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    Posted: 18 Nov 12 at 5:54pm
remember 4yrs ago, thinking I'd been very clever and avoided a massive hole... it moved, twice, on subsequent forecasts and sat all over my course for 3 days in the end... hope they've improved the model somewhat since
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Originally posted by getafix

was west-of-rhum, now working towards east-of-rhum line, picking up places as I go... can see Dougal going way left.... hhhmm, not so sure about that.. think I will weave through, or just to the east of the cape-verde islands
 
I have just gybed - I went a little further west than i intended but frankly I had better things to do on a Sunday afternoon than sit on the computer waiting for the moment to gybe!  I will probably end up carving through the cape verde's now.
 
Getafix - what is your boat name? 
 
 
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I had dropped 150k places by the time I gybed. Now well clear to the West of the Cape Verdes with some good downwind angles, so really hoping to make up some places from my current position of 235k.
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Originally posted by andy101

I am less sure now, we are all heading into a large hole tuesday and the answer will probably be which side the wind fills in from first.......probably the opposite of where you want it to!  
 
Is Bootscooter intending to cross or keep going down the coast?  
 
I'm going to try and ghost along the coastline - doubt if it'll work but I've made my bed.... LOL
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Site is down again... Thank god I gybed an hour ago!
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Not again!!! I bet I crash into the African coast now.
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I'll end up in antartica, its fine! Ive lost loads of places recently, oh well
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Site is back up and running. Bloody lucky really, It came back when I was only 8miles away from the African coast doing 10kts!!!!



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BBQ on the beach!
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Posts: 556 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Dougal Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Nov 12 at 9:52pm

Just out of interest I entered another boat into this, and found that I start 50,000 places ahead of where my first boat is.  This could be a useful tactic!

 
 
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