Monday, August 31, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Mission Nautical Mile
The weekend mission was to get a couple of good nautical mile runs in to try and bring us up the Team Challenge Ladder before the end of the month. Saturday there was little wind so no one made the effort to go out, however Sunday presented us with a great 20-25 Kt Westerly. The first for the season. Pat was injured and out for the day, but Red,
Andrew and Jacques made it down. Red's session was cut short with a broken foot strap screw, but not before he managed to get in a good 25.88 Kts nautical mile in despite a high tide and pretty choppy conditions.
Jacques was putting in some great runs and I was in fear of him beating me when he reported a 30K+ on the dial. Wasn't to be though just had it over him with a 24.9 to his 23.6.
All to no avail for the Ladder, other teams were also enjoying the good winds and we were unceremoniously dumped from 11th to 16th overall.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Twenty Nine Point Four...
... that's my average 10 sec x 5 ave for Saturday and Sunday at Point Henry. Both days were NNW but a little stronger on the Sunday. Sat rigged the SSR 6.6 and 5.6 for the Sunday. But both days same numbers. So what I gotta do if figure out why I am not doing 31's or 32's as previously achieved. I guess time on water has been low recently and a major contributor to form loss.
Sunday saw a great turnout with around 16 sailors on the water, made up of the crew from Inverloch on a road trip and a couple of guys from Torquay, not willing to risk the offshore northerly.
Drift put together a great little video: http://www.vimeo.com/6231954
And Pat took a couple of additional pics;
Monday, August 17, 2009
Message from Lieutenant Gilbert
our agents were under great danger when obtaing this photograph of the new secret craft. Destined to harrass the pirates in the south china sea...........le rat
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Weekend Update
Wow, a very full weekend. It started early with picking Vic up at Avalon Airport on Thursday evening. She had come down early to spend some quality time with her Mom - Ahhh. Isn't she a seeetie? had lunch on Torquay beach and Stev managed to coincide his lunch break with our travels and joined us. Post lunch, sans Steve we went to the Torquay Resort for coffee. It's great - the coffee costs the same as you would spend at the local cafe, but the views are great and you are treated as a guest by the delightful restaurant staff.
Had a break when Vic caught up with Anne for afternoon tea, then off to the airport to pick John up. Same 20:05 flight as Vic, but a day later. The reason for the trip was the Hume Highway Aubry bypass completion celebration scheduled for Saturday evening.
Some quality time with Vic and John on Saturday morning before they were off to the Hutchies for a 2nd birthday party before heading up to Melbourne for the work function.
Me, I was off to Swan Bay for some windsurfing where I caught up with Red, Pat and Jacques who had the same idea. Nice non gusty northerly treated us with some great sailing. Pat took a short video. and loaded it up to U Tube here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic7fZxbfRhQ
For Sunday, Gaye and I drove down to the waterfront to check out if there was any carnage from the 40-50 knot Northerly which had been blowing steadily since 23:00 Sat night. We weren't disappointed, a couple of yachts had dragged there moorings and were in various stages of retrieval.
Steve and Regan helped out by picking up the Mustang at the airport, where John and Vic had left it, allowing me to hook into the 30 knot Westerly which had blown thru at about midday.
A little overpowered on the SSR 5.6, but a great session. Red lent Pat his old Extreme Slalom. At the end of the session, Pat hit the beach even more excited than usual, (if you can believe that).
It was a good turnout. 8 guys on the water.
Sue had a full w/end too. Dim was down and she did the round of lunches and dinners with his rellos.
Had a break when Vic caught up with Anne for afternoon tea, then off to the airport to pick John up. Same 20:05 flight as Vic, but a day later. The reason for the trip was the Hume Highway Aubry bypass completion celebration scheduled for Saturday evening.
Some quality time with Vic and John on Saturday morning before they were off to the Hutchies for a 2nd birthday party before heading up to Melbourne for the work function.
Me, I was off to Swan Bay for some windsurfing where I caught up with Red, Pat and Jacques who had the same idea. Nice non gusty northerly treated us with some great sailing. Pat took a short video. and loaded it up to U Tube here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic7fZxbfRhQ
For Sunday, Gaye and I drove down to the waterfront to check out if there was any carnage from the 40-50 knot Northerly which had been blowing steadily since 23:00 Sat night. We weren't disappointed, a couple of yachts had dragged there moorings and were in various stages of retrieval.
Steve and Regan helped out by picking up the Mustang at the airport, where John and Vic had left it, allowing me to hook into the 30 knot Westerly which had blown thru at about midday.
A little overpowered on the SSR 5.6, but a great session. Red lent Pat his old Extreme Slalom. At the end of the session, Pat hit the beach even more excited than usual, (if you can believe that).
It was a good turnout. 8 guys on the water.
Sue had a full w/end too. Dim was down and she did the round of lunches and dinners with his rellos.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
It's Fun to Connnect Things
On the weekend, despite Channel 9 going High Definition Digital and offering new channels, there was little on the TV, so we borrowed one of Regan's movies to watch. Called The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and featuring Sean Connery, it follows the exploits of Allan Quartermain (Connery) as he leads a team of extraordinary figures with legendary powers to battle the technological terror of a madman known as "The Fantom." This "League" comprises seafarer/inventor Captain Nemo, vampiress Mina Harker, an invisible man named Rodney Skinner, American secret service agent Tom Sawyer, the ageless and invincible Dorian Gray, and the dangerous split personality of Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde.
