HAM
(HawaiianAMerican)

Speed Challenge 2010
Maui v Gorge v New England

a test of speed, endurance & agility

- best 3 100 meter runs - best 3 Nautical mile runs - best 3 alpha 500 jibes -
 

Maui  score 2

To download track click on sailor's speed

Rider 100m. Jibe N. Mile
Pieter Bijl 08/28 38.58 22.65 22.71
Peter John 08/28 38.09 22.3 24.38
Dan Ellis 08/28 37.73 18.92 21.87
Tom Hammerton 05/06 37.18 22.22 27.80
Diony Guadagnino 05/05 34.74 23.30 30.62
Chris Freeman 08/28 33.48 22.74 25.39

Gorge score 3

To download track click on sailor's speed

Rider

100m.

Jibe

N. Mile

Derek Nielsen 05/11 42.47 24.71 24.74
Alex Nielsen 04/02

35.94

21.47

18.23

Roo 06/19 33.49 22.29 26.62
Richard Sperling      
Brian Arquit      

New England score 1

To download track click on sailor's speed

Rider

100m.

Jibe

N. Mile

Rob Douglas 06/07 55.50 26.15 31.06
Jamie Douglas 08/24 47.79 26.3 29.54
Bill Lynch 06/06 38.49 21.73 24.19
Morgan Douglas      
       

NEWS 08.28.10 Time for the Gorge speedsters to hang their head in shame; not only have the kiters of new England taken top spot the Maui Mob made a daring move and brought in the big guns to claim second spot and top windsurfing team. August 28th saw the return of the VMax speed challenge to the islands with Pieter "The Flying Dutchman" Bijl taking the honors followed by Peter "Little John" John and Dan "The Man" Ellis. Chris "The Prisoner" Freeman also set a new P.B. at 33.48 knots, the question is will he hit his goal of a 40 knot peak in his allotted 60 days. Follow his progress here: 60 days of Summer
NEWS 08.24.10 There's a new leader in the rankings, for the first time the kiters have stolen the lead from the Gorge crowd. Jamie "Little Bro" Douglas laid down some sweet tracks with solid numbers in every category. With a month to go until speed season opens on the Columbia how long can the New England mob stay top gun?
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EWS 07.26.10 The Maui team snuck up quietly to regain second place in the HAM behind the Gorge team. Chris "The Prisoner" Freeman has been drafted in by brother in law Tom "The Devonshire Terrier" while he's on Daddy duty...congrats on little Captain Jack!  You can follow Chris' exploits on his 60 day blog.  The Gorge Team is eagerly awaiting the wind swinging to the NW so the Klick ditch can open for some speed runs. Meanwhile the New England kiters are missing in action.
NEWS 05.04.10 As expected, poke a sleeping bear with a stick and they wake up all aggressive. Well the kiters are awake and they are on it. 55 knots over 100m, as expected they will blitz that category. We may have to stick something in Rob "The Accelerator" Douglas's food to slow him down. There's still the nautical mile and alpha 500 jibe to give everyone else something to fight for. As they say in the big leagues...Game On!
NEWS 04.27.10 Tom "The Devonshire Terrier" is licking his wounds after totaling his gear on one last run at the poo plant in Maui. http://blog.hotsailsmaui.com/2010/04/trying-bit-too-hard.html While recovering he's enlisted the help of some pros to try and boost the Maui team's numbers. First up is PWA pro Diony "The Venezuelan Dingo" Guadagnino with a mega nautical mile over 30 knots and a sweet 23 knot jibe.
NEWS 04.02.10 The Gorge Team's ironmen of speed braved 60 knot gusts, frigid windchill and a ferocious spring storm to put the toppings on the daily serving of speed. Choosing to sail both sides of the mighty Columbia, Derek and his trusty sidekick Alex (actually his son) took on mother nature and claimed some nice 40+ runs and two sweet alphas. Meanwhile the rest of the Gorge wussies stayed home in their warm beds with their heads under the covers and pretended they were asleep!
NEWS 03.17.10
Derek "Dairy Queen" Nielsen cracked the ice for the first '10 Gorge speed session. At a chilly Klickitat River sandbar he laid down his marker with a 41.73 knot 100m dash before cold took over and froze his nuts off! We're just waiting on those New Englanders to pump up their wings and started blazing some tracks.
NEWS
03.05.10
Tom "The Devonshire Terrier" continues to post sessions on Maui while the rest of the challenge are slowly waking up after a long winter hibernation.  Just to get everyone else jealous and inspired here's Tom's blog and video of the miserable conditions he has to sail in at the Poo Plant. http://blog.hotsailsmaui.com/2010/03/speed-at-lower-kanaha.html Meanwhile the Gorge season began yesterday with Roo, Brian and Alex getting their first water time for the year in toasty 40 degree water and 60 degree air.
NEWS
01.22.10
First track posted for 010 by Tom "The Devonshire Terrier" Hammerton, meanwhile the New England kiters are down in Florida training and waiting for the ice to go out up north.  The sneaky Derek "Dairy Queen" Nielsen and 09's fastest sailor has been seen on the Oregon coast trying to get a session in without anyone noticing!  New feature this year is the ability to download a sailor's fastest session, just click on their speed to save the file.
NEWS 01.01.10 Another year another speed challenge. For 2010, 3 teams from the Gorge, Maui and Northeast are HAMing it up. This time it's personal with a true test of speed, endurance and agility to see where the fastest sailors live. The New England team of kiters may have the edge posting the best 3 100m runs but the Maui boys have got the space to post 3 scorching Nautical mile runs while the Gorge can turn it on for the best 3 alpha 500m jibes. Each team's place in each category are added together for their overall average and chance to steal the title of "fastest" from the 2009 Gorge champs.

KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) rules apply:
Best 3 100 m., best 3 Nautical miles and best 3 alpha 500 jibes from 3 different sailors for each team
Team position in each category is added together and averaged
Speeds for Gorge team anywhere on the Columbia River Speeds for Maui team can be anywhere in Hawaii
Speeds for New England team anywhere in New England

Speeds in doppler from GT-11 or GT-31 GPS units
All GPS tracks posted to the SPEEDREADER @ WWW.KA72.COM 
details of run sent to the timekeepers for each team
Tom Hammerton tom@ocean7design.com in
Maui
Roo in The Gorge roo@speedsailor.com

Rob Douglas in Martha's Vineyard robdouglas@theblackdog.com