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Home >> Video >> 23.9kn clocked at Northampton!
The blast was not all plain sailing though - on the first of the three reaches he was bucked off his ride! With his legs angled back the boat bounced and jerked and as the acceleration kicked in our ninja warrior was jettisoned off the back, hitting the water at speed for a full nasal!
 
Check out how viciously the gust hits at 1:01. 

What is quite useful is the contemplation of how are are going to calmly slide a twisted foot out from under the strap with the boat turning turtle, the vid shows this quite well.

Chunky reports;
'So now I know the boat accelerates quicker than I do!
It is a different technique slightly to what I have been used to because if you don't use both the rear toe straps you tend to be angled back too far and get spat out the back. After my first debacle I ended up going to the back straps and hiking straight out. This also enabled a bit more steering control as you aren't hanging out the back of the boat as much. Amazing what you learn in stupid stuff like that eh?'



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10/03/2016 00:08:01
Peter Barton
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23.9KN - THE 20KN CLUB IS NOW OPEN!
Make sure you are stable on your chair, press PLAY and pump up the volume!

Not only has the 20kn barrier been broken but our Webmaster, Anthony 'Chunky' York, has absolutely smashed it with an astounding 23.9kn!
On Sunday 21st February at Northampton SC in the UK with the Club anenometer peaking at 37kn (but a little sheltered apparently) and heinously gusty Chunky let rip down the lake on just three downwind angles. The data looks good;

The the big max speed is on port gybe at 28-30 seconds on the vid, with speed peaks of both 23.9kn (27.5mph) and 23.1kn (26.6mph).
After shamefully waring around rather than gybing (risking invalidating the whole record!) the starboard gybe was a higher average and steadier, looking faster in the vid, but topped out at 22.2kn (25.5mph) at 58 seconds in but with an average of 18.2kn (21mph) for 1minute 15 seconds! [that average is faster than the 2nd best peak speed so far!]
Max heart rate 177bpm!

So there is a new challenge to everyone!
Who will join Chunky in his new 20kn Club before he gets lonely?
Stay safe!
 



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09/03/2016 23:38:20
Peter Barton
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