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    Posted: 26 Nov 12 at 8:59pm
And i just lost 35000 as well, having got up to 90,000 ish. and that was in the last 1.5 hours.
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Originally posted by jharvey

And i just lost 35000 as well, having got up to 90,000 ish. and that was in the last 1.5 hours.
 
Did we sail through a patch of weed?  Must have been the last wind update that did something, but i can't for the life of me see what.  I still think we are tactically in a better place than many, but time will tell.
 
EDIT: Some thing very strange is happening - Sparks is sailing 25 degrees higher than he should be given the wind direction in the quadrant i.e. wind direction 101 deg, Sparks heading 154 deg but angle of his boat to the wind is 79 deg.  Are you using your engine??
 
EDIT AGAIN: It's corrected itself.  The planets are back in their right places and my world is happy once more.  Interesting choice to hammer upwind though, given the longer range forecast
 


Edited by Dougal - 26 Nov 12 at 9:23pm
What could possibly go wrong?
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Just jumped from 1 cell to the other to get in slightly more wind. for 5 minutes sailing higher than necessary
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Why are they mucking about with the Ice gates? The only Ice I will be hitting is the one in my G & T
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Wow - just took 200 miles out of Scrotebeater in the last 20 minutes, and gained 35k places too!
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Originally posted by GarethT

Wow - just took 200 miles out of Scrotebeater in the last 20 minutes, and gained 35k places too!
 
whatever...
 
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Originally posted by Bootscooter

whatever...
 
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OOOoooooooo!
 
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Things about to get interesting again on thursday, not sure if I can get south quite quickly enough to catch the low or more likely get dumped in a hole again!
 
And presumably that will be what the next month will be like, some of us flying along in 40 knots of breeze whilst others will be sitting in a hole waiting for the next front to catch up?
 
At the least holes should be a bit more short lived than the one Craggio spent a week in near Tenerife Wink
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Things about to get interesting again on thursday, not sure if I can get south quite quickly enough to catch the low or more likely get dumped in a hole again!
 
And presumably that will be what the next month will be like, some of us flying along in 40 knots of breeze whilst others will be sitting in a hole waiting for the next front to catch up?
 
At the least holes should be a bit more short lived than the one Craggio spent a week in near Tenerife Wink


Yeah, but I managed a weeks package holiday in Playa de las Americas, while you'll be shivering in the falklands!
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Yeah, but I managed a weeks package holiday in Playa de las Americas, while you'll be shivering in the falklands!
 
*Reminisces of time in Veronicas during Sierra Leone Op*
 
 
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