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mike ellis
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Topic: 50Kt Barrier Broken...Posted: 08 Oct 08 at 4:38pm |
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conclusion: 50 knots is fast, and 100km/h isnt that much faster.
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600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it.
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Rupert
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Posted: 10 Oct 08 at 10:39am |
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But each knot is harder than the last...
Interestingly (kind of) is that 100kph, or 62mph, is the accelleration time given for cars on things like Top Gear. How fast would a kite surfer actually reach these speeds? Fast enough to brat an Ariel Atom, or so slow as to be beaten by a VW camper? I really have no clue... |
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getafix
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Posted: 10 Oct 08 at 11:59am |
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fast enough that it's really gonna hurt if you pile face first into that next wave?
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Feeling sorry for vegans since it became the latest fad to claim you are one
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Scooby_simon
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Posted: 10 Oct 08 at 4:39pm |
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Dunno, but I know I need an Atom in my life, ideally a 500. Lack of money precludes....... |
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Wanna learn to Ski - PM me..
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MRJP BUZZ 585
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Rupert
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Posted: 01 Dec 08 at 9:13am |
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I'd have to agree with Paul Larsen, there. If I was to reach 50 knots in my Firefly, I'd only think of it as the record if I'd beaten the Kitesurfers...Of course, I'd probebly have been stopped by the police by then for sitting in a boat behind a car on the M4!
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