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Rupert View Drop Down
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    Posted: 25 Nov 14 at 7:48pm
Originally posted by andy101

after about a week  


Were you a day early starting?!
Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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Kev M View Drop Down
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Far too distracted from work


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So far so good but the next 24hrs will be painful.
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andy101 View Drop Down
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Posts: 176 		Post Options Post Options   Quote andy101 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Nov 14 at 10:07pm
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 View Drop Down
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Posts: 346 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Kev M Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Nov 14 at 7:11am
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 View Drop Down
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Posts: 176 		Post Options Post Options   Quote andy101 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Nov 14 at 7:24pm
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 View Drop Down
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Posts: 346 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Kev M Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Nov 14 at 7:27pm
I bought them just as we were heading for the gybe mark off brasil.
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andy101 View Drop Down
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Posts: 176 		Post Options Post Options   Quote andy101 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Nov 14 at 9:40pm
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 View Drop Down
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Posts: 889 		Post Options Post Options   Quote laser193713 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Nov 14 at 6:03pm
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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Posts: 176 		Post Options Post Options   Quote andy101 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 Dec 14 at 8:16pm
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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Posts: 403 		Post Options Post Options   Quote GybeFunny Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 Dec 14 at 8:19pm
Try www.zezo.org for a computer routing, it is currently suggesting going right is faster.
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