28 Nov 2006 #1 lyc Well-Known Member Joined 30 May 2001 Messages 1,112 Location Norfolk/Suffolk Visit site What sort of speed would Kojiro Shiraishi be surfing down these Waves in the Southern Ocean during the Velux 5 Oceans?
What sort of speed would Kojiro Shiraishi be surfing down these Waves in the Southern Ocean during the Velux 5 Oceans?
28 Nov 2006 #2 Will_M Well-Known Member Joined 26 Jul 2001 Messages 994 Location GBR Visit site close to 20kts..
28 Nov 2006 #4 T tcm ... Joined 11 Jan 2002 Messages 23,958 Location Caribbean at the moment Visit site 30knots? Doesn't look too bad really? Big waves but not "raging".
28 Nov 2006 #5 Z zefender Well-Known Member Joined 9 Jul 2001 Messages 1,741 Location quacious Visit site Well the first photo in the set mentions 18kts, so I guess it must be about that really.
28 Nov 2006 #6 jamesjermain Well-Known Member Joined 16 May 2001 Messages 2,723 Location Cargreen, Cornwall Visit site Alex Thompson recorded 30 knots before he keeled over so I suppose Shiraishi could be dong something similar but from the pix I would think 20 or even less.
Alex Thompson recorded 30 knots before he keeled over so I suppose Shiraishi could be dong something similar but from the pix I would think 20 or even less.