Date: 15/6/08

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 21.5 knots

Conditions: Chilly to cold

Where you sailed (Code ok for secret spots): Tinaroo Dam

Equipment: Mistral Screamer 105l 6.0 Gun Tempo

Details about Self: Lyn Halloran ..

Comments: Not as silly as some.

Date: 15/6/08

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 23.2

Conditions: Cold and wet (thats the air), water was even colder. Gusty squally southerly

Where you sailed (Code ok for secret spots): Narrabeen Lake

Equipment: Tabou 140

Neil Pryde 6.6 RX2

Tabou 48 Freeride fin.


Details about Self: 37 year old intermediate

Comments: Very cold but I'd rather have this than the doldrums that have affected Sydney for the last few months. Had to come back in because of the cold and fading light. It was warmer than yesterday, probably around 15 or 16 degrees.

Date: Sun 15th June 2008

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 26.51

Conditions: Light, very light, dead calm, strong, fkn strong, nuclear, all in the same day.

Where you sailed (Code ok for secret spots): Peel estuary in multiple places

Equipment: 6.8 Loft Blade (underpowered), 5.0 Ezzy (way overpowered), 85 litre Strapper, Elmo special weedy, JP 31cm weedy.

Details about Self: Tired, multiple cuts on right hand from when the sail mashed my hand into the board.

Comments: If you sailed in WA this morning you might be forgiven for being too ashamed to post in a "storm challenge" thread, but if you sailed in the afternoon then you're quite justified in doing so!
http://gpsteamchallenge.com.au/showsession.php?date=2008-06-15&team=2

Date: 13-06-2008

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 45.6 knots

Conditions: ~10'C, Squalls, Rain, Hail, Sand, Sun, Rainbows

Where you sailed (Code ok for secret spots):Sandy Point

Equipment: CA44, Kassy21, 5.8Kcpt

Details about Self: Unfit, overweight, taking it easy in the waist harness.

Comments: My fastest run of the day felt the slowest, it was in the bigger 35' squall with rain, hail & sand belting me hard in the right eye. I had to close it and couldn't see much further than 40-50ft with left eye, it felt too sketchy with my vision/balance impaired so sheeted out a little and went survival mode, all was feeling neutral and slow. Pulled up and and had a 45.6pk and 44.4 10sec Freaky!!! Adrian who went moments earlier in the squall noted a similiar experience, felt slow yet fast. We were literally sucked along without having to fight or lean back into it.

Looking at the track log I was still accelerating when I went to slow down thinking that it was a poor run DopMax45.9, arrghh!

nebbian said...

Date: Sun 15th June 2008



Comments: If you sailed in WA this morning you might be forgiven for being too ashamed to post in a "storm challenge" thread, but if you sailed in the afternoon then you're quite justified in doing so!
http://gpsteamchallenge.com.au/showsession.php?date=2008-06-15&team=2

The challenge from this morning was to find the near storm that was forecast.

good spot hey Sean

Date: 15/06/2008

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 36.17

Conditions: Brown trousers

Where you sailed:Alphaland

Equipment: JP Slalom II 84L, NP RS4 6.2m, Ken-Elmo 42º 24cm

Details about Self: To old, to fat, to slow, to much of a big nancy boy girls blouse today to go faster

Comments: Defeated before I went out, wrong mind set

Katapult said...

Great picture Michael.

Thanks David. I had to have a break during one of the bigger squalls. I was quite worried that my board was going to take off and fly up over the road. Next time, we're off to the battleship!

seano said...

yeah its a good spot, probably the best i've been to in ssw, kyeemagh is a bit too lumpy, sand point pittwater can be quite a handful.
Looking forward to heading back there. do you launch from the sailing club or some where else? I saw a couple of guys south of the club, was that you?

Nah mate, I didn't get out today, I was out yesterday with David. But yes, I normally launch next to the Club albeit on the eastern side of it. There's a nice grassy knoll to rig up on. Rumour has it JFK was shot from there

Date:15/6/08

GPS Display Maximum Speed:32.71

Conditions:Everything 0-30knots N to SW

Where you sailed (Code ok for secret spots):Melville and Pt W

Equipment:5.0m NP combat, JPFSW 91, FO26cm weedster.

Details about Self: Determined

Comments:Hoped for better speed but I guess it shows Cammed sails are faster. Just didnt have one small enough. Not bad for all wave gear I guess.

Date; 15/6/08

GPS Display Maximum Speed; 37.95

Conditions; Water was brown, ducks were tacking windward

Where; Hardies

Equipment; Tabou Manta 54, 5.6TR4 , starboard 28 freeride fin

About Self; 120kgs 190cm

Comments; Need faster fin

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Date: 17/6/08

GPS Display Maximum Speed:34.41

Conditions:gusty 15-25kn some to 30

Where you sailed (Code ok for secret spots):hardies

Equipment: ca sp 44,koncept 5.0,22 weed eater custom,9kg lead

Details about Self: 43yrs 72kgs,

Comments:

its been a long time betweeh drinks and real 20 to25knot conditions

Date: 2008-06-13

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 40.8

Conditions: 20-30kn, ice

Where you sailed: The PiT

Equipment: F2 missile 2007, KA Koncept 2008 5.0, KA Lockwood/McDougall 22cm 2008

Details about Self: full of it...

Comments: During one particular run, it hailed so hard that I could no longer see water due to the ice on the water-surface... I'm pretty sure that that run definitely counts towards the "storm challenge"!

Just use the following format:

Date: 13 June

GPS Display Maximum Speed: 36.1

Conditions: NE 30 knts.

Where you sailed (Code ok for secret spots): Sprecks ( Maui ) hee hee.

Equipment: JP Slalom III 69, NP RS Slalom 5.4, Tectonics 30 F-1.

Details about Self: Bossman

Comments: Nice and warm.Javascript:insertsmilie('')

Date:21-06-2008

GPS Display Maximum Speed:24.95

Conditions:Howling 5-15k westerly, blistering sunshine, flat warm water.

Where you sailed (Code ok for secret spots):Manly Qld, but keep it quiet.

Equipment: 6.6Kcept ,Warp 76, 43cm unknown.

Details about Self: Took up this sport 4 years ago therefore still a lot of years left as Iam only a 60Y.O. DUDE.

Comments:Had trouble with the dam fin, then realised I did not have my MAUI FIN with me. Cant find it, time I WON one.