Congrats to Bora, who is the first guy to break the 30 knot barrier. Oh and in the process he absolutely smashed the old record. Full details are on his blog.
I have the track file and this claim is 100% legit.
The next question is: how long until Doug Lord starts another thread on sailing anarchy? His usual lead time is 2 days behind the rest of the world.
Posted in: News | 12 Comments →September 29, 2009
September 29th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
The track is certainly fast but it seems like people are settling on ten second averages as a meaningful standard – not two seconds. I wonder what the previous best ten second run was? Arnaud in Weymouth? How much of an improvement is this over that run? I think the GPPSAR is around on the Velocitek site and it seemed like he did 25+ over ten, but I might be wrong. Bora’s best 10s from this run is 26.3. Impressive.
September 29th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Yep, hold up on the back patting.
Most GPS devices operate at 2Hz, so a 1 second value is only 2 measurement
a 2 second average is only 4 measurements so both are really small sample sizes. Too small I say.
The windsurfers will only look at 10 sec averages as minimum. anything less is BS.
To set a ratified sailing speed record like l’Hydroptère did it needs to be over 500m, Bora’s 10 sec ave was only 150m covered.
If the IMCA world site and the bladerider site is to be believed, Arnaud Psarofaghis did a 27.40kts 10 sec average – 1.1knots faster than Bora.
When Someone does a 30 knot 10 sec average I’ll get excited.
September 29th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Arnaud’s is the best 10 sec average I know of. My best is 27.02. Bora, race you to 30knts 10 sec average!!! (if my boat ever shows up)
September 29th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
i was doing runs on a tiny little inland lake. Puffs were not even ten seconds long .
September 29th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
marty i guess since this is 2 sec short it does not apply but
100 meter run n°1 = 52.63km/h [28.42Knots] (117.0 m. in 8.000 s.)
September 30th, 2009 at 8:37 am
either way with 3 boat lenghths leaves you under a second to argue about buoy room
September 30th, 2009 at 8:41 am
This is more of a continuation of what Bladerider has on their website http://www.bladerider.com.au/ on the right they have “Peak speeds” and “10 sec speeds” Arnaud has the highest 10 sec avg on the Bladerider site at 27.4kts.
September 30th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Don’t get me wrong, that is some seriously quick sailing.
5 x 10 sec averages over 25kts proves that without doubt.
Quick and consistently quick!
I’m very sceptical of peak speeds though.
The 100m run at 28.4kts is impressive( and uses alot more measured data than 1 and 2 sec ave.)
Given the right conditions and a bit more runway I’m sure we’ll hear back from you shortly that you’ve cracked a 30kts 10 sec ave.
Then I might have to think about taking up chess!
September 30th, 2009 at 11:42 am
sorry i did not mean to get a little defensive. I think we will see more people break into the 30knot club if we have good conditions in hawaii this year when we have the US north americans?
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Kaneohe,+Hawaii&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=39.86519,78.222656&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FUagRgEdy1SY9g&split=0&ll=21.457702,-157.799721&spn=0.045852,0.076389&t=h&z=14
look in sat view the sand bar comes out of the water in low tide and runs at the perfect angle to do speed runs sailing 20 ft from exposed dry land
September 30th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Yes I find the 100m at 28.4 over 8 seconds much more impressive than 30+ over 2s – this is purely down to limits of technology and confidence in the measuring method. But anything over 25 seems pretty fast to me – the drag on everything goes up exponentially and then when you try to get sustained speeds it is harder still to post something like 28. Anyway I’m guessing this is not a stock M2…someone tell me I’m wrong.
September 30th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
stock m2
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:10 am
Seriously fast and congrats- I usually crash a couple seconds after sitting on 25kts, I think I feel the crash from yesterday still… 28.4kts over 8 seconds in a large shifty duck pond is pretty impressive.