A challenge for GPS boffins. Store the locations of rocks and have the GPS beep a warning if you are on a collision course. it should be possible for the gps to filter the warnings as a function of tide and fin length.
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Here is a vid of me hitting the snot weed at around 30knots, scary what you sail does when you go over the handlebars like that. also there are two more hazards of Hardies featured at the end, sorry I forgot to add tunes to this edit
whoa Adam thats a ripper
theres lots of those swimming frisbees down there,
swimming around with their tails out of the water sometimes.
i had a sess down the bottom of A land back in feb, by myself, srrounded by at least half a dozen of them all swimming around with their tails in the air..quite weird but at least they where visible..those ones anyway..
Excellent vid Bundy, the rays are impressive. I have seen wing tips come out of the water about 5-6 feet apart. The mark under Pepe's board from a spine put up by one was pretty concerning too
Great vid Adam, Go to woe in a board length that hurts
Amazing seeing the deflection of the battens, I would never have imagined they would bend that much without snapping.
Good seeing the Ray and the crab net, at least they used the white floats, it's the clowns who have clear bottles on 50m's of rope which make life interesting.
Been meaning to put that stack up for a while now, if I had not got that snot the sand 50 meters further on would have got me anyway should never have run so far in with a 34 cm fin
So if you head from the Novara boat ramp toward Boundary Island you're at risk?
If you head out toward the scientific platform you're OK?
Windxtasy said...
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Maybe not permanent injuries but they sure hurt at the time."
My stats were based on the three 40 knot-hit-the-bottom crashes I've seen at Sandy Point. Spotty, Sailquick and Mr love. They all hop up quickly and check the water depth a 2nd time. I've only been to Sandy Point a couple of time, I wonder how many crashes happen when i'm not looking?
(Spotty's may have been just under 40, Has anybody done 40 knots in the duck pond ?)
Ian , I was really lucky, it could have been much worse. I ended up on my bum in about 300 mm of water, if it had of been my head I think it would have been a different story. If there were rocks, I would hate to think.
The force of the impact sheered my Carbon boom in 3 places and snapped my SS spreader bar in half. The leeward rail of my board near the nose was compressed where it drove into the bottom after the fin grabbed.
The only injury I got was a really bruised hip and thigh, so my body obviously hit the bottom, again if I landed on rocks it would have been ugly.
We all know shallow water is dangerous, but is there really any difference between crashing in the shallows when you hit bottom, compared with crashing in deeper water when you spin-out and bury the leeward rail?
Either way the board stops dead and the rider gets driven. I have hit bottom and crashed plenty of times, but I've copped worse beatings in deeper water after spinouts.
sorry Ado couldnt resist dragging this up again
sorry about the noise in the back ground..think i stepped on a sharp rock!
Great vid - as elmo said great slow-mo of battens deflecting on impact.
I saw a small clump of seaweed yesterday - the first in about 2 years . Have to say we're really lucky here as I cannot readily recall the fin ever catching seaweed let alone having to dodge around big floating clumps of the sh1t. That said though I'd probably put up with your snot for some flat water.
