Stars aligned and got one of the best wind/tide combos for a long time at Coodanup on 25th Nov. 8+ sailors over 40kts with almost everyone else well above 30kts. Doddi set himself up as target practice to get some still photos (some crazily close) and I chased the sailors with the drone (my excuse for being one of the slowest). As always battery life in high winds is very limited so footage is random....would have got more shots but drowned the drone in Kai's gybe/jibe (which one is correct?) which corrupted the SD card which means 50% of the drone shots come from the low res backup feed from goggles. Thanks to Joshua Bardwell for the tips recovering all the high res footage but around 1/2 is glitchy so been replaced with the low res. Only those watching on big screens (22"+) and good eyes might notice. Many more sailors out there than shown on vid. Crash of the day goes to Steve (Nauli)...but if you gonna crash you gotta do it on video next time..
Select to expand quoteAusMoz said..
At 0:56 I thought you were sailing through sewerage!
Most of the sewerage was in a trail behind me.
Select to expand quoteAusMoz said..
What the hell is that crudd your sailing through? Just weed?
As best I can find out it's mostly an algal mat at this time of year. There is also free floating weed and bottom growing weed debris.
As summer marches on, the water gets hotter and more saline, and along with lower tides the mat dies off, and we are left with just the bottom growing stuff.
If the mat gets too dense for a long period, the mat stops sunlight reaching the bottom growing weed, it dies off and the area becomes a sandpit. It then takes 4-5 years for the bottom to be re-colonised.
Select to expand quoteImax1 said..
Do you notice a difference in speed going through the thick patches ?
We try to avoid the thicker patches, when going at + 36knots it's got the tendency to throw you off balance. The stuff you see most of the guys going through is just thin surface weed or we are just behind the thicker stuff. Flex's camera view is the thick stuff, showing off his new fin going through it?? Also that day it was quite shallow, running 18cm max fins. No more than 30cm water and going down to 20cm the closer you get to shore. Nauli found out the hard way, broken mast?? Not for the faint hearted, plus Fangy planted a rock garden in the line of the speed run, if your really unlucky Fangy rocks will get you??
Select to expand quoteAus501 Boz said..Imax1 said..
Do you notice a difference in speed going through the thick patches ?
We try to avoid the thicker patches, when going at + 36knots it's got the tendency to throw you off balance. The stuff you see most of the guys going through is just thin surface weed or we are just behind the thicker stuff. Flex's camera view is the thick stuff, showing off his new fin going through it?? Also that day it was quite shallow, running 18cm max fins. No more than 30cm water and going down to 20cm the closer you get to shore. Nauli found out the hard way, broken mast?? Not for the faint hearted, plus Fangy planted a rock garden in the line of the speed run, if your really unlucky Fangy rocks will get you??
I'm scared to ask...why would Fangy plant a rock garden in the speed run ? For encouraging marine life ?
I know , I know ...
He has a lake side stall selling his fins with an honesty box. His fins would easily smash through rocks , possibly able to split atoms.
Select to expand quoteImax1 said..Aus501 Boz said..Imax1 said..
Do you notice a difference in speed going through the thick patches ?
We try to avoid the thicker patches, when going at + 36knots it's got the tendency to throw you off balance. The stuff you see most of the guys going through is just thin surface weed or we are just behind the thicker stuff. Flex's camera view is the thick stuff, showing off his new fin going through it?? Also that day it was quite shallow, running 18cm max fins. No more than 30cm water and going down to 20cm the closer you get to shore. Nauli found out the hard way, broken mast?? Not for the faint hearted, plus Fangy planted a rock garden in the line of the speed run, if your really unlucky Fangy rocks will get you??
I'm scared to ask...why would Fangy plant a rock garden in the speed run ? For encouraging marine life ?
I know , I know ...
He has a lake side stall selling his fins with an honesty box. His fins would easily smash through rocks , possibly able to split atoms.
Imax, the problem we have here is these young fellas with Moses Syndrome from up in the big smoke, expect everything to be signposted, plus have a shoreside personal injury lawyer in the annex next to a coffee van. For us simple regional folk, we call the 'rock garden' by its old-fashioned name, namely, a carpark. :-)
(It was only called a 'speed run' because of the heavily tinted WRX with milo tin exhausts in the carpark with the windows half down handing out special little showbags.)
So..you shouldn't sail in a car park ? I've seen kiters try. Up trees , through power lines, over rocks...
Select to expand quotefangman said..Imax1 said..Aus501 Boz said..Imax1 said..
Do you notice a difference in speed going through the thick patches ?
We try to avoid the thicker patches, when going at + 36knots it's got the tendency to throw you off balance. The stuff you see most of the guys going through is just thin surface weed or we are just behind the thicker stuff. Flex's camera view is the thick stuff, showing off his new fin going through it?? Also that day it was quite shallow, running 18cm max fins. No more than 30cm water and going down to 20cm the closer you get to shore. Nauli found out the hard way, broken mast?? Not for the faint hearted, plus Fangy planted a rock garden in the line of the speed run, if your really unlucky Fangy rocks will get you??
