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

To download track click on sailor's speed

Rider 100m. Jibe Mile
Tom Hammerton 03/04 37.18 20.03 21.86
Alex Aguera      
Erik Beale      
Peter John      
Matt Wemms      

Gorge

To download track click on sailor's speed

Rider

100m.

Jibe

Mile

Brian Arquit      
Jacques Leroux      
Alex Nielsen      
Derek Nielsen      
Roo      
Richard Sperling      

New England

To download track click on sailor's speed

Rider

100m.

Jibe

Mile

Jamie Douglas      
Rob Douglas      
Morgan Douglas      
Bill Lynch      
       


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