In this adventure, the Fantom is trying to start a World War, and be at the head of it. The Fantom has highly superior weapons to the normal weapons of that day, and he also has extreme cunning, as we see by his tricking the countries into suspecting each other for war-mongering. A supposed loyalist to her Majesty's Empire is sent to fetch Allan Quatermain in an effort to track down the group who is trying to start the war. In a private and secret meeting, Quatermain meets who he is to be teaming up with on this mission. He is accompanied by Captain Nemo, Mina Harker, Rodney Skinner, Dorian Gray, Tom Sawyer, and Dr. Henry Jekyll (also Mr. Edward Hyde). Soon into their adventure they discover that the Fantom is behind these attacks, but there is more to this war than battle and cunning.
Credit: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311429/plotsummary
A quick Google search reminded/revealed to me that Dorian Gray is the Oscar Wild character in book The Picture of Dorian Gray. Happens to be availallbe as an audio book at http://librivox.org/the-picture-of-dorian-gray-by-oscar-wilde/ which is now on my 'to listen to' list.
In this adventure, the Fantom is trying to start a World War, and be at the head of it. The Fantom has highly superior weapons to the normal weapons of that day, and he also has extreme cunning, as we see by his tricking the countries into suspecting each other for war-mongering. A supposed loyalist to her Majesty's Empire is sent to fetch Allan Quatermain in an effort to track down the group who is trying to start the war. In a private and secret meeting, Quatermain meets who he is to be teaming up with on this mission. He is accompanied by Captain Nemo, Mina Harker, Rodney Skinner, Dorian Gray, Tom Sawyer, and Dr. Henry Jekyll (also Mr. Edward Hyde). Soon into their adventure they discover that the Fantom is behind these attacks, but there is more to this war than battle and cunning.
Credit: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311429/plotsummary
A quick Google search reminded/revealed to me that Dorian Gray is the Oscar Wild character in book The Picture of Dorian Gray. Happens to be availallbe as an audio book at http://librivox.org/the-picture-of-dorian-gray-by-oscar-wilde/ which is now on my 'to listen to' list.
This Weekend
Finally made up a handrail for the front yard footpath for Gaye. She is a very patient girl. Can't remember when she asked for it. But it was a little too..o long ago.
No wind, so went for a walk along the beach at Torquay and Jan Juc. The Sou'west blow yesterday threw up a whole bunch of weed on to the beach.
No wind, so went for a walk along the beach at Torquay and Jan Juc. The Sou'west blow yesterday threw up a whole bunch of weed on to the beach.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Brilliant Dinner Tonight
Arrive home a little late tonight. Truth is its Friday and well - drinks after work. But my timing was excellent. Regan had cooked up a storm and just served up as I arrived.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Exercise
This week I exercised every day. I thought I would start keeping notes on my exercise (I was going to say program) but really better defined as 'activities'. There was a time when I kept detail information on distances, pace, heart rate, morning heart rate, blood pressure, etc and graphed and analysed the heck out of the data. It was a great motivation at the time to do so. Recently this has kind of fallen by the way side for one reason or another. I have decided that I can substitute all that data keeping and analysis with an occasional blog entry.
Currently I walk/run 1hour a day, sometimes supplemented with an additional 1/2 hour on the stationary bike.
Walk/Run Distance = 6.5 klm (4 miles) This equates to 6.5 x 6 = 39 klm/week (24 miles/week)
45 klm/weekKCals = 520
Currently I walk/run according to how I feel rather than any particular goal. Using this approach I aim to get up to my 10k race pace of 10 klm/hr over the next couple of months.
I think 39 klm/week is a good base, so as I increase my pace I will also increase the number of rest days.
Currently I walk/run 1hour a day, sometimes supplemented with an additional 1/2 hour on the stationary bike.
Walk/Run Distance = 6.5 klm (4 miles) This equates to 6.5 x 6 = 39 klm/week (24 miles/week)
45 klm/weekKCals = 520
Currently I walk/run according to how I feel rather than any particular goal. Using this approach I aim to get up to my 10k race pace of 10 klm/hr over the next couple of months.
I think 39 klm/week is a good base, so as I increase my pace I will also increase the number of rest days.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Weekend Sailing
Pat hooks into a nice gust on Saturday
On Friday night I could only say that in the last 4 months I have only sailed two times. Today I can say that in the last 4 months I have sailed four times. That's a 100% increase in sailing sessions.
Bay water temperature is at its lowest at 11 deg C. It will start improving now. Air temp a comfortable 15.
Saturday Pat, Jaques, Andrew and 2 guys I didn't know were out. A lot of dogging around between the gusts, but Sunday (only Jaques out) filled in nicely from the NW at a consistent 25 knots. The body was tired from the previous day, so was only out for an hour, but well worth it.
One peak at 31.2 knots and an average of 28.5 knots for the 5x10sec. Could have done a lot more had I stayed down at the weed beds for some speed runs.
One peak at 31.2 knots and an average of 28.5 knots for the 5x10sec. Could have done a lot more had I stayed down at the weed beds for some speed runs.
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