I'm scared to ask...why would Fangy plant a rock garden in the speed run ? For encouraging marine life ?
I know , I know ...
He has a lake side stall selling his fins with an honesty box. His fins would easily smash through rocks , possibly able to split atoms.
Imax, the problem we have here is these young fellas from up in the big smoke with Moses Syndrome expect everything to be signposted, and have a shoreside personal injury lawyer in the annex next to the coffee van. For us simple region folk, we call the 'rock garden' by its old-fashioned name, namely, a carpark. :-)
(It was only called a 'speed run' because of the heavily tinted WRX with milo tin exhausts in the carpark with the windows half down handing out special little showbags.)
What is in the show bags, a M6x75 stainless bolt and a barrel nut ?
Select to expand quoteImax1 said..fangman said..Imax1 said..Aus501 Boz said..Imax1 said..
Do you notice a difference in speed going through the thick patches ?
We try to avoid the thicker patches, when going at + 36knots it's got the tendency to throw you off balance. The stuff you see most of the guys going through is just thin surface weed or we are just behind the thicker stuff. Flex's camera view is the thick stuff, showing off his new fin going through it?? Also that day it was quite shallow, running 18cm max fins. No more than 30cm water and going down to 20cm the closer you get to shore. Nauli found out the hard way, broken mast?? Not for the faint hearted, plus Fangy planted a rock garden in the line of the speed run, if your really unlucky Fangy rocks will get you??
I'm scared to ask...why would Fangy plant a rock garden in the speed run ? For encouraging marine life ?
I know , I know ...
He has a lake side stall selling his fins with an honesty box. His fins would easily smash through rocks , possibly able to split atoms.
Imax, the problem we have here is these young fellas from up in the big smoke with Moses Syndrome expect everything to be signposted, and have a shoreside personal injury lawyer in the annex next to the coffee van. For us simple region folk, we call the 'rock garden' by its old-fashioned name, namely, a carpark. :-)
(It was only called a 'speed run' because of the heavily tinted WRX with milo tin exhausts in the carpark with the windows half down handing out special little showbags.)
What is in the show bags, a M6x75 stainless bolt and a barrel nut ?
Probs the closest you are going to get to a barrel nut is a handful of nangs to go with ya bag of sherbet. (mixed with some generic viagra to sort the stainless bolt.)
Select to expand quoteAus501 Boz said..Imax1 said..
Do you notice a difference in speed going through the thick patches ?
We try to avoid the thicker patches, when going at + 36knots it's got the tendency to throw you off balance. The stuff you see most of the guys going through is just thin surface weed or we are just behind the thicker stuff. Flex's camera view is the thick stuff, showing off his new fin going through it?? Also that day it was quite shallow, running 18cm max fins. No more than 30cm water and going down to 20cm the closer you get to shore. Nauli found out the hard way, broken mast?? Not for the faint hearted, plus Fangy planted a rock garden in the line of the speed run, if your really unlucky Fangy rocks will get you??
I've always wanted to sail there but after that description I think I'll give it a miss. 
How come everyone else just breaks gear when they hit bottom and I break my body.
Anyone been injured?
Select to expand quoteka43 said..
Doesnt sound much different than Peely with thick weed up in the shallows!!!
Better wind and bigger area..
Select to expand quoteFlex2 said..
Stars aligned and got one of the best wind/tide combos for a long time at Coodanup on 25th Nov. 8+ sailors over 40kts with almost everyone else well above 30kts. Doddi set himself up as target practice to get some still photos (some crazily close) and I chased the sailors with the drone (my excuse for being one of the slowest). As always battery life in high winds is very limited so footage is random....would have got more shots but drowned the drone in Kai's gybe/jibe (which one is correct?) which corrupted the SD card which means 50% of the drone shots come from the low res backup feed from goggles. Thanks to Joshua Bardwell for the tips recovering all the high res footage but around 1/2 is glitchy so been replaced with the low res. Only those watching on big screens (22"+) and good eyes might notice. Many more sailors out there than shown on vid. Crash of the day goes to Steve (Nauli)...but if you gonna crash you gotta do it on video next time..
Fantastic filming/flying Jim. I've asked you before, but email/chat history does not go back this far. What FPV drone stuff are you using. Looks like I need some practice as well. I saw your comment on flight time at high winds. I love my dji-MP3 can do 40min. Obviously increasing the battery will go at expense of agility, weight etc. Making a drone more efficient is not easy....
Footage taken using DJI FPV...it's good but can do better...currently playing around with race drones...they are way better but need to be about 40 years younger. Battery life though is tops 5 min with this stuff in this wind
Select to expand quoteImax1 said..
He has a lake side stall selling his fins with an honesty box.
Roadside fin stalls - sailing nirvana. No milo tin rex's where I am though, just dingoes and dolphins, so maybe I'm in it allready. Fangy planted the rocks to sell more fins?! 
That weed you guys sailing through- your sure Willie Nelson doesn't have a boat moored close by and he's offloading?
