Session Details
Gerlof Hansma

Monday 1 August 2005
Spot - Lauwersmeer Netherlands
Board -
Van den Berg Monster, 2005 ![]()
Sail -
Neilpryde RS5 8.4, 2005 ![]()
GPS -
Garmin Geko 201
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Max 2 sec
31.48 knots
Rating
Average speed
28.66 knots (29.48 29.21 28.51 28.08 28.02)
100m
30.08 knots
250m
28.89 knots
500m
27.7 knots
500m
27.7 knots
1/2 hour
knots
1/2 hour
knots
Hour
19.38 knots
Duration
Hour
19.38 knots
Duration
Nautical Mile
24.89 knots
Alpha racing
knots
Distance
44.5 km
44.5 km
Wind Speed
12 knots
Wind direction
Started the day very good with a first run of 56,6 on the gps. Later on set some other relative good speeds considering the circumstances. The wind was very gusty and small. When there was a gust, you immediately had to react otherwise it was over. The small chop in combination with the short gusts made it a little bit difficult to get the max speeds.
Then my mastextension broke and i had to swim upwind against the chop, i was doing allright, but in these situations you would be pleased if things went a little bit faster, the shore kept a long way from me. I got help offered by towing my board and sail, when i was doing that the board collapsed on the waves and the extension damaged my board, so the deck of the board has a big hole and need to be repaired. Just lucky my sail wasn't damaged.
The elite 39 medium fin felt better on the 8,4 than it did on the 7,2, although i prefer a hard one. After i changed the tuning of board and sail things are starting to get better, was pleased about my crosswindspeed, did some dragracing with Pieter, that was a good comparison.
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