evlPanda said...

I reckon I've had 250 hrs.
(probably more on these damn forums)

Total time this summer? 13 sails since mid nov. 35 hours or so

FiremanSam said...
Not enough...

I'm with you there - I'm guessing you have kids too :)

Wild guess about 4000 over the last 26 years, with more than half in the first 10 years.

Rough guess 1000 sails in 20yrs

Maybe 2000hrs?

I keep a log. It's 1200 hours since December 2003. I don't have my records with me but the peak would be 180 hours a year and the minimum would be 70 hours a year.

During summer I get out every night after work. During winter it averages every weekend but that is sometimes two days in a weekend and sometimes no days.

Keeping a log is good for a couple of reasons. One is it is nice to look back and see what you did years ago, how much use you got out of a piece of gear, where you went. The other is it is an incentive to ride a bit longer in each session.

When I take off I glance at my watch. If during riding I look at my watch and it only shows 35 or 45 minutes elapsed then I push harder and ride out to the full hour. I might ride a couple of km up the coast to stretch the time out. Many sessions that started out kind of dull end up exhilarating because I've done something fun with it.

Once I take off I rarely stop or come back to the beach so all my hours are actual riding hours. I guess it's no surprise that people who claim to do 4-5-6 hour sessions often spend most of that time chatting on the beach.

Good question .......... just sayin, no idea, but not enough

Started in September this year, Almost out every Saturday, so atleast 2-3hrs on the water per session so about 30hrs total or there abouts so far.

what is the poipose of zis question ?
how much time do you spend not on the water ?
more importantly - how many sessions did we miss cuz blah blah blah

in the summer i manage to go out twice a week - as long as possible ...60 * in 2012

what interests me more - what is the most used equipment for your weight
220 lbs and most used sail was an MS-2 8-oh free-race
on Fanatic Ultra CAT and BIC Techno Formula

79 sessions ytd

Zed said...

FiremanSam said...
Not enough...



I'm with you there - I'm guessing you have kids too :)

I do have kids, they sail too - but the buggers are catching me up on GPS !! Only way I am currently up on No.1 son, was to ground him for something he did - happened to be a great 20kn Low Tide that day !!

I've got that issue too. Two year old birthday party on Sunday forced me off the water (I do however love doing that stuff).
I've also got a wife who has an incredible ability to book me in to do something when the wind is over 20 knots.

Hmmm. got a bucketload on this weekend - Sunday looks like it might fill in too ! D'oh... at a friends daughters birthday party - he sails too, so at least he misses out as well !

I am assuming that this means actual time on water, and not time spent waiting for wind, re-rigging and having a social chit chat on the shore?