Golden Globe Race

[Skylark]

Yeah, from what I've read that takes thousands of fixes to get good, and even then people are still miles out..........

Blimey! What sources of reference have you been reading?

oschonrock and the good captain have given very good, experienced based advice on celestial navigation.

I’m also of the view that a Sextant is a work of engineering pleasure. The process of taking a sight and reducing it to a Position Line is not so difficult to learn but does take practice to improve, just like most things in life. My first sun-mp-sun fix, using a plastic sextant, off wind, about F4 with little swell, was about 30M out (compared to the GPS). As explained well by oschonrock, that would have been perfectly adequate to keep us safe and on-track towards our destination.

Another good discipline of celestial navigation is the daily compass check. Well worth while, especially in regions with high magnetic variation.

 

[GHA]

Interesting watching Jeanne Socrates tactics against the golden globers - quite different with sat/weather/lots modern kit and in no great rush. She seems to have no problem heaving to to wait the weather out & then get in a better position for the next system coming through.

She's spent a load of time down there so well worth listening to, also likes her JSD.

Thinking about trying to move on S a bit after present winds have eased somewhat. Would like to get more S ready for next system to pass to North - don't like the look of its very big swells added to its strong winds... Means moving later tonight and then heaving to again once we've arrived at 55S.]

https://svnereida.com/blog

https://cms.winlink.org:444/maps/Po...sign=KC2IOV&title=Position Reports for KC2IOV

 

[zoidberg]

It seems that Jean-Luc has left the NE corner of Brazil/Recife behind and, with the beam wind now slowly freeing, he is speeding up - with several days of Trade Wind sailing ahead of him before he runs into the ITCZ/Doldrums some 4-5 days ahead.

He should pass the tropical Ilha de Fernando de Noronha around midday during the 24th.....

 

[zoidberg]

Am pleased to note that the wily ould fox Jean-Luc has pulled his lead, at the time of writing, back to 1000nm.... partly by his tactical gamble of heading closer to the Brazil coast than 'the norm' and partly due to Uku running into lighter breeze.

Swings and roundabouts, I s'pose, and it'll be very interesting to see where they each choose to cross the Doldrums/ITCZ light winds zone...... and what the lead/DTG looks ike when they emerge.

It's also pleasing that Susie Goodall has popped up briefly on Facebook, acknowledging the huge support she enjoys.

 

[capnsensible]

Looks like Uku Randmaa is set to take a right pasting in the S, Atlantic. Fingers crossed for him, its gonna be a tough one.

https://goldengloberace.com/socialhub/

 

[GHA]

Looks like Uku Randmaa is set to take a right pasting in the S, Atlantic. Fingers crossed for him, its gonna be a tough one.

https://goldengloberace.com/socialhub/

Windy looks bit different from the livetracker windy option - either way he's gonna get hit by the looks of it -

Meanwhile Jeanne Socrates, not racing with only 50 year old technology is playing frogger with the lows, heaving too while they pass. Smart cookie

https://svnereida.com/blog

 

[Frank Holden]

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Meanwhile Jeanne Socrates, not racing with only 50 year old technology is playing frogger with the lows, heaving too while they pass. Smart cookie

https://svnereida.com/blog

She seems to spend rather a lot of time hove to...

However she has about 9250 miles to go to Stewart Island if she stays in about 45* S .. at 120 miles a day
that puts her there at the end of March....

The autumnal/equinoctial gales can get away in mid March down there...

She needs to keep moving.... shouldn't be too hard with access to all that weather info...

Uka Randmaa rounded the Horn (almost) in company with her... he is now some 500 plus miles to her NNE.... https://maps.sail.cloud/home/event/19

 

[GHA]

She needs to keep moving.... shouldn't be too hard with access to all that weather info...

Uka Randmaa rounded the Horn (almost) in company with her... he is now some 500 plus miles to her NNE.... https://maps.sail.cloud/home/event/19

Suspect she's an awful lot happier with her position that if she was sailing next to Uku....

Not like it's the first time she done this.

Uku Randmaa Golden Globe Race 2018 has not been able to run form the storm now over him. It is fast moving so will create challenges for about 12 hours with initial Northerly winds gusting to 60kts and 7mtr Seas swinging to West then South west quickly about six hours later. This could create breaking cross seas. Once the storm passes and the wind drops suddenly there is the challenge of the reaming unstable big seas.

 

[capnsensible]

The race leader, Jean-Luc seems to be having a 'difference of opinion' about his time penalty. Every race has its own rules......

 

[Hacker]

He seems to think that without GPS he couldn’t be expected to know his position. I would have thought that he was used to using DR?

 

[{151760}]

He seems to think that without GPS he couldn’t be expected to know his position. I would have thought that he was used to using DR?

After twenty-odd thousand miles, his 'circle of uncertainty' would be fairly large wouldn't it?

 

[Hacker]

No, DR from where he was asked to turn. It only needs to be relative not absolute.

 

[zoidberg]

This has turned into farce....

 

[{151760}]

No, DR from where he was asked to turn. It only needs to be relative not absolute.

Ok. I expect frustration and fatigue have played a large part in this.

 

[Sandy]

After twenty-odd thousand miles, his 'circle of uncertainty' would be fairly large wouldn't it?

Depends on the last time he got a sextant fix, I am pretty sure they had them 50 years ago.

 

[zoidberg]

Shouