Maui Speed Series

Erik Beale allerede tideligt på dagen rykkede Erik Beale ud på det revet og satte sig på 35.8 knob, denne topspeed forblev til solnedgang. Erik fortæller:"The wind came in really Easterly,so the fastest place was the upper reef for most of the day,I tried the lower reef at around 2.30 P.M. but it was 2 kts slower".

Da solen begyndte at gå ned gik hastighederne op, Anders Bringdal pushede sejlet i gang og fik presset sig op på 38.5 knob – hvilket gav en klar 1. plads. Anders fortæller:"It got really good at sunset, the water was dead flat,now if only we had 10 kts more wind and some 6 ft waves we could go really fast".

Også damerne viste god figur, specielt Karla Aguera rykkede igennem. Hun var den første til at flyver ind i den hardcore ’30 knot club’ – Det gjorde hun ved 30.5 knob sat på det indre rev. Karla fortæller:"I was stuck all last year at 29 kts and here at Spreck’s I go 30.5 right away", Der er helt sikkert mere i den her tøs!

RESULTS:
(Rank: Name, Nationality, Speed, Division, Equipment)

1: Anders Bringdal, SUE, 38.5, Pro, Speed
2: Erik Beale, GBR, 35.6, Pro, Speed
3: Aeron White, NZ, 34.6, Am, Slalom
4: Matt Daniels, USA, 33.2, Am, Slalom
5: Terry Alkemade, NZ, 31.2, Am, Slalom
6: Karla Aguera, USA, 30.5, Pro-Women, Speed
7: Paolo Rista, ITA, 30.3, Am, Slalom
8: Patrick Bergeron, CAN, 30.3, Am, Wave
9: Pato Gilibrato, ARG, 28.5, Am, Wave
10: Andrew Chandler, GBR, 28.0, Am, Wave
11: Derek Vana, USA, 27.8, Am, Wave
12: Will Brown, GBR, 27.5, Am, Wave
13: Chris McNei,l USA, 27.0, Am, Wave
14: Tom James, USA, 26.8, Am, Wave
15: Jeff Ellison, USA, 26.7, Am, Wave
16: Robert Kluijtmans, NL, 26.6, Am, Wave
17: Horacio Martinez, ARG, 25.4, Am, Wave
18: Daryl Barber, CAN, 23.1, Am, Wave
19: Twila Folden, CAN, 21.8, Am-Women, Wave
20: Barbra Sabbeth, USA, 20.1, Am, Wave

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