gps-speedsurfing
Dagresultaten
 
1Jacques van der Hout77,4
2Ben van der Steen77,34
3Hans Kreisel73,05
4Alain De Gendt71,92
5Peter van Dijk71,85
6Wouter de Vries70,98
7Nikaj Droop69,57
8Patrick Miller69,38
9Ben Vanderick67,8
10Carl Van der Borght67,29
11Danny Gevers66,89
12Danny Gevers66,87
13Frank Vanderhaeghen66,41
14Marco van der Leer65,57
15Andre Hoogendam65,49
16Menno Benningshof64,52
17Kurt Van Holderbeke62,55
18Jeroen van Hoydonck62,22
19Cachoir Gregory60,61
20Leo Spaas59,77
21Patrick Driesen59,36
22Johan Lemmens58,1
23Patrick Lievens57,32
Liep redelijk lekker maar niet genoeg kracht (en schrik om mijn blessure te verergeren)in de linkerarm om telkens de chop in te duiken en dan lekker te kunnen opbouwen langs de havendam. Maar we hebben toch nog eens op de warp gevaren.
Whoo, I didn't expected that...

The forecast was really big and I was crying the last two days, because I forgot my speedboard in Germany...I think that is the most stupid thing a speedsurfer can do...
But okay, I arrived in Herkingen and there was a bit wind, rigged on the forecast the 5.6.
The first hours were...then the wind starts blowing, hell yeah, gusts close to 40knots, yeah! It was howling the whole time, like the forecast said, but yeah it was really nice
Hans would have given me a speedboard, thanks for that, but after a run of 70km/h I tried what I can do with my Manta54.

Yes, PR average, topspeed and 2sec, NICE!.

At the beginning it was crowded, but after it was howling we had enough space. It's so great to surf with all the Topspeedies like Jacques, Ben, Hans....they are always friendly and helpful, great!
Tweede keer op deze spot en gelijk weer een pr. Ga maar weer eens kijken voor een speedboard want 100 liter is toch wel een beetje groot voor deze omstandigheden.
back in holland and had a short session at the home spot. was fun but wind was very gusty and it was lucky shots to get good speeds.
I sold my 6.2 m2 today. So I had to sail with a 5.4 which was to small.
+5 hours session in total on 6,3m², in beginning to small later maybe a bit to big, but big is fast.
With a very fast, borrowed fin, I sailed one of my fastest session in Holland, ever! That Blade 6,3m²  Loft sails, is unreal!!
Did most of the time straight runs next to small dam with only short part bearing of, so super stoked with these speeds!

First time on the Herkingen spot, first time with my new board.

 

Only one mistake I choice to small sail, in beginning  was to small later on to tired . After 4h cramps in my legs …..sign to stop

 

Next time better I hope

Vlagerig. Maar heb me zeker goed vermaakt.
Disaster struck today. Started out testing a deboichet upwind fin but didn't work. Then put a caspar under it worked better but before i could test more.... My (front foot) ankle sprained when i was braking so i got full pressure on my backfoot and a little wave kicked me out of the water. When i landed i snapped my mast as well. Think i need to lay low for a while and let my ankle heal. Been 2 months now that i can't walk normally because of my anklets and when these things start to happen even i begin to think....
Perfecte hoek in Herkingen maar nu kwam de wind er weer niet
echt door . Om 16u moest ik weg en ja natuurlijk toen begon de party .
After work sessie. Met speed had het niet veel te maken, daarom maar gauw gaan Freewaven. De Alpha is op de Freewave.
Na het werk naar Herkingen geraced. Toen ik het water in stapte was de wind een stuk minder: kon net planeren. Wind nam nog een klein beetje toe en kreeg gelukkig nog een redelijke vlaag...
Verder was het ruk.
Eerst het water op met de iS W53, hier heb ik ook mijn snelste run mee gemaakt.  Later toen het leek dat de wind wat door bleef staan de iS W44 gepakt.
Diverse settings met zeil en boards geprobeerd vandaag. Had uiteindelijk gehoopt om er meer snelheid uit te krijgen.
i'm missing a part of the file, i sailed 135 km, 50km is missing.
One run of 77 i made with my EvoII 6,2/ JP49/ XXWB23, this run is not included in this session.
lang geleden nog eens net + 70 op het schermpje.
Wind veel op en af, optuigen, vervangen boards enz;
Maar later op de dag iets constanter en plezant varen.
Eigenlijk had een pr gemoeten, maar die heb ik uiteindelijk net gemist.
Maar best content van mijn middag, speeden was erg lang geleden.
En dan vind ik de tijden best te doen voor mijn niveau.
PR's on the max display, max 2 sec, 10 sec run and 100m.
Made to short runs and had the feeling I hadn't enough power in the sail, with this combination I think I just need 5 knots more wind. 

However speeds are improving every time I sail speed..
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Happy with the results, because very nice PR´s on 10 sec, average, 100m, 250m, 500m, but very unhappy with the fact that I am missing about 1,5 hours of probably the best runs.....

First few runs were scary, needed to adjust downhaul, boom height etc to get confidence. Once I had that I kept on going faster and faster. I am quite sure that there have been a few runs that are outdoing the once above, but hey, now I still can easily improve.
Started at 8.15am, sailed one hour and made only 7 runs.
New spot record for Herkingen, 80 average on this spot is only 1km away. After this i went to Horst but i had to visit 2 dealers so i was a little late, best wind was in the morning. 
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