OK Dudes, Maui Fin Co. C/o Alberto @Windshack, want to give away one of their fins to someone who dares to windsurf in a winter storm!!!!!!
It goes like this:
You have to sail in winter, using a GPS, to record your session and post it here on this thread. The competition runs from today till July 20th 2008. All entrants will be placed into a draw, and the winner picked at random. You must be able to present an eligible gps track that shows you sailing over water your track needs to be demonstrable on google earth. (Not riding your bike on the streets
)
Only the winner will be required to post their google earth track on this thread. If the google earth with gps tracks gives away a spot then it will be accepted in private.
Fin specs:Maui Fin Company SL 30cm 2008 Tuttle Box valued $ 225.00
This fin is the evolution of the first SL 2007 model. After testing different profiles with Micah Buzianis we made this model faster then the previous one with keeping the early planning characteristics. A lot of PWA racers switched to MFC this season, proving the superior performance of this model. Ideal for Slalom condition, it can be also used on freeride boards to go faster!
Just use the following format:
Date:
GPS Display Maximum Speed:
Conditions:
Where you sailed (Code ok for secret spots):
Equipment:
Details about Self:
Comments:
Would be good to get a photo of the conditions as well... Dark foreboding clouds, branches impaling themselves into the rigging area, dogless chains...
Date....Fri June 13th 2008
Max Speed...25 Knots
Conditions...Chilly
Where...Tinaroo Dam
Equipment...Fatboy 120l, 6.5 Gun Booster
Self Herb Halloran...Old codger
Comments...Need a new fin
Date...Friday June 13th 2008
Max Speed...21.54 Knots
Conditions...Chilly
Where...Tinaroo Dam
Equipment...Mistral Screamer 105l, Gun Tempo 6.0
Self...Lyn Halloran ..Good Cook
Comments...Need new fin
daaam exact size i need are foreigner's included
i'd be happy to take pics of coconuts falling sideways
Date: 13th June
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 31.1
Conditions: 15 - 20 knots
Where you sailed (Code ok for secret spots): lake connewarre VIC
Equipment: sonic 85, KA koncept 5.8
Details about Self: not real smart (for going out in this weather)
Comments: bloody cold!!!
Date: 13/06/08
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 33.06
Conditions: Crapola (0.5m chop)
Where you sailed (Code ok for secret spots): Wello
Equipment: Loft Blade 6.8. 90lt Slalom, 34 Tech Fin
Details about Self: Nice Guy
Comments: Need 30cm Fin 
Cannot wait to post but Hardie you know the first thing I would have to do to that beautiful fin 
p.s. thanks for organising another excellent excuse really good reason to get me on the water
Dont have a GPS but do have some footage!!!!
Date:13-6-08
GPS Display Maximum Speed:38.9
Conditions:SW to S, 13 Deg with sunshine,hail and sand
Where you sailed : The Pit (Sandy point)
Equipment: Home built speedboard, KA 5.0 TMV6 45
Details about Self: Like a long session on the water
Comments: A beautiful day,not to cold
Date: 14 June 2008
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 27.1kts
Conditions: 10-25kts SSW. Very gusty and full of holes. 30cm chop. Interestingly the water was warmer than the air.
Where you sailed: St Georges Yacht Club, Botany Bay NSW
Equipment: JP Slalom III 89, KA Koncept 5.8, Tectonics Falcon 30cm
Details about Self: Bit rusty as we havent had much wind for the past 3 months.
Comments: Need a new fin. The tectonics keeps spinning out on me...
[Date:
14/06/08
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 27.12
Conditions: 5 to 15 kts sunny, low chop
Where you sailed (Code ok for secret spots): Shoemakers
Equipment: JP 134 Gaastra GTX 7m
Details about Self: 48 and Fat
Comments: Very pleasant hardly storm sailing
Date: 14/6/08
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 25.9 Knots
Conditions: cold and gusty
Where you sailed (Code ok for secret spots): Tinaroo Dam
Equipment: Fatboy 6.5m Gun Booster
Details about Self: Herb Halloran
Comments Quit smoking 35 years ago
Date: 14/ 6/08
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 23.2 knots
Conditions: Horrible, rigged too small
Where you sailed (Code ok for secret spots): Tinaroo Dam
Equipment: Mistral Screamer 5.75m Rapid Fire
Details about Self: Lyn Halloran
Comments Never smoked
Date: 14/6/08
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 21.2 knots
Conditions: A cold, strong but gusty south westerly wind. Choppy water.
