Hi All, This idle and inconsequential thought came to my mind as I enjoyed myself sailing my Klepper this weekend. My GPS was telling me I had six knots consistently downwind. 'Sailing' is a bit of a misnomer as I had a 15sq ft parafoil aloft in a bit of a breeze. I believe I have actually parasailed faster on occasions, [ when I didn't have a GPS ], probably around eight knots, which is not bad for the old dear. After that, it gets a bit hairy, especially in a bit of a sea. In fact, the old darling tends to try to buck me out by burying her head into the back of the upcoming wave... Anyway... has anyone recorded their top speed in ideal conditions? Paddling, or sailing? I would be interested to hear. Cheers, Peter Rattenbury, Wollongong, Australia. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Peter Rattenbury wrote: >has anyone recorded their top speed in ideal conditions? >Paddling, or sailing? I would be interested to hear. G'Day Peter, Dennis Maina and I met one of the original builders of the Pittarak on Saturday. He had a ketch sail rig plus spinnaker with lead weight keel on his non Pittarak kayak. One of his speed controls was to angle the cylindrical lead weight on the bottom of the keel so that it directed water flow to or away from the hull. He also had a lot of fancy little sails to direct wind over the mainsails. His top speed to date was 13 knots and he's aiming for 20. We asked him what to do if the boat tipped over - his answer was you mustn't!!! As for me. I'm still working on being booked for speeding in the 4 knot zone at Skiffies - been trying for years but haven't been cited yet. How do you think you would go with the full sail rig on the Klepper? All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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There's some interesting GPS data from the 2003 Molokai solo race at http://www.hullspeed.net/resources/race_data.html<http://www.hullspeed.net/re sources/race_data.html>. Oscar Chalupsky's plot of one-minute average speeds shows a couple of bursts up around 16 mph (statute, I assume). That's some pretty sweet surfing! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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