Every one always asks, whats your best GPS time for when the wind is over 25 knots? But i was just wondering the other day, with the new sailboards now like the new freeride starboard funtura, jp excite and the i-sonics slalom ect... and say a 7.5 and upwards light wind sail. What type of GPS recordings has everyone been getting in light wind say under 15 knots? I dont have a GPS so I dont know my time and i need 15 knots to get planning with my 6m race sail. But I saw guys on formula gear and i-sonics the other week and the speeds they were doing was amazing in real light wind. Looked like it was 20 knots from the beach where I was standing. But it wasn't because no one with sails under 7.5 m could get going on a plane, we were all stuck on the beach. So I think it was about 10 knots. For the guys who have kept track over the years with there GPSs. Has your time in the last few years gotting faster with the newer technology?
UNDER 15 knots POST YOUR FASTEST GPS TIME
THis is pointless, yo ucannot tell waht the exact speed of the wind is, so no one will know
12 - 14 knot wind, 8.5 KA Formula, 105 Hypersonic, 30cm Select Weed. - 23.107 knots http://gpsteamchallenge.com.au/showsession.php?date=2009-01-04&team=29
I do about 20 knots on the 155 GO if its around 10 - 12 knots.
On a recent run I did 31 knots on a 7.8m sail and Isonic 111. While it was a light day I would say it was around 20 knots in the gust that I was riding. It was the end of the day and wind was dying so I had my sail bagged out, perfect set up for the downwind charge. 
Light days can be good for the lucky speed run. Water is flatter, so a nice fat gust can give you a good speed.
Sydney can be pretty gusty so it's hard to say what the the breeze was at the time of a run. I check on Seabreeze when I get home but that's still a rough indicator. Typically on 7.8m days 12-18 knots my speeds are 26-29 knots.
I do have a wind guage but the breeze on the shore is quite different from the sailing zone. Even the wind guage at the airport tower we sail near will give a different reading because of the height it's at. Need to figure out how to have one attached to the GPS while sailing.
33.5knts(2sec max only) in a 15-18knts. The water was glassy flat on a summer easterly(offshore) at the Lechenault Inlet in WA.
Kit was F2 SX XL, 7.7m Tushy X-15 and 40cm Choco Weed Fin
Hey windwarning, I though you don't sail unless it's mast hight and blowing dogs off chains.
The question remains.....How can anyone report what the wind was on the water right where and when they were sailing?????
On January 4, 2009, Westernport Bay, with the weather station off Somers and Balnarring that transmits to yacht clubs around the bay was reading 8 knots S average. My highest 10 second average speed was 19.90 knots on a Formula 159 with a 11m Severne SSR. Max speed displayed for the session was 20.72 knots.
A great afternoon of cruising on the Formula gear fully powered up. See my post in Windsurfing Victoria for my GPS track.
^^^
I just realised - WindWarning and I have the same initials! Duh! Took a while!
I always knew the guy was all right.
If you have a look at the GTC (gpsteamchallenge.com.au) i posted some reasonable sessions in very marginal conditions!!! I am pretty light though but still did okay i would like to think. Look for Gybe Turkeys results in January there's a few 25 knot + in marginal conditions!!! now i just need some of those ideal ones to get some really good speeds ha ha.
Cheers
Bubs
I bought a I-sonic 122 2008 model, end of last year. I bought a GT31 at X-mass.
I have only recorded my last 11 sailing session so far. In winds form 6 to 18 knot gust I have recorded just over 26 knots Max Speeds plus Max 10s Avs just over 25 knots. Using a 7.5 VGM & Arrows TForce 6.8 using a Select Weed Eliminator Fin.
Because there is not much and the water stays flat and when the gust hits you of around 15 to 18 Knots you get a good speed run.
In winds of about 15 Knots Max I'm doing around 22Knots with my 7.5 VGM.
When I get a bigger sail for the board I will be able to do over 20 knots in winds around 12 knots may-be.
Sea Breeze should have a section where you can register your GPS speeds for all makes of Boards!!
we need to move away from the high wind speed topics. thats what killed windsurfing and alot of my mates gave it away when i was younger in me 20s searching for the 20+ knots all the time.
Yeh I agree with you Bonominator, this topic is slightly subjective. It's like walking as an olympic sport or equivalent to a competion for who can whisper the loudest
I agree to the slight absurdity of this thread, as specific wind speed can't accurately be measured from the perspective of the board.
But I wholeheartedly endorse this thread because going as fast as possible in the lightest of winds has been what has gotten me back in to windsurfing. I love light wind sailing, it's fun, the wind is predictable, and the water is nice and flat. I just love going blasting in 10 knot winds on my formula with an 11M sail. Even if it is a bitch to uphaul.
I've clocked 24 knots with my 11M sail and a 160L formula in around 15 knot winds, I thought it was pretty impressive at the time.
