co256
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Ocean Race Track has now been updated with all known participants and latest known positions here...
http://www.oceanracetrack.com/ortevent.aspx?id=37
http://www.oceanracetrack.com/ortevent.aspx?id=37
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oldbilbo
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Er, not quite....Not yet.... as of 191030AMay
The 'linkman', Eric Landlauer, has still to make the inputs. Watch this space....
There have been several retirements AFAIK - Bill Churchouse, Roy Tall, Colin Reid.
Tony Head/Triple Venture continues to forge on, as does Thom D'Arcy/Fathom and Duncan Sclare/Freebird. They are about clear of the oceanic 'drop off' WSW of Ushant.
Steve Hickey/Newlyn Maid is in Carrick Roads with rigging issues.
Colin Reid/Tui and Ertan Beskardes/Lokum are reported to have turned back.
Edit: 191215AMay - Guy Willing/Bluegrass has retired to Falmouth with forestay attachment ( mast head ) failure. Will return to Cowes 'as and 'when'.
The 'linkman', Eric Landlauer, has still to make the inputs. Watch this space....
There have been several retirements AFAIK - Bill Churchouse, Roy Tall, Colin Reid.
Tony Head/Triple Venture continues to forge on, as does Thom D'Arcy/Fathom and Duncan Sclare/Freebird. They are about clear of the oceanic 'drop off' WSW of Ushant.
Steve Hickey/Newlyn Maid is in Carrick Roads with rigging issues.
Colin Reid/Tui and Ertan Beskardes/Lokum are reported to have turned back.
Edit: 191215AMay - Guy Willing/Bluegrass has retired to Falmouth with forestay attachment ( mast head ) failure. Will return to Cowes 'as and 'when'.
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co256
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If you follow the link you will find it is live!
oldbilbo
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From Tony Head/Triple Venture, certainly one of the most experienced of the present group..... 191840AMay
oldbilbo
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With regret, somewhat out of date now with 4-6 retirements as of 191840AMay. Nevertheless, Duncan's input to OceanRaceTrack should be monitored, for a dozen other boats seem still to be heading into the big headwinds mentioned by Tony Head above.
oldbilbo
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Something to think about... from posts elsewhere....
Also...
From recent 'scruteing' involvement during the preps for the Transat, I'm aware that a number of mandatory items of equipment seemed - to me and to the vastly-experienced singlehanded Multi50 skippers - rather pointless. e.g TWO horseshoe lifebuoys, very rudimentary, tiny first aid kits...... while other useful items had been dropped from the Regs - such as rocket flares.
This latter was due, apparently, to a very recent change of regs, and all the Multi50 boats still had them on board. Most skippers, being advised that they were no longer mandatory, retained them..... for they were considered a darned sight more useful than some of the other pyrotechnics demanded.
We agreed, 'preparateurs', skippers and 'scruteurs' to blame the idiocies on The Committee - with expressive Gallic shrugs all round.
One item NOT demanded, but certainly needed by one or two, was a helmet to protect the head from swinging furling gear, etc.
Besides simple 'box ticking', I used my modest involvement to ask questions/learn a little - both from the Transat and the Jester skippers a few days later - and I listened with interest as different individuals justified their belief in 'this and that' and not 'something else', both during the Transat preparations and among the Jesters gathered at the Tamar River Sailing Club a couple of miles from Sutton Harbour.
I hold the view that discussion and dialogue, perhaps through a venue such as this - or several such - is likely to be an effective channel for spreading knowledge, judgement, experience and ethos.
Perhaps a late-season seminar?
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From recent 'scruteing' involvement during the preps for the Transat, I'm aware that a number of mandatory items of equipment seemed - to me and to the vastly-experienced singlehanded Multi50 skippers - rather pointless. e.g TWO horseshoe lifebuoys, very rudimentary, tiny first aid kits...... while other useful items had been dropped from the Regs - such as rocket flares.
This latter was due, apparently, to a very recent change of regs, and all the Multi50 boats still had them on board. Most skippers, being advised that they were no longer mandatory, retained them..... for they were considered a darned sight more useful than some of the other pyrotechnics demanded.
We agreed, 'preparateurs', skippers and 'scruteurs' to blame the idiocies on The Committee - with expressive Gallic shrugs all round.
One item NOT demanded, but certainly needed by one or two, was a helmet to protect the head from swinging furling gear, etc.
Besides simple 'box ticking', I used my modest involvement to ask questions/learn a little - both from the Transat and the Jester skippers a few days later - and I listened with interest as different individuals justified their belief in 'this and that' and not 'something else', both during the Transat preparations and among the Jesters gathered at the Tamar River Sailing Club a couple of miles from Sutton Harbour.
I hold the view that discussion and dialogue, perhaps through a venue such as this - or several such - is likely to be an effective channel for spreading knowledge, judgement, experience and ethos.
Perhaps a late-season seminar?
oldbilbo
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FYI...
