And he wasn't even using his new "alpha" fin!!!!

smokin!! Andrew well done
what was the min speed on that one?

Well done Andrew, thats an inconceivable speed to me

awesome work

The worst thing is that it doesn't look like any of my vast crew of team mates got out and recorded any sessions!

Yes truly awesome Andrew, what was the distance???
I suspect you got a lot closer to the 500m with this one, as there's no speed drop off at either end.

snides8 said...

righto! decrep i think we need to start getting serious about this alpha thingy and attack this scientifically and set up some bits of pvc pipe at hardies at some strategic spots to help gauge this beast proper[}:)]
what do you think?

There's a gybe bouy been set up in the best Alpha territory, if it hasn't been knocked off, but we can do a better job if we like!!!!!

snides8 said...

hardie said...

snides8 said...

righto! decrep i think we need to start getting serious about this alpha thingy and attack this scientifically and set up some bits of pvc pipe at hardies at some strategic spots to help gauge this beast proper[}:)]
what do you think?

There's a gybe bouy been set up in the best Alpha territory, if it hasn't been knocked off, but we can do a better job if we like!!!!!

do you need any pvc pipe or is a bouy better?

The problem with too much pvc pipe is it starts to get a bit dangerous, though it is much much easier to see than a bouy which gets lost in the chop and not alwys easy to locate!!

decrepit said...

Yes truly awesome Andrew, what was the distance???
I suspect you got a lot closer to the 500m with this one, as there's no speed drop off at either end.

494m. Probably not quite as good a gybe as the previous good one but I got a bit more length this time. The wind was swinging and gusty and it seemed like a got a slight lift both ways.

Rock markers!!! I would use something with a bit more give, like a buoy or even PVC, but a rock!

There is a channel marker buoy at Sandy that is handy to uses as a start marker and then a point on the sandbar that gives you a gybe marker. I recon at Hardies some (soft) markers would help a lot as it is hard to judge distance on open water.

sailquik said...



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Rock markers!!! I would use something with a bit more give, like a buoy or even PVC, but a rock!

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they're not markers made of rock, they're PVC pipes marking the position of known rocks.

(think Elmo found most of them, although I'm sure hardy's had his fair share)

sailquik said...

The worst thing is that it doesn't look like any of my vast crew of team mates got out and recorded any sessions!

you got to be kidding! did any one else sail...anywhere