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Saturday, 29 July 2006
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It was a typical mid-winter Nelson day here; clear, clam, and crisp in the shade. The harbour was like a mirror. The perfect day for a kayak. Devon and I paddled out to Haul-ashore island which sits at Nelson harbour entrance to find a geo-cache hidden out there. Quite co-incidently today was the annual 'blessing of the fleet' so the harbour was filled with all manner of craft. An auspicious start to our kayaking season. We got back just as it was getting dark and I couldn't feel my fingers and toes for the cold. After changing into some warm dry clothes I enjoyed this sunset from under the palm tree at the end of Akersten St. 
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7:38:33 PM 
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Sunday, 23 July 2006
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Gusty southwest winds across the Wakapuaka sand flats this afternoon brought most of Nelson's kite buggying community out of the wood work... all 5 of us! I decided about midday to take my buggy and kites out to dodge the mud and puddles out there. I don't mind getting wet and muddy when it is that much fun. I'd been hooning around for a couple of hours when I spotted another kite take to the air down by the sand flats entrance. It was Marty's Venom. I haven't seen him since an afternoon on Rabbit Island beach back in late summer. A little while later Roy's blue and white c-quad appeared (haven't seen him in ages either), then Ted and Tim showed up about 3.30pm. For the rest of the afternoon we chased and raced each other all over the place until it started to get dark. I think we were all blowing out the winter cobwebs. Ended up cold, tired, wet.... and happy. I just had to stop at "the Glen" on the way home to sit on the boulder bank and watch the dramatic sunset. I am now fully ready to face another week. If only every weekend could come together like this... 
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9:58:57 PM
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Saturday, 22 July 2006
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http://kitebuggy.co.nz/archives/000037.html He's finally done it. Perrin, (aka terminator, aka sand-sifter) of Kiteworks has broken the 100 kilometers per hour speed barrier on a kite buggy. Interestingly it wasn't some hot new buggy design that he did it on, but rather the classic Peter Lynn 5-wheeler (with extended side rails and a wide back axle). In his own words.... Hi there
Here is my personal top speed in a buggy - 101 KPH 62 MPH
On the 03032006 I finally broke the 100 kph barrier after years of trying.
I did it using a Peter Lynn Comp Buggy with upgraded 32mm extended side frames, a 1.4m giga strong axle and a 5 wheel kit.
Wheels were alloy rims with treaded tyres
Buggy mass is 35kg, driver mass is 70kg and I carried 40kg ballast
The kite was a 12m Naish Shockwave hard wired to the buggy frame
The beach was Muriwai, New Zealand .Soft, damp, black iron sand with a 2km run in 25-40 knots cross onshore (south west)
Most of the runs that day were. You're a legend mate. I wonder if this is going to be like the four minute mile; now that physological barrier of 100kph is gone will we see this record broken again and again?
9:34:34 AM
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Monday, 10 July 2006
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Sunday, 9 July 2006
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We've had a gusty SW wind for the last three days. The sand flats are just dry enough to make kite buggying possible, but just damp enough to make the powerslides on the slick muddy surface humongous fun. I was out there till dusk yesterday afternoon... 
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Todays weather was identical. I even used the same kites, starting with a stack of excaliburs, then onto the 3 meter blade as the gusts smoothed out around 3pm, then finally the 5.5m pepper as the sun went down. Having three other buggys to race around with this afternoon made it even better. It was the scheduled Nelson Kite Club get-together; four of us braved the cold. It was one of the best little buggy sessions of the year, so far... and I needed it to shake those winter blues.
Four kites, four kite buggy pilots, and a stiff sou-wester... 
(Dave doing some stunt riding... intentional, of course ;)
9:36:10 PM
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Saturday, 8 July 2006
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7:34:20 PM
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