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Kitersurfers take outright world speed record.

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echostorm
echostorm
QLD
1245 posts
echostorm echostorm
QLD, 1245 posts
20 Sep 2008 9:12pm
Hey guys,

thought I would rub it in... www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=41449
elmo
elmo
WA
8890 posts
elmo elmo
WA, 8890 posts
20 Sep 2008 7:49pm
Whats to rub in?

It was a great effort

Thats why I posted it
sailpilot
sailpilot
QLD
787 posts
sailpilot sailpilot
QLD, 787 posts
20 Sep 2008 10:06pm
Yep,looks faster than I want to travel. I guessa bit flatter water be needed to crack the fifty.
evlPanda
evlPanda
NSW
9207 posts
evlPanda evlPanda
NSW, 9207 posts
20 Sep 2008 10:12pm
0.06 seconds off 50 knots. Bugger.
(about 40cm)

There's your maths quiz guys, I'm going back to my beer (sure I'm wrong)
mineral1
mineral1
WA
4564 posts
mineral1 mineral1
WA, 4564 posts
20 Sep 2008 9:30pm
echostorm said...

Hey guys,

thought I would rub it in... www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=41449


No prize for second
Think the only ones who give a sh1t about this speed are the ones from both levels of sport Kite and Sail, playing in the speed stuff, so Great respect for anybody getting too that level
And yep he missed it by that much wont be long before it goes well by the wayside.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23647 posts
Mark _australia Mark _australia
WA, 23647 posts
20 Sep 2008 9:35pm
Is being dragged downwind actually sailing
WA66
WA66
WA
138 posts
WA66 WA66
WA, 138 posts
20 Sep 2008 10:16pm
Exactly Mark, I agree, not sailing is it?
CJW
CJW
NSW
1731 posts
CJW CJW
NSW, 1731 posts
21 Sep 2008 12:24am
Man the video in that other thread is pretty crazy. You usually see windsurfers at a lot of spots going quick but rarely kites as I guess it's more of a niche in kiting than it is in windsurfing. Seeing a kite going that quick is fairy nuts I reckon.
baldrick
baldrick
QLD
146 posts
baldrick baldrick
QLD, 146 posts
21 Sep 2008 1:04am
I usually go that fast for a few milliseconds before my face ploughs into the briney.
NotWal
NotWal
QLD
7436 posts
NotWal NotWal
QLD, 7436 posts
21 Sep 2008 12:05pm
WA66 said...

Exactly Mark, I agree, not sailing is it?


No more sailing than falling out of an aeroplane n I'm sure you could do that faster.
OceanBlue64
OceanBlue64
VIC
980 posts
OceanBlue64 OceanBlue64
VIC, 980 posts
21 Sep 2008 12:35pm
Sailing or not ... its an awesome effort.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23647 posts
Mark _australia Mark _australia
WA, 23647 posts
21 Sep 2008 11:19am
OceanBlue64 said...

Sailing or not ... its an awesome effort.


Oh yeah don't get me wrong I have great respect for them at those speeds.
Just dunno if it is sailing hmmmm anyone got the rule book?
stehsegler
stehsegler
WA
3571 posts
stehsegler stehsegler
WA, 3571 posts
21 Sep 2008 2:56pm
I think there is a rule where the water craft can't leave the water for more than a certain amount of time during the 500 meter course. I believe there was a decision a few years back which excluded hydrofoils for exactly that reason.
whyner
whyner
NSW
762 posts
whyner whyner
NSW, 762 posts
21 Sep 2008 5:39pm
good on em. They can't waveride better than windsurfers though.
peto
peto
NSW
406 posts
peto peto
NSW, 406 posts
21 Sep 2008 5:44pm
Hey whyner did you ****s get any wind down there today.
whyner
whyner
NSW
762 posts
whyner whyner
NSW, 762 posts
21 Sep 2008 9:49pm
Came up late here in rilla. Think that seven mile had wind all day but there was no surf so no sailing for me.
landyacht
landyacht
WA
5921 posts
landyacht landyacht
WA, 5921 posts
21 Sep 2008 8:27pm
Mark _australia said...

Is being dragged downwind actually sailing


Having got up to a PB reaching, only to have the landyacht accelate sideways(downwind) to a new significantly higher PB, I would have to vote on the side of YES that is sailing
NotWal
NotWal
QLD
7436 posts
NotWal NotWal
QLD, 7436 posts
21 Sep 2008 10:36pm
All things in moderation. 50 knots is too fast for a gentleman. (why are there no smug emoticons)
colinwill78
colinwill78
VIC
1395 posts
colinwill78 colinwill78
VIC, 1395 posts
22 Sep 2008 11:54am
NotWal said...

All things in moderation. 50 knots is too fast for a gentleman. (why are there no smug emoticons)


knot board said...

colinwill78 said...



knot board said...
I tend to agreed GL. There is a good reason the Caption competition never migrated into the general forum. This ageing windsurfing community turns out some marvelously witty captions to suit a particular audience. I won't compromise my standards by resorting to pee-pee and poo-poo jokes just to win votes from our kid brothers in the kitesurfing forum.




As a kiter, I hate to say it, BUT how right you were!
of note the 2000 "bear Sh!tting in the woods lines", and the constant repeated use of the same jokes and slight variations on themes.


That said..... vote for me! (just kidding)



<=== that's me looking very smug, I love being right!




<=== so it's that one.

evlPanda
evlPanda
NSW
9207 posts
evlPanda evlPanda
NSW, 9207 posts
22 Sep 2008 10:21pm
Mark _australia said...

OceanBlue64 said...

Sailing or not ... its an awesome effort.


Oh yeah don't get me wrong I have great respect for them at those speeds.
Just dunno if it is sailing hmmmm anyone got the rule book?


And why, for all, is it just one run in one direction? Most, if not all speed records, are 2 runs, opposite directions within half an hour or so. How are kites upwind?
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23647 posts
Mark _australia Mark _australia
WA, 23647 posts
22 Sep 2008 9:44pm
pandaman I think you mean speed records for cars and bikes etc.... they would obviously have a wind advantage running with a 40kn tailwind so that is why they have to do 2 runs in opposite directions.

However sailing vessels run faster just downwind of a reach (125deg ) so doing a run in each direction makes no sense as the return journey will be waaay slower, being an upwind run.

elmo
elmo
WA
8890 posts
elmo elmo
WA, 8890 posts
23 Sep 2008 6:29am
Sailing back is not important and over rated compared to a suicidal ball shriveling run
choco
choco
SA
4181 posts
choco choco
SA, 4181 posts
23 Sep 2008 8:35am
If you didn't see the kite you would think he was being towed by a speed boat...reminds me of the speed skiing they used to do on the Lake here.
evlPanda
evlPanda
NSW
9207 posts
evlPanda evlPanda
NSW, 9207 posts
23 Sep 2008 9:33pm
Mark _australia said...

pandaman I think you mean speed records for cars and bikes etc.... they would obviously have a wind advantage running with a 40kn tailwind so that is why they have to do 2 runs in opposite directions.

However sailing vessels run faster just downwind of a reach (125deg ) so doing a run in each direction makes no sense as the return journey will be waaay slower, being an upwind run.




Of course, but could it be another category?

As much as I'm liking broad reaches flying back upwind is a kind of sweet science, feels a little like you're doing the impossible somehow. The layman would think it impossible, in fact it is a common question people ask "but how do you get back upwind?"
Haircut
Haircut
QLD
6491 posts
Haircut Haircut
QLD, 6491 posts
23 Sep 2008 9:43pm
where i used to live guys towed eachother around the flooded areas of the power station open cut coal fields behind the SEC work 4wd vehicles
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