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rb_stretch
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Topic: Anyone doing the Vendee Globe? Posted: 09 Dec 12 at 5:58pm |
Andy101, where are you going?
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Dougal
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Dec 12 at 6:41pm |
Yeah, the finish is the other way mate!! |
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What could possibly go wrong?
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Dougal
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 10 Dec 12 at 7:50am |
With the way the centre of that low is following me I feel a bit like Indiana Jones as he ran out of the tunnel with the huge lump of rock rolling after him...
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andy101
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 10 Dec 12 at 8:29pm |
Back on track - just a short & fairly pointless attempt to move into a better grid!
Things might get a little more interesting towards the end of this week as heading abroad for a few days without laptop. In a perfect world I will have just passed the next gate immediately prior to leaving, if not will have to set a course NE through the gate & onwards to Sri Lanka I reckon.
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rb_stretch
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 10 Dec 12 at 8:45pm |
That's what I went through in the last two weeks, had 3 days in Spain, 3 days in Poland and 3 days in Berlin. Begged and borrowed devices to keep me on track. One advantage of being in Berlin was that you tend to go out all night so I was able to do night course changes I would not have ordinarily been able to do. Just got Brussels this week for one full day only. If you are desparate I found you can use a normal browser on an Android phone. Very clunky, but does work in the end. The VR App always crashed, even after they updated it, so was next to useless.
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craiggo
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 10 Dec 12 at 11:17pm |
I'm currently abroad, and the VR website seems to be really struggling on my laptop through the hotel wifi. Oh, its just loaded ok so might be able to change direction a bit now!!!
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rb_stretch
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 11 Dec 12 at 7:34am |
Having been up a lot of the night due to an ill daughter, finally got some good sleep and missed the wind change. And naturally the site has crashed when I wake up....ggrrrr
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andy101
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 11 Dec 12 at 7:59am |
Site back up but some of the rankings are missing.
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GarethT
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 11 Dec 12 at 8:07am |
I have installed "Puffin Browser" on my iPhone, and can use the standard VR website on it.
Seems to work pretty well - only 3 days left of my free trial though so might have to dig in my pocket for the full version.
Wouldn't it be good if they made a Virtual Regatta iPhone app?!!
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rb_stretch
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 11 Dec 12 at 8:15am |
Yep, back up again. Will investigate puffin browser as I just got a new iphone yesterday. I found the android browser could also just about be used, but very very clunky, sometimes taking 10 minutes to make a change.
What boat are you sailing GarethT?
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