Thunderstorms

Training is going well, but the weather isn’t exactly cooperating. I did a 3 hr hard & fast ride last night and got caught in the worst electrical storm. Total down pour mixed with hail and thunder and lightening all around me. I got drenched and wasn’t really anywhere convenient to pull over, so I just hammer through.

Same thing today, but this time I was on Glebmore res. Luckily it’s just warm enough outside to stay warm through it by stoking the furnace with about 250 watts.

I’m trying to get out to the lake for as much training as possible this week because Helen and I are cycling Sonoma in California next week. I’ll be on the M5 for that.

I got some decent speeds today on Glenmore despite the rough water due to the winds. 11.3 kph average speed for a 5.8 km loop of the entire lake at 150 watts. most of the lake was ripples with sections of 6 to 8″ waves, and even some waves breaking over the deck. Updated speed data below:

Speed data:

date	lake	power watts	wind kph	waves	rudder	prop	loop size km	loop dir	other	SPEED kph
06/05/08	elbow	150	5	ripples	big	thin	.5	counter		11.1
06/09/08	elbow	150	calm	flat	big	thin	.5	counter		11.2
06/09/08	elbow	150	calm	flat	small	thin	.5	counter		11.7
06/09/08	elbow	150	calm	flat	small	thick	.5	counter		11.7
06/09/08	elbow	150	calm	flat	small	thin	.5	counter	prop strut pulled into hull with cord	11.6
06/09/08	elbow	150	calm	flat	none	thin	.5	counter		11.8
06/09/08	elbow	150	calm	flat	small	thin	.5	clock		11.1
06/09/08	elbow	150	10	ripply	small	thin	.5	counter		11.5
06/12/08	elbow	150	20	waves	big	thin	.5	counter		11.0
06/09/08	elbow	150	20	waves	big	thick	.5	counter		10.9
06/09/08	elbow	150	20	waves	small	thick	.5	counter		11.3
06/09/08	elbow	150	20	waves	small	thin	.5	counter	skimmer	10
06/09/08	elbow	150	20	waves	small	thin	.5	counter	skimmer	10.2
06/16/08	elbow	150	calm	flat	small	thin	.5	counter	flex shaft & freehub	11.9
06/16/08	elbow	150	calm	flat	small	thin	.5	counter	flex shaft & freehub	11.8
06/16/08	elbow	150	calm	flat	small	thin	.5	counter	flex shaft & freehub	11.8
06/16/08	elbow	100	calm	flat	small	thin	.5	counter	flex shaft & freehub	10.3
06/16/08	elbow	200	calm	flat	small	thin	.5	counter	flex shaft & freehub	13.2
06/16/08	Glenmore	150	calm	flat	small	thin	2	out&back	flex shaft & freehub	11.1
06/16/08	Glenmore	150	calm	flat	small	thin	2.6	out&back	flex shaft & freehub	11.1
06/16/08	Glenmore	150	calm	flat	small	thin	1.35	counter	flex shaft & freehub	10.9
06/16/08	Glenmore	150	10	ripply	none	thin	.84	counter	flex shaft & freehub	11.6
06/16/08	Glenmore	150	10	ripply	big	thin	.8	counter	flex shaft & freehub	11.1
06/17/08	Ghost	150	5	ripply	small	thin	.8	out&back	flex shaft & freehub	11.6/11.2 = 11.4
06/17/08	Ghost	150	5	ripply	small	thin	.52	counter	flex shaft & freehub	11.5
06/17/08	Ghost	150	5	ripply	small	thin	.56	clock	flex shaft & freehub	11.6
06/17/08	Ghost	150	10	ripply	small	thick	1	out&back	flex shaft & freehub	11.7/11.2 = 11.4
06/17/08	Ghost	150	10	ripply	small	thick	.7	out&back	flex shaft & freehub. NO PROP STRUT	11.8/11.2 = 11.5
06/28/08	U Kanan	150	10	waves, ripples, some calm	small	thin	7.19	out&back	flex shaft	11
06/28/08	U Kanan	150	5	ripples	small	thin	1.19	clock	flex shaft	11.5
06/28/08	U Kanan	150	5	ripples	small	thin	1.13	counter	flex shaft	11.5
06/28/08	U Kanan	150	10	waves, ripples	small	thin	10.3	giant loop of lake – counter	flex shaft	11
06/28/08	U Kanan	120	10	waves, ripples,	small	thin	10.1	giant loop of lake – clock	flex shaft	10.1
06/28/08	U Kanan	120	5	ripples	small	thin	1	clock	flex shaft	10.5
06/28/08	U Kanan	100	5	ripples	small	thin	1	clock	flex shaft	9.6
07/01/08	Glenmore	150	5-10	6 to 8″ waves	small	thick	2	out & back	flex shaft, alum spiners, heavy boat	11.3
07/01/08	Glenmore	150	5-10	8″ waves	small	thick	6	clock loop entire lake	flex shaft, alum spiners, heavy boat	11.3
07/01/08	Glenmore	150	5	ripples	small	thick	.8	out & back	flex shaft, alum spiners, heavy boat	11.4
07/02/08	Glenmore	150	10-15	wavey	small	thin	.8	out & back	flex shaft, alum spiners, heavy boat	11.3
07/03/08	Glenmore	150	0	calm	small	thick	1.5	out & back	(same above) heavy boat	11.5
07/03/08	Glenmore	150	0	calm	small	thick	5.6	counter loop	(same above) heavy boat	11.4
07/03/08	Glenmore	200	5-10	ripples, waves	small	thick	5.6	clock loop	(same above) heavy boat	12.4
07/03/08	Glenmore	120	5-10	ripples, waves	small	thick	5.6	clock loop	(same above) heavy boat	10.4

Observations

1. Every 5 kph of wind equates to .1 kph decrease in speed 2. Big rudder is .6 kph slower than small rudder. Small rudder is .1 kph slower than no rudder 4. Paint vs packing tape was worth a speed increase of .1 kph 5. Elliminating the prop strut is worth an additional .1 kph in speed. 6. Counter clockwise loops at Elbow Valley lake are worth an additional .2 to .3 kph average speed due to current. 7. remove the seals and backing off the lock-nuts on the gear box are worth an additional .1 kph average speed. 8. The narrowed 1/4″ spring steel shaft compared to the 3/8″ stainless shaft is worth .1 kph speed increase

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