SA Speedsters (SA, Australia) - 2026-01-03
Sailor 2 Second Peak (Kts)5 x 10 Second Average (Kts)1 Hour (Kts)Alpha Racing 500m (Kts)Nautical Mile (Kts)Distance Travelled (km)
Andy Weatherill
33.679(D)
32.289(D)
19.442(D)
21.649(D)
27.15(D)
110.334(D)
Hamma
Chris Dimond
Kimba
Sammy
NeedSpeedStash
poida
Andrew Hannon
Average
Andy Weatherill (3397km):
23 hours ago

A great fun sail at Port Vincent. My turbo dies on the way here so my car as at the mechanic, so I can't drive down to Stansbury as I usually would. I managed to use occy straps to tie all my gear onto our crab tub on wheels to walk 1km down the road towing all my gear. When I arrived I found I had no fun screws, so I ran back to the shack and then back to the beach again. The wind was expected to increase from about 16 to 20, which it did. I rigged my 7.0 Severne Mach 1 and combined it with my JP 113l and 24cm fangy fin. The tide was close to its lowest when I start sailing, with a low of 0.3m, which leaves a huge length of the spit exposed. The only thing that would have made it better would have been a SE rather than a straight Southerly. I was chasing an Alpha pb, albeit hard to do on medium sized gear. I was wearing thick soled booties due to the razor backs and they always catch when gybing, even after loosening my foot a lot before the gybe. Shame I couldn't sail with others too.



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