Where you sailed (Code ok for secret spots): Georges River at St George Sailing club.
Equipment: Old NP VX2 5.9 sail, Tabou 105 board, old Torquay Fins WC fin.
Details about Self: 37 years old intermediate
Comments: Not much fun and did not stay out for long. The sail was too big for me. Its the first time I have used the board and it was good. Fortunately I didn't fall in as I got very tired. I went up to Narrabeen later and it was even colder up there and was raining. Worse still it was not very windy there.
Date: 14 June 2008
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 26.3 knots
Conditions: SSE 16-22 knots Outgoing Tide
Where you sailed (Code ok for secret spots): Far Beach, Mackay
Equipment: 2003 Ezzy Wave SE, 2000 BIC Techno 152L, G-Sport Carve 45
Details about Self: Womble
Comments: PB I think
Date: 14-06-08
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 29.39
Conditions: Wind was up & down all day & choppy, sunny 27c 
Where you sailed: Bananaland
Equipment: 6.6 Infinity, 100L Gladiator & 34cm F1 fin
Details about Self: NQ Spa Surfing Champ
Comments: Thanks for the fin, perfect for Green Island
Date: 14/6/08
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 28.5 knots
Conditions: Freezing water, cold wind. A dash of rain, and the penguins were huddling together in the park to watch.
Where you sailed (Code ok for secret spots): Canton Beach NSW
Equipment: Mistral Syncro 115, NP 6.0m v8, 30cm Weed/wave wardog fin
Details about Self: 36 years old intermediate, now with extra aches and pains from sailing after no decent wind for 3 months.
Comments: The BoM predicted 30/40 knots, but I'm guessing it wasn't much over 20 or 22. It was just like sailing in Safety Bay in summer, minus about 12 degrees in temperature. It was flat water though, especially when the rain fronts came in.
Date: 14/6/08
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 31.4 knots
Conditions: cold air but warm water, very gusty wsw wind
Where you sailed (Code ok for secret spots): Sandringham, Botany Bay
Equipment: Fanatic Falcon 90, Gun Booster 5.8, 32cm Techtonics Goldwing fin
Details about Self: 40, balding, sailing for 25 years, love going fast
Comments: More wind would have been heaps better, probably rigged thinking the wind was going to build but it actually dropped. Still good to get out and have a blast though.
At last I can post my remarkable results
Date:15/6/08
GPS Display Maximum Speed:20.35
Conditions: I sailed for 3 hours and did 5 ks: draw your own conclusion
Where you sailed (Code ok for secret spots): Howards way with the massed masters of windsurfing in WA
Equipment: Isonic 105 and Tush Raptor... would have gone far faster with a Maui Fin Co fin
Details about Self: Enthusiastic optimist who stands in cold water with other like minded folk
Comments:
Evets, I can better your score
Date: 15/06/08
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 2.5 knots, yes two bloody point five
Conditions:ranged from 8 knots down too 4 knots.
Where you sailed: Same place just a tad further North from Hardies.
Equipment: 130lt JP. 36cm JP weed fin. 7.4 Loft 02 FREERIDE
Details about Self: Just a sail hack
Comments: What happened to the "supposed 20-24 knots huh what the bloody hell happened.?
I drive all that way, breeze goes all bugger up, I drive all the way home, start to watch the football, look outside and its back on
Too cold and wet to get back into a cold wetsuit
12 june 08
GPS Display Maximum Speed:33.2
Conditions:shti,forecast to blow but lucky to get 10-17knts
Where you sailed :goolwa
Equipment: Falcon91-select sl 29-6.8m Loft Blade
Details about Self: too heavy for light days on my biggest board
Comments:Forecast was for gale force winds,drove 3 hours to Goolwa my first sail in 2 months gear felt great in the gusts but mostly struggled to get going, sailed 8km packed up and drove back home
Date: 15/6/08
GPS Display Maximum Speed: 24 knots
Conditions: Chilly
Where you sailed (Code ok for secret spots): Tinaroo Dam
Equipment: Fatboy 6.5 Gun
Details about Self: Herb Halloran....oldish fella
Comments: Sillier every day
