Hey guys,
thought I would rub it in... www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=41449
Yep,looks faster than I want to travel. I guessa bit flatter water be needed to crack the fifty.
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)
wont be long before it goes well by the wayside.
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.
I usually go that fast for a few milliseconds before my face ploughs into the briney.
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.
Came up late here in rilla. Think that seven mile had wind all day but there was no surf so no sailing for me.
I would have to vote on the side of YES that is sailing
All things in moderation. 50 knots is too fast for a gentleman. (why are there no smug emoticons)
(just kidding) <=== that's me looking very smug, I love being right! <=== so it's that one.
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.
Sailing back is not important and over rated compared to a suicidal ball shriveling run
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.
) so doing a run in each direction makes no sense as the return journey will be waaay slower, being an upwind run.
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
