Yet another change....must have been something in the water this past few weeks.
James Farley from Lake Macquarie has finally broken through the 30 knot barrier. A big congrats to him and I'm sure there are faster speeds to come. Congrats to Dave too for upping his pb by the barest of margins...but hey, it all counts right Dave!!

Rider..........................GPS 2 sec.....Location..............Date...............Sail.....................Board......................Fin
Sam Parker....................... 43.4...........Botany................Nov 2007......RS R...................Fanatic 80.....TM45
Aus 4 Boss Man................ 41.5............Botany................Nov 2007......Arrows.................Drops 8’10”.......Tectonics F1 28
Conan............................. 38.9............Botany................Feb 2008......Gaastra Vapour...........Manta 100
Remi Dunoyer....................38.25..........Botany................June 2007.......Maui Sails TR2.........Exocet Warp.....Select SO7 37
Chris Ting........................ 37.69..........Narrabeen............Nov 2004......Gaastra nitro2.................John Hall Custom.........Goldwing 29
Al Gleeson.........................36.5...........Sandringham...........December 2009......Maui Sails TR4..............Exocet Speed...........C3 22cm assy
Chris Christenson................36.044..........Narrabeen lake.....July 2009.......Naish Stealth...............Naish Speed.....................
Sick_em_rex..................... 35.87.........Sandringham............December 2009......KA Koncept............Drops 8'10"....Falcon 29
Nathan Bowness................ 35.7............Botany................Oct 2007......TR2.................... Thommen 68
Steve Bassett................... .35.21..........Queens Lake..............November 2009......Gaastra GTX..................F2 SX105....... 31 weedie
Waiting For Wind............... 35.08..........Botany................Jan 2009......NP Saber...............Exocet TB...............Goldwing 29
Larko................................34.79..........Narrabeen............May 2009......NP RS Racing................. JP Slalom V..............AB+ Liberty
Sean Dayhew................... 34.38..........Botany................Apr 2009......North Daytona...............*Board Hypersonic....Goldwing 32
Leo................................33.15..............Sandringham............Nov 2009.....NP RS6 ................Carbon Art SP44..............C3 Venom 23 assy
Sheartip.......................... 32.37..........Kyeemagh...........Feb 2009......Loft O2......................JP Slalom ...............Select
Adam Craven................... 32.346........Narrabeen lake......July 2009......NP Slalom Evo3................*Board Isonic.....
Sam Fawkes.................... 31.84..........Lake Macquarie......Nov 2007 .
Laff 77.......................... 31.73..........Botany.................Jan 2009......North Daytona...............*Board S-Type
David (Katapult)............... 31.59..........Sandringham............Aug 2008......KA Koncept...............JP Slalom III......... Goldwing 32
James Farley.................... 30.8...........Marmong Point......Nov 2009......Gaastra pulse...................HiFly 275 FX
Andrew Rogan.................. 30.195.........Narrabeen Lake..........Sep.2009.........North natural...............F2SXM..............36cm fin
Tim Ford.......................... 30.144........Kurnell.................August 2009......NP V6................JP FSW 92......SX 30
Yagon..............................28.36..........Botany.Bay..........Jan 2009............NP V8.......................Mistral Pan Am Race
Mark KA70....................... 28.35..........Laurieton..............Feb 2009......Arrows race....................*Board Isonic 122......32 weedie
Jethrow.......................... 27.62........................................................................................Formula..................70cm
Mobydisc........................ 26.6...........Narrabeen............Nov 2008......NP VX.......................Tabou Rocket.......Multifin 28
Wineman Peter Sexton........ 25.8...........Botany Bay.........Nov 2009......Gun Booster................JP Excite 110.......meanlines 36cm
Nathan Hohnberg............... 25.44..........Lake Macquarie.....May 2007......NP RS5.....................Mistral Formula
Davmen........................... 25.19.........Botany bay...........Dec 2009......Ezzy SE...................... JP 110LPE.....SX 32
Claire bell .........................4.33...........Botany................March 2008

Great idea Sam and Rex

JayBee said...

Given that I am not on the list - do I start from zero?

I need all the help I can get!

JB

Perhaps to make it fair for those already in the table perhaps there needs to be some form of lead time in for new entries, something like 6 months after your first entry, your increased speed will be counted?

The other option may be to have the table closed as of the date of the announcement.

A great idea to run this competition. Thanks to all involved.

I'll speak with Sam and nut some more details out. Thanks for the input. I did say it wasn't set in stone yet but you're all getting the gist of what we are trying to achieve for you.
Hey John, you never post in the GPSTC so why will you post here??. I know, it's the free stuff huh, you're motivated by a what's in it for me aren't ya son...huh huh!!! I knew we were on a winner.

Sick em was referring to the GPS Team Challenge.

gpsteamchallenge.com.au/


Its reasonably straight forward to post sessions on it though getting a bit of hand with the first couple of postings doesn't go astray.

Why not join it? The Demerits really need more members now as there are only two of us who are actively sailing in the team, and I am pretty slow. The team split under amiable circumstances with a new team, the Mid Coast Marauders being formed.


I guess as a formula sailor you know of Geoff Kitchen. He is the captain but isn't windsurfing much now. He achieved a good speed on his formula board.

JB is already a member of the Cockroaches and I'm sure he knows I had my tongue firmly pushed into the side of my cheek when I said what I did.
Aint that right John

Hurts, hurts much.
Must...find....corner...and...die.

Never doubted you for a minute Rex,

JB

Waiting4wind said...

I reckon Claire Bell should kill it!

If you can get Claire and Jethrow windsurfing again you will have my eternal gratitude.

I appreciate the offer of joining the Cockroaches. Yeah the GPS Challenge is all about building relationships and friendships between windsurfers that encourages us to get out sailing more often. I think we can do this while being on different teams can't we? Plus different teams should promote both friendly rivalry and competition.

Again I appreciate the offer. I think the Cockies have plenty of members at the moment, over 20 or so. Some of the members are extremely good windsurfers who regularly get over 35 knots and sail over 100 kms in a day. For someone like me my efforts would never count for the monthly results. So at this stage I'd rather try and keep the Demerits going. Having around eight members who sail and post semi regularly would be the ideal team. Doesn't really matter if they do 5 knots or 50.

Sorry for dragging this thread off track.

Good luck with the competition.