Date: 29-01-2013
Spot: Portland Harbour, Weymouth, United Kingdom (UK)
Board: Starboard Sonic 85, 2006
Sail: Gaastra GTX 6.0, 2008
Fin: Select Viper Speed 28
2 sec: 58.1 km/h, 31.4 kts
10 sec: 56.4 km/h, 30.4 kts
AVG: 55.9 km/h, 30.2 kts
Runs: 56.4 / 56.2 / 55.8 / 55.7 / 55.2 km/h
500m: 55.2 km/h, 29.8 kts
Mile: 45.2 km/h, 24.4 kts
1 hour: 30.7 km/h, 16.6 kts
Alpha: 27.3 km/h, 14.7 kts
Distance: 36.8 km
Spot: Portland Harbour, Weymouth, United Kingdom (UK)
Board: Starboard Sonic 85, 2006
Sail: Gaastra GTX 6.0, 2008
Fin: Select Viper Speed 28
2 sec: 58.1 km/h, 31.4 kts
10 sec: 56.4 km/h, 30.4 kts
AVG: 55.9 km/h, 30.2 kts
Runs: 56.4 / 56.2 / 55.8 / 55.7 / 55.2 km/h
500m: 55.2 km/h, 29.8 kts
Mile: 45.2 km/h, 24.4 kts
1 hour: 30.7 km/h, 16.6 kts
Alpha: 27.3 km/h, 14.7 kts
Distance: 36.8 km
An early start but well worth an hour and a half with the whole of Portland to myself. High tide at 0805 so good flat water but wind not quite up to what was predicted although building as I sadly had to leave. in hindsight 7.0m would probably have yielded better results. Someone was on my side - it stopped raining for the whole time I was on the water!