Blueboatman
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So , for the Barnacle defence team … any takers ?
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dunedin
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And then there were 5 left ……
Again it does seem like the GGR fleet has much higher dropout rate than these “fragile” Vendee Globe boats with their foils, swing keels, twin rudders etc ;-)
Again it does seem like the GGR fleet has much higher dropout rate than these “fragile” Vendee Globe boats with their foils, swing keels, twin rudders etc ;-)
Minerva
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Is that you wielding a big stirring stick Dunedin? ?
Black Sheep
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Removing that lot will cost. It'll be a huge barnacle bill.
zoidberg
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capnsensible
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Had the great pleasure of saying hello to Pat Lawless yesterday evening.....in an Irish Bar in Lanzarote. 
Slowboat35
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Oh dear...
Simon Curwen's terminally bust his windvane and with no spares on board he's likely out of contention though safe, making way for Abhilash or Kirsten to take the lead - if she can deal with the barnacle problem!
Poor Simon, led from the finish and succumbs to yet another Hydrovane failure...
Can't say I'd fancy rounding the Horn without a windvane but it's Hobson's Choice in his position. Still, he may yet surprise us.
Kirsten's .5Kt a couple of days ago was probably when she hove to and diving on the barnies, getting rid of most of them but finding they're growing extraordinarily fast.
Simon Curwen's terminally bust his windvane and with no spares on board he's likely out of contention though safe, making way for Abhilash or Kirsten to take the lead - if she can deal with the barnacle problem!
Poor Simon, led from the finish and succumbs to yet another Hydrovane failure...
Can't say I'd fancy rounding the Horn without a windvane but it's Hobson's Choice in his position. Still, he may yet surprise us.
Kirsten's .5Kt a couple of days ago was probably when she hove to and diving on the barnies, getting rid of most of them but finding they're growing extraordinarily fast.
zoidberg
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Aye....
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capnsensible
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Indeed must be a tough one to bear having been leading and sailing so well for the whole race.
I think he is considering options on the Chilean coast to put in for repair and enter Chichester class.
Bummer.
capnsensible
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ridgy
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Astonishing not to have a backup for such a fundamental piece of equipment.
capnsensible
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That's the thing, what balance do you make between spares, weight, likelihood of failure, yadda yadda. It's a risk game.,
Blueboatman
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Casting or connecting rod ?
In the best spirit of the original single handlers, I hope he can lash something up from a bit of galley fire protective sheet metal wrapped over the casting and hammered and jubilee clipped around the con rod .. or using a winch handle or windlass handle and a hacksaw to refabricate the con rod - doubtless these tricky unpleasant fiddly and uncertainty loaded ideas will have flirted through his mind .
One might actually use a continuous rope wrapped over the casting to act as a connector, if enough existing parts have survived
So many options
Frustrating when he just wants to sail fast and well
He has sailed a blinder of a race thus far ?
dunedin
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Surely all,these long keeled boats can self steer upwind and down with nothing more than a light lashing of the tiller ;-)
But seriously, huge shame for Simon, hope he finds some safe solution. Not the place to be with no self steering
But seriously, huge shame for Simon, hope he finds some safe solution. Not the place to be with no self steering
zoidberg
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Time, perhaps, to dig out that little booklet on 'Sheet To Tiller Steering'....
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Frank Holden
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900/1000 miles to his choice of three landfalls. If he can get her to point where he wants her to go then my choice would be to enter at Bahia Cook. Then a straight forward run down Brazo Sudoeste to Pto Williams. Big challenge would be staying awake for the last 24 hours.
Easy to fly spare parts into Williams.
Pto Montt would be a beam reach to either Guafo or Chacao in 30 knot NWly so don't think that is an option.
Magallanes? That just leads to Punta Arenas which is essentially just an open roadstead - and then you have to get out the eastern end of Magallanes to the Atlantic.
Cook would be my choice or just keep going to the Falklands.
I wish him well.
Easy to fly spare parts into Williams.
Pto Montt would be a beam reach to either Guafo or Chacao in 30 knot NWly so don't think that is an option.
Magallanes? That just leads to Punta Arenas which is essentially just an open roadstead - and then you have to get out the eastern end of Magallanes to the Atlantic.
Cook would be my choice or just keep going to the Falklands.
I wish him well.
zoidberg
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I'd be surprised if he didn't manage to rig a tiller to his main rudder, then use 'sheet to tiller' techniques to make some modest progress.
Would he have charts adequate to running down the length of Brazo Sudoeste from Baia Cook?
Would he have charts adequate to running down the length of Brazo Sudoeste from Baia Cook?
Frank Holden
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Possibly not. But has he charts to get him into any other port on the Chilean coast? Magallanes to Punta Arenas would be the easiest, wide ( except for Tortuoso) and free of dangers.
The tracker has him making reasonable progress in a general westerly direction.
zoidberg
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Oh, dear, Frank. I hope that's a 'flingertrubl' typo like wot I do, and not one of those cheap Chinglese compasses fitted the wrong way up!
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zoidberg
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The 1200-ish position posts on Live Tracker suggest that Simon has 'got his Mojo working' again - with around 100nm made in a SE'ly direction - and Kirsten has, too, at over 30nm ahead of Abhilash and again in No2 slot, bumping along the lid of the 'No-Go Zone'.