail also, I had to really pull on the outhaul just to be able to bear away to start the run. For a while there I was thinking "How am I going to get back?". Float?

sboardcrazy


NSW
Australia
3040 days ago

Sounds like a good party though Anita..I'm too old for ones like that..Wink

fangy


WA
Australia
3040 days ago
Crikey Jeff, you took skin off! You can go into shallow water, but the carpark is just plain out of bounds!
Firiebob


WA
Australia
3040 days ago

Hey Hardpole I got done by a bee there also, eyeballed him and pulled the sting, I think Fang is chucking bees around for you guys, because I'm the new guy he hadn't worded them up WinkLaughing

My tootsies are copping hell here, with the crabs, bees and blisters, back in FNQ the crocs and stingers were never this bad Laughing

fangy


WA
Australia
3040 days ago
Can you imagine a bee lining up Fairybell's toe? Do reckon the bee was promised 72 virgins in heaven if matyred for the cause? (And once again arriving to find the virgins are all pandas.) Do you reckon the bees think 'yep Fairybell's toe is sooo worth it!'? I reckon maybe the bees are smarter than we think. 😄
Nigel


NSW
Australia
3040 days ago

Some fantastic numbers there... especially the NMs.

SOMEPUNK


WA
Australia
3039 days ago

 

JJ I saw a couple of the big bear-offs you did in the middle of the river. Pretty impressive mate! Great numbers in some wild conditions.