Anyone doing the Vendee Globe?

Been out since 8am when the wind was from the SE - come back and been sailing downwind for the last 7 hours without the kite up & wind is NW. Lost 7k and still over 200k   

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andy101 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 11 Jan 11 Online Status: Offline Posts: 176	Post Options Post Reply Quote andy101 Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Anyone doing the Vendee Globe? Posted: 15 Nov 12 at 5:33pm
	Been out since 8am when the wind was from the SE - come back and been sailing downwind for the last 7 hours without the kite up & wind is NW. Lost 7k and still over 200k

Dougal Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 23 Sep 09 Location: England Online Status: Offline Posts: 556	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dougal Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Nov 12 at 10:44am
	Good idea. Some one has stuck Madeira right in my way - can I protest about that?

tgruitt Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 02 Dec 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2479	Post Options Post Reply Quote tgruitt Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Nov 12 at 10:37am
	I submitted a protest as a joke last night. It seems it's been taken seriously and a lot of other people have submitted them too... oops!
	Needs to sail more...

mongrel Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 27 Aug 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 304	Post Options Post Reply Quote mongrel Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Nov 12 at 7:29am
	Getting the wind to show seems pretty intermittent.

GybeFunny Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 27 Oct 09 Online Status: Offline Posts: 403	Post Options Post Reply Quote GybeFunny Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Nov 12 at 7:28am
	I have been playing this, currently in 232513th but I honestly believe I am pretty well positioned very far north, I passed through the middle of the azores at 20knots last night. Yacht name simong

rb_stretch Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 23 Aug 10 Online Status: Offline Posts: 742	Post Options Post Reply Quote rb_stretch Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Nov 12 at 7:12am
	I lost 30000 places stuck head to wind. Reading the comments on SA it seems crashing is not a one off occurence, which does make you wonder if it is worth the effort playing the game......

mongrel Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 27 Aug 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 304	Post Options Post Reply Quote mongrel Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Nov 12 at 7:08am
	I've lost about 40000 places stuck head to wind! Glad I didn't spend any money buying credits for this!

andy101 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 11 Jan 11 Online Status: Offline Posts: 176	Post Options Post Reply Quote andy101 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Nov 12 at 6:54am
	up 5k but was stuck head to wind at 3ks when I switched on just now and back to heading due west again. Out all day so will probably have the same prob again today at some point!

Dougal Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 23 Sep 09 Location: England Online Status: Offline Posts: 556	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dougal Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Nov 12 at 6:38am
	Hmm. Down 25,000 places thanks to the 'glitch'. Oh well.

laser193713 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 13 May 09 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 889	Post Options Post Reply Quote laser193713 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Nov 12 at 4:52am
	gone from 210000 to 65000 during that maintainance! Looking set to make more gains today. I am off to METS now, hence being up so early! Lets hope my "safe course" sees me through the weather update and a day in Holland!