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tony

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Maui V-Max Speed Meeting this Sunday - 2008/05/24 08:42 Aloha all,

The gods of speed appear to be smiling on us. Despite light winds all week the forecast is bumping up the winds for Sunday. There is a good chance we will see racing conditions.

The minimum windspeed for an official speed meeting is 15 knots or 17mph. If the wind on Sunday is consistently less than this but sailable we will have fun races instead which will not score points for the series.

The course will be open from 12:00 to 4:00pm if conditions permit.

I will do a skippers meeting and presentation on the GT-11 GPS unit at 11:00am followed by registration.

There is no charge for participation in the Maui Vmax. However a GT-11 GPS unit is required. If you do not own one you can purchase one from us with an modified Aquapac ready to go for $199. There will also be a limited number of GPS units available for rent. $20 for 1 hour of water time or $35 for 2 hours of water time. Units may be shared.

Please e-mail Tom at tom@ocean7design to reserve GPS units for purchase. The rental units will be available on a first come first served basis.

WARNING: The tide is low in the morning and the lower reef should not be sailed.

See you sunday!

Tom Hammerton - Race director and timekeeper.

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tony

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Re:Maui V-Max Speed Meeting this Sunday - 2008/05/27 18:05 Inconsistent and light winds for this years 1st Maui Vmax saw a very limited field of competitors battle the elements. The weather teased all day offering a sporadic few minutes of good conditions up, then taking them away.

Alex Aguera proved the best way to deal with such conditions was to spend as much time on the water as possible. I think Alex put in as many runs as the whole rest of the field combined! Early in the day the times were very even with 34s being posted. In the mid afternoon a spell of good wind saw the speeds jump up and Alex was there to capitalise posting the only speed in the 36s at 36.8 knots. In the Wave division Chris McNeil posted a very impressive 31.2 knot 100m time taking the wave division with a 30.0 knot average.

Unfortunately a major blunder by the race director caused Mark Nelsons best speeds not to be recorded. Sorry, Mark, I hope you come back next time! I promise not to make the same mistake.

Maui Vmax 2008 Speed Meeting May 25th
Name Class Best Speed Average Points Season Points
1 Alex Augera Open 36.8 35.6 35.3 35.9 15 15
2 Peter John Open 35.3 35.1 34.6 35.0 11 11
3 Tom Hammerton Open 34.9 34.2 33.8 34.3 9 9
4 Mark Nelson Open 31.6 28.5 26.5 28.9 7 7
1 Chris McNeil Wave 31.2 29.7 29 30.0 15 15
2 Carl Grundy Wave 30.4 29.8 29.2 29.8 11 11
3 Tom James Wave 25.9 25.4 25 25.4 9 9

Competitors are encouraged to download GPS Results software from:
http://www.gpsresults.com/download_e.html
I will e-mail the track data to any competitor who requests it so they can analyse their performance.

Please contact me if you have any questions, but be aware I am in Morocco for a week and the results I am posting from Atlanta airport!

Fast Sailing!

Tom Hammerton - Race Director/Timekeeper

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tony

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Re:Maui V-Max Speed Meeting this Sunday - 2008/07/11 07:53 Aloha,

The good news is that we should have some decent wind tommorow (friday). The bad news is that the winds are forecast to drop over the weekend with a slight strengthening on Tuesday. The trend is definately in the wrong direction for the Speed Meeting.

Please be sure to check your e-mail Saturday night or Sunday morning for an official announcement. If the forecast winds are too light We will postpone Speed Meeting 3 to August 10th. The next meeting will be the Make-up for Speed Meeting 2 on July 27th.

The trade winds have to return eventually, and with a lot of making up to do I hope the second half of the summer makes up for the first.

Cheers,

Tom Hammerton - Race Director/Timekeeper

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tony

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Re:Maui V-Max Speed Meeting this Sunday - 2008/07/15 08:19 OK, I know I am the dumbest guy on the planet. Sorry for canceling todays Speed meeting based on yesterdays forecasts. As I am sure you all know, today turned out quite windy. NWS and UH met dept said it would not be and I was stupid enough to believe it! Ironically my week out forecast turned out to be spot on and my day before forecast was complete rubbish!

As we have a bunch of visitors from out of town who are keen to compete I would like to re-schedule the speed meeting for later this week. friday looks good. If you would like to compete on friday at Sprecks please e-mail me at:
tom@ocean7design.com. I will be at the beach from 11am and the course will be open from 12 noon. I will keep the course open until at least 6pm or later if people want to sail after work.

If anyone wants to volunteer to help me log the tracks I would appreciate it as my normal crew will not be there to help on friday and I would love to get a few runs in myself.

Please pass the word to other sailors who may not be on this mailing list (such as Peter John who I know is not on the list).

Sorry for being such an idiot - the beers are on me friday!

Tom Hammerton - Race Director/Timekeeper

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tony

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Re:Maui V-Max Speed Meeting this Sunday - 2008/07/26 07:49 Sorry for the delay, but I only got tracks from one of the competitors today that I was waiting for.

