|
|
|
|
|
|
| Sail Number |
Speed |
|
|
|
|
| 571 |
25.00 |
Mr |
Ryan |
Dunkling |
Sailboard |
| 146 |
24.23 |
Mr |
Will |
Giles |
Sailboard |
| 425 |
23.01 |
Mr |
Sam |
Jenkins |
Sailboard |
| 104 |
21.53 |
Mr |
Will |
Houghton |
Sailboard |
| 343 |
21.49 |
Mr |
Andrew |
Robinson |
Sailboard |
| 852 |
19.39 |
Mr |
Henry |
Bloodworth |
Sailboard |
| 714 |
16.72 |
Miss |
Emily |
Hall |
Sailboard |
Weymouth Speed Week 2009 Overall
Results
| Sail Number |
Time |
Title |
FirstName |
LastName |
CraftType |
Knots |
Womens Fleet |
|
|
|
|
| 47 |
GPS |
Mrs |
Zara |
Davis |
Sailboard |
27.30 |
| 624 |
11/10/2009
14:54 |
Mrs |
Jenny |
Cooper |
Kite Board |
24.01 |
| 3021 |
10/10/2009
12:28 |
Miss |
Katherine |
Knight |
Boat |
18.35 |
Junior Fleet |
|
|
|
|
| 571 |
11/10/2009
10:58 |
Mr |
Ryan |
Dunkling |
Sailboard |
25.00 |
| 146 |
11/10/2009
13:11 |
Mr |
Will |
Giles |
Sailboard |
24.23 |
| 425 |
11/10/2009
10:59 |
Mr |
Sam |
Jenkins |
Sailboard |
23.01 |
Novice Fleet |
|
|
|
|
| 622 |
11/10/2009
13:11 |
Mr |
Richard |
Fabbri |
Kite Board |
30.40 |
| 99 |
11/10/2009
10:57 |
Mr |
steve |
franklyn |
Sailboard |
27.11 |
| 983 |
11/10/2009
10:50 |
Mr |
HAMISH |
GODDARD |
Sailboard |
27.00 |
Amateur Fleet |
|
|
|
|
| 873 |
11/10/2009
10:59 |
Mr |
Lance |
Newbery |
Sailboard |
28.55 |
| 181 |
11/10/2009
13:17 |
Mr |
Peter |
Martin |
Sailboard |
28.49 |
| 888 |
11/10/2009
13:13 |
Mr |
Michael |
George |
Sailboard |
27.99 |
| Masters
Fleet |
|
|
|
|
|
| 175 |
11/10/2009
10:43 |
Mr |
Robin |
Penna |
Sailboard |
29.47 |
| 609 |
11/10/2009
11:59 |
Mr |
philip |
ladbrook |
Kite Board |
29.07 |
| 328 |
11/10/2009
13:20 |
Mr |
Adrian |
Wallis |
Sailboard |
28.05 |
| Gold
Fleet |
|
|
|
|
|
| 115 |
11/10/2009
10:57 |
Mr |
stephen |
corps |
Sailboard |
29.54 |
| 175 |
11/10/2009
10:43 |
Mr |
Robin |
Penna |
Sailboard |
29.47 |
| 609 |
11/10/2009
11:59 |
Mr |
Philip |
Ladbrook |
Kite Board |
29.07 |
| Sailboard
Pro Fleeet |
|
|
|
|
|
| 52 |
GPS |
Mr |
Patrick |
Van Hoof |
Sailboard |
30.13 |
| 521 |
GPS |
Mr |
Dan |
Ellis |
Sailboard |
30.09 |
| 10 |
GPS |
Mr |
Anders |
Bringdal |
Sailboard |
29.66 |
| Boat
Fleet |
|
|
|
|
|
| 138 |
16/10/2009
12:39 |
Mr |
Nigel |
Leeming |
Boat |
19.07 |
| 3021 |
10/10/2009
12:28 |
Miss |
Katherine |
Knight |
Boat |
18.35 |
| 101 |
11/10/2009
13:09 |
Mr |
Torix |
Bennett |
Boat |
12.35 |
| Kite
Fleet |
|
|
|
|
|
| 625 |
11/10/2009
14:00 |
Mr |
Jason |
McCaffrey |
Kite Board |
31.56 |
| 622 |
11/10/2009
13:11 |
Mr |
Richard |
Fabbri |
Kite Board |
30.40 |
| 609 |
11/10/2009
11:59 |
Mr |
philip |
ladbrook |
Kite Board |
29.07 |
A note on speed timing
One of the greatest difficulties in running any sailing speed event is timing
competitors on the course. This is especially so at Weymouth where we invite boats,
windsurfers and kites to compete together and we set courses being timed from boats or
from the shore when conditions allow. This presents an enormous technical challenge.
Despite many years effort we have not been
able to reliably progress beyond visually sighting competitors. Unfortunately that
requires that we can read every sail number and that competitors cross the start and
finish line well spaced so we can enter the data from a keypad. It is inevitable that runs
are lost due to not being able to read numbers and due to competitors crossing the line
simultaneously. On Sunday we had periods when the throughput was in excess of 12
competitors per minute. Three times the rate at which we ask competitors to enter the
course to enable accurate timing!
The good news is that we trialled the use of
GT31 GPS units with the Pro Fleet. A comparison of the data that these units produced was
very interesting. Firstly we were really pleased to see that our visual timing was very
good indeed. In general producing times within 0.25kt to that produced by GPS. Secondly we
were able to confirm that we lose a small percentage of runs - something that we deeply
regret.
After many hours comparing the data, and in
an effort to resolve conflicting sail numbers on the course, we decided to use the GPS as
the master data set for the Pro fleet as it contained more recorded runs and was in
agreement with our best hand timed efforts.
There are still many challenges - such as
the logistics of downloading 100 data sets each day. 10 units took 30 minutes - 100 equals
5 hours!
It is our intention to work with the results
software experts with the intention of developing the analysis process so that we can use
GPS based timing in the future. This will be used to time competitors on a designated 500m
course, set for the conditions prevailing on the day.
Nick Povey
