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Rupert 
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Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
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 Topic: VORPosted: 25 Nov 14 at 7:48pm |
Were you a day early starting?! |
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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Kev M
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Posted: 25 Nov 14 at 9:38pm |
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So far so good but the next 24hrs will be painful.
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Successfully confusing ambition with ability since 1980.
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andy101
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Posted: 25 Nov 14 at 10:07pm |
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Seems like a week. Almost everyone else put on their virtual bobble hats and headed for the roaring forties whereas I put on the virtual suncream and followed the direct route at about a third of the speed, they have temporarily slowed down but I think they will hook into more following breeze when I get another headwind in a couple of days.
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Kev M
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Posted: 27 Nov 14 at 7:11am |
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Looks like the gamble to go north early might have just paid off, but only just. My positioining wasn't great heading south east for the first few days and now I'm somewhere near the front. Last night I dropped out of the top 1000 for the first time in 3 or 4 days and sgtpepper took at least 100 miles out of me.
Finally though I'm heading north again only losing fractions of a knot to sgtpepper but still losing places overall. Can't wait to pass mauritius and start heading down wind again. I'd be stuffed though if it wasn't for the true wind angle autopilot and the auto sail change extras though. No doubt about it. Edited by Kev M - 27 Nov 14 at 7:12am |
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andy101
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Posted: 27 Nov 14 at 7:24pm |
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Ouch, currently stuck in 1.7 knots of breeze and barely going to move one grid in the next 24 hours.
Did you have those extras for the previous leg as well Kev? I seem to recall being quite close. Think I may have to shell out for the next one! |
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Kev M
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Posted: 27 Nov 14 at 7:27pm |
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I bought them just as we were heading for the gybe mark off brasil.
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andy101
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Posted: 27 Nov 14 at 9:40pm |
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Ok, think I will leave it for this one as I have messed it up anyway but may go for it on the next one
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laser193713
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Posted: 30 Nov 14 at 6:03pm |
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all getting tricky again now! I am favouring a course way west of the rhum line for more breeze over the coming days but it may come and bite me in the backside when the wind comes from the north east later in the leg and i end up putting a tack in. Hopefully I can stay far enough east before that shift so that i can fetch the mark further north.
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andy101
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Posted: 02 Dec 14 at 8:16pm |
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Still not any clearer which way to go, left was looking better a day or two ago but less obvious now don't really want to go straight up the middle but if undecided for to much longer that is what will happen
Has anyone got a better weather site they are using? |
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GybeFunny
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Posted: 02 Dec 14 at 8:19pm |
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Try www.zezo.org for a computer routing, it is currently suggesting going right is faster.
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