by Hans Kreisel
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28-2-2010 20:05:11 | |
| Insane!!!!! My respect goes out to Martin and Jacq i have to say i was a pussy today shouldn't have party yesterday. First went out with a 6,2 (bad move) couldn't close it. I decided to go back and wait for the wind to drop a bit to go back on with 5,5 but couldn't make up for the lost time . Happy we won the februari ranking in the teamchallenge and learned a lot today stoked!!!!
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by Jacques van der Hout
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28-2-2010 20:40:05 | |
We arrived at Herkingen around 14 hours, wind ZO 5 knots.
The forecast was WNW 7 for sw netherlands so when the wind turned and starts to increase i rigged my 6,2. Martin wants to take 5,1 and Hans 5,5 but its my mistake to tell them to take bigger, sorry! Course was really broad and offshore so first run we didn't know what to expect. I was the first to hit the course with my 6,2 and i ended the run with a crash, topspeed 84, run 79,45. This was looking promising, but scary. And the first run we didn't know this upfront. But i hardly managed to get back upwind with my 6,2 anymore. Martin was on a RS Slalom MKIII 5,5 and he clocked a run of 79,7. He made the right choice by rigging the 5,5 but a 5,1 or 4,7 was even possible in these gusts. The wind pushed the waves over the blocks so the course was not flat a all in the beginning.
Hans and i went to the beach again to rig smaller sails. When we came back the course was flat, the wind a little bit less but still ok to do 40+ knots runs. I hope this will be the last cold day this winter.
Martin big congratulations with the spot record of Herkingen.
We needed you today to get one more point on 2sec average at GPS team challege.
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by Martin van Meurs
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28-2-2010 21:17:26 | |
Great Herkingen session. My first one of the year and a bloody cold one as well haha. My hands felt numb at the end as I forgot to take my gloves with me. Heck I even forgot my gear when I left for Annemaries place. Had to drive back last night to collet the gear and it was worth it.
I used a C3 proto I developed together with Boogie and it rocked. Conditions were the toughest I ever experienced at Herkingen but the board felt superbly at ease. I asked for a fin with even higher control than the Venom and I think we're on the right track to create even better small and fast fins. The idea behind the fin is to create a fin which is related to board size and it should function completely independent from sailsize.
I was a littlebit unlucky as I hurt my foot real bad. I've got a deep cut. My harnessline broke and my hands felt numb at the end, otherwise I'm sure I would have gone substantially faster overall. The course got flatter at the end of the day but I had to quit. Still I'm stoked with the this years'first result and super happy to be able to post my first GPSTC session
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by Patrick Miller
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28-2-2010 22:01:25 | |
Wow well done, congratulations with the spot record, Martin!
But I would like to say something to Jaques:
It is really impressing how constant you are at the beginning of the new year. Okay, you didn't take the day victories yesterday (Hans back on fire ;) ) and today, but you did three 41 averages in a row. And that's only one thing additional to the PB on the NM and so on...
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by Steven van der Lelie
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28-2-2010 22:35:40 | |
| Congratulations Martin. Another record. Nice first GPSTC session. Cold it was. Strong mates.
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by Raymond Wortel
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28-2-2010 23:15:40 | |
Congrats!!
Today it was a strange day with the wind...
I've been waiting at the Gouwzee for more than 4.30hr today!
30 min after I left it started to blow :(
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by Anton J. Geesink
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1-3-2010 06:12:58 | |
Eerste sessie van het jaar.
Tijd om er lekker "in te komen" was beperkt ( understatement).
Ben klaar vor Gruissan !!!! ( denk ik ).
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by Anton J. Geesink
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1-3-2010 06:20:56 | |
Ps Er is nu een webcam bij de haven.
Kunnen jullie voortaan thuis lekker warm met een kop koffie live kijken hoe die daredevils met ruim 80 over de baan gaan.
www.herkingen-marina.nl
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by Martin van Meurs
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1-3-2010 11:10:21 | |
Hi Patrick,
Indeed Jacques is an awesome GPS rider and sails consistent like no other rider I know. Peter de Wit can match his speed and is often faster but in my opinion Jacques is Hollands most versitile GPS rider. A guy like Hans Kreissel is a rough diamond with a hige potential. I think he made a wise choice to join the JP/NP team as he can learn a lot and benefit from Jacques experience and obviously beat him once and a while when it truly counts, like in the Karpathos World Cup haha. Other riders also benefit from the tough competition we have in Holland and many more riders will emerge (Dirk Jan Knol being the best example).
Our country is small enoough to besiaclly meet eachother whenever is blows and every session is like a World Cup run. I am sure this will pay off in the long run and Karpathos proved we (the Dutch) are already on the move towards high ISWC rankings. To me Chris Lockwood and Jacques van der Hout are the two most versitile GPS riders on our site and sailing with them and other riders is a thrill.
Your post made me realize just how lucky we are to have enthusiastic importers/agents like Jacques van der Hout and for instance Herman van den Berg. They really push the sport to another level on and of the water.
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