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oldbilbo
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This where it's at, tonight-ish, Saturday 21 May....
Consider that in the light of what's whirling across the Atlantic out to the west....
Edit: It seems Thom/Fathom has anchored tonight in the Spanish Ria de Cedeira, so that our reports of position are clearly out-of-date.
Consider that in the light of what's whirling across the Atlantic out to the west....
Edit: It seems Thom/Fathom has anchored tonight in the Spanish Ria de Cedeira, so that our reports of position are clearly out-of-date.
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Babylon
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La Voile magazine's online article on the challenge:
http://www.voilemagazine.com/2016/05/jester-azores-challenge-un-retour-aux-sources/
Google's translation (ignore the mis-translations like bridesmaid weather, the gist is there!):
Jester Azores Challenge: back to basics
We will not mind if you ignore all the Jester Azores Challenge whose departure was given on May 15 Plymouth at 13 am, French time. This is in strict anonymity that the 20 competitors set sail on the Island of Terceira by a breeze bridesmaid announced before the bad weather coming days. Probably some disgruntled people will not fail to note that a small twenty committed do not deserve interested. And that the fleet of monohulls with a length between 20 and 30 feet oblige- regulation does not justify the lines and lines. Yet the race is remarkable for its spirit appears as a return to the origins of the first edition of The Transat. By name Jester Challenge, she pays tribute to an iconic boat of the Transat 1960: Jester. The junk rig folkboat Colonel Blondie Hasler. Lieutenant Colonel Ewen Southby-Tailyour, 73, a veteran of the Falklands war, wrote a book on Blondie, hero of an unlikely commando kayaking on the Gironde in 1942 ... but that's another story. The other major feature of the Jester Azores Challenge, reliance on competitors. They only need to sign a waiver stating that they have on board all the safety equipment. However, even in bad weather, it does not matter for the organizers to postpone the start. It is noted in the race entries. Each of deciding whether to share or not. As for the fleet to which most British veteran of 79 years, Rodger Fitzgerald, she especially considering cruise ships, some equipped with a sailing junk.
A Voile Magazine, we bet on Julien Pipat who participated in trials of our newspaper and leads Bula. His boat: a long Robber 3 E 7.50 m in Britain that Julien has modified itself by remaking the bow to incorporate a bowsprit and replacing the old saffron by a two from scoops Nacira 6.50 m.
Julien Pipat and His Robber 3 E.Alumnus of the Nautical Institute in Britain, formerly stratifieur in the construction Eluère Thierry Julien, one of the two French of the event, held to provide an oceanic interlude in his antique business. Ultimate precision, no prize is awarded to competitors. In this test, we race for fun. Just for fun.
http://www.voilemagazine.com/2016/05/jester-azores-challenge-un-retour-aux-sources/
Google's translation (ignore the mis-translations like bridesmaid weather, the gist is there!):
Jester Azores Challenge: back to basics
We will not mind if you ignore all the Jester Azores Challenge whose departure was given on May 15 Plymouth at 13 am, French time. This is in strict anonymity that the 20 competitors set sail on the Island of Terceira by a breeze bridesmaid announced before the bad weather coming days. Probably some disgruntled people will not fail to note that a small twenty committed do not deserve interested. And that the fleet of monohulls with a length between 20 and 30 feet oblige- regulation does not justify the lines and lines. Yet the race is remarkable for its spirit appears as a return to the origins of the first edition of The Transat. By name Jester Challenge, she pays tribute to an iconic boat of the Transat 1960: Jester. The junk rig folkboat Colonel Blondie Hasler. Lieutenant Colonel Ewen Southby-Tailyour, 73, a veteran of the Falklands war, wrote a book on Blondie, hero of an unlikely commando kayaking on the Gironde in 1942 ... but that's another story. The other major feature of the Jester Azores Challenge, reliance on competitors. They only need to sign a waiver stating that they have on board all the safety equipment. However, even in bad weather, it does not matter for the organizers to postpone the start. It is noted in the race entries. Each of deciding whether to share or not. As for the fleet to which most British veteran of 79 years, Rodger Fitzgerald, she especially considering cruise ships, some equipped with a sailing junk.
A Voile Magazine, we bet on Julien Pipat who participated in trials of our newspaper and leads Bula. His boat: a long Robber 3 E 7.50 m in Britain that Julien has modified itself by remaking the bow to incorporate a bowsprit and replacing the old saffron by a two from scoops Nacira 6.50 m.
Julien Pipat and His Robber 3 E.Alumnus of the Nautical Institute in Britain, formerly stratifieur in the construction Eluère Thierry Julien, one of the two French of the event, held to provide an oceanic interlude in his antique business. Ultimate precision, no prize is awarded to competitors. In this test, we race for fun. Just for fun.
oldbilbo
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Julien Pipat on a charge!
Now where's Roger F. in 'Ella Trout'....?
Now where's Roger F. in 'Ella Trout'....?