Maui Vmax 2008 Speed Meeting 3 July 18th
Name Class Best Speed Average Points
1 Chris Lockwood Open 33.4 32.6 32.2 32.7 15
2 Peter John Open 33.7 32.8 31 32.5 11
3 John Smalley Open 33 31.1 29.9 31.3 9
4 Jacques Pauvert Open 32.7 31.1 28.8 30.9 7
5 Erik Beale Open 30.9 29.4 28.9 29.7 6
6 Tom Hammerton Open 30.8 29.2 29.1 29.7 5
7 Chris Adamson Open 30.2 28.8 26.5 28.5 4
1 Erik Lawrence Wave 26.7 24.4 24.3 25.1 15
2 Carl Grundy Wave 25.5 23.4 22.5 23.8 11

Maui Vmax 2008 Speed Meeting Series Points
Name Class Meeting 1 Points Meeting 2 Points Meeting 3 Points Meeting 4 Points Meeting 5 Points Meeting 6 Points Overall Points
1 Peter John Open 11 Postponed 11 22
2 Alex Augera Open 15 Postponed 0 15
3 Chris Lockwood Open 0 Postponed 15 15
4 Tom Hammerton Open 9 Postponed 5 14
5 John Smalley Open 0 Postponed 9 9
6 Mark Nelson Open 7 Postponed 0 7
7 Jacques Pauvert Open 0 Postponed 7 7
8 Erik Beale Open 0 Postponed 6 6
9 Chris Adamson Open 0 Postponed 4 4
1 Carl Grundy Wave 11 Postponed 11 22
2 Chris McNeil Wave 15 Postponed 0 15
3 Erik Lawrence Wave 0 Postponed 15 15
4 Tom James Wave 9 Postponed 0 9

Maui Vmax 2008 Speed Ladder

Name Class Best Speed
1 Tom Hammerton Open 38.8
2 Alex Augera Open 36.8
3 Eric Beale Open 35.8
4 Peter John Open 35.3
5 Ted Hunter Open 35.1
6 Chris Lockwood Open 33.4
7 John Smalley Open 33.0
8 Jacques Pauvert Open 32.7
9 Mark Nelson Open 31.6
10 Chris Adamson Open 30.2
1 Chris McNeil Wave 31.2
2 Carl Grundy Wave 30.4
3 Erik Lawrence Wave 26.7
4 Tom James Wave 25.9

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Re:Maui V-Max Speed Meeting this Sunday - 2008/07/29 22:12 Sunday's Maui Vmax Speed Meeting was finally blessed with decent winds. The wind was moderate reaching 25mph with gusts to 28mph, and slightly onshore out of the north-east. Although the field of competitors was small the competition was fierce and there was tight racing all day. In the end Peter John edged Alex Augera into second place with a better average speed of 35.9 knots over Alex's 35.7. Alex held onto the best speed of the day with a 36.5 knot run. Matt Daniels sailed consistently edging past Tom Hammerton into 3rd place. In a last ditch effort Tom rigged a 6.6 with 15 minutes left to go in the competition convinced he could find the 0.4 knots he needed to pass Matt. Tom improved his average posting a 33.9 knot run, but it was not enough and he settled for fourth. Chris Adamson posted a nice 34.3 knot run on the way to fith and also claimed top Austrailian bragging rights passing Chris Lockwood on the Speed Ladder for the 7th place ranking. Two ladies joined the fray for the first time this year. Nice to see them out there giving it a go. Well done Kristen and Erin, we hope to see you at the next meeting August 30th.

Maui Vmax 2008 Speed Meeting July 27th
Sailor Info
Name Class Best Speed Average Points
1 Peter John Open 36.2 35.9 35.5 35.9 15
2 Alex Augera Open 36.5 35.3 35.3 35.7 11
3 Matt Daniels Open 34.8 34.6 34.3 34.6 9
4 Tom Hammerton Open 35.3 33.9 33.7 34.3 7
5 Chris Adamson Open 34.3 33.4 33.1 33.6 6
6 Craig Mann Open 30.9 27.9 27.9 28.9 5
1 Erin Iberg Women 20.6 20.2 19.7 20.2 15
2 Kristen Women 16.8 16.3 15.1 16.1 11

Maui Vmax 2008 Speed Meeting Series Points
Name Class Meeting 1 Points Meeting 2 Points Meeting 3 Points Meeting 4 Points Meeting 5 Points Meeting 6 Points Overall Points
1 Peter John Open 11 15 11 37
2 Alex Augera Open 15 11 0 26
4 Tom Hammerton Open 9 7 5 21
3 Chris Lockwood Open 0 0 15 15
9 Chris Adamson Open 0 6 4 10
5 John Smalley Open 0 0 9 9
6 Matt Daniels Open 0 9 0 9
7 Mark Nelson Open 7 0 0 7
8 Jacques Pauvert Open 0 0 7 7
9 Erik Beale Open 0 0 6 6
10 Craig Mann Open 5 5
1 Carl Grundy Wave 11 0 11 22
2 Chris McNeil Wave 15 0 0 15
3 Erik Lawrence Wave 0 0 15 15
4 Tom James Wave 9 0 0 9
1 Erin Iberg Women 0 15 0 15
2 Kristen Women 0 11 0 11

Maui Vmax 2008 Speed Ladder

Name Class Best Speed
1 Tom Hammerton Open 38.8
2 Alex Augera Open 36.8
3 Peter John Open 36.2
4 Eric Beale Open 35.8
5 Ted Hunter Open 35.1
6 Matt Daniels Open 34.8
7 Chris Adamson Open 34.3
8 Chris Lockwood Open 33.4
9 John Smalley Open 33.0
10 Jacques Pauvert Open 32.7
11 Mark Nelson Open 31.6
12 Craig Mann Open 30.9
1 Chris McNeil Wave 31.2
2 Carl Grundy Wave 30.4
3 Erik Lawrence Wave 26.7
4 Tom James Wave 25.9
1 Erin Iberg Women 20.6
2 Kristen Women 16.8

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