gps-speedsurfing
Jacques van der Hout

  • zondag 2 augustus 2009
  • Greece


  • Max. 2 sec.
  • 74,02kmh
Gemiddelde snelheid
71,33  ( 71,88 71,71 71,55 70,8 70,68 )
  • 100 m run
  • 73,52kmh
  • 250 m run
  • 70,89kmh
  • 500 m run
  • 62,94kmh
  • Nautische mijl
  • 44,8kmh
  • 1 uur
  • 22,36kmh
  • Alpha racing
  • 39,11kmh
  • Afstand
  • 55km
  • Windsnelheid
  • 15 - 25knots

After day 2 we are getting more into the realistic results. Now you can see who is the most overall, most lucky or just best windsurfer.
I´m sailing just very consistent around the 10th place, today again a 8th (first dutch) and a ??? nodbody knows as almost everybody from 3rd to 15th place have runs of 38 and 37. I had 2 runs of 37,5 on the display in the 5th heat and they say i´m 13th, but i spoke with the other riders and they have a 38 and 37,5 and they are 6th......
Never raced that close. We will see the results tomorrow. My results are simular to Fuerte 2008, Peter and Ben are sailing constant as expected in the top 10 aswell, Jurjen is not consistent, but sailing good, Dirk is peaking and is up and down. Not strange as this is his first big competition. Hans surprised us yesterday and today he just keep on surprising everybody. Can´t believe what he is doing.
The last 100 sessions with Hans i just lost twice from him and now i´m loosing all the time. He is in the winning mood and feeling good.
As i´m 24 hours a day with him i see him becomming the big macho man and getting more confident and he deserves it after all that training.
I´m still testing and learning about my new material  (boards), after the silver fleet i went out with the 7,0 and the 49, this set i have to fine tune, this can be a unexpected killer combo with a 28cm fin.
First run with this set was directly my highest but when the wind increased in the 5th heat i went maybe to fast to 6,2 to try to sail more efficient. Big mistake as the wind dropped a little bit af this change. Even Antoine don´t know his settings right now and we learn from each other. Bad preparation for the event but the boards were not available earlier than this. Chris Lockwood is also not ruling with his boards so i don´t think i would be faster on my previous speed boards. I´m just not better than the results i have right now. Hope for a lucky gust once in the next 3 days.
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