Anyone doing the Vendee Globe?

Made 30k overnight as further west than most (and still behind). Difficult to get a good angle at the moment as wind is pretty much due north just now, if it drops will have to start sailing more angles I think.

I hope none of you were run down by virtual trawlers in the night?

Actually, is it possible to log on as a fishing boat, and go hunting Vendee boats?

Originally posted by Rupert I hope none of you were run down by virtual trawlers in the night?

As colregs say that a sailing boat must give way to a boat engaged in fishing isn't the boot rather on the other foot? I should say its sailing boats running down trawlers, not vice versa. I wonder what will happen if the bowsprit on some vendee boat with the skipper asleep brains a fisherman going about his business? There would be no doubt at all where the liability lay.

It is feeling pretty lonely on the good ship simong out in the west, I just gybed south, hopefully I will get good wind to get a good doldrums crossing and only then will I start improving on my current 247,000th position.

Originally posted by Rupert Lucky this lot are only doing it on line - imagine 100,000 boats with their skippers fast asleep all charging down the Atlantic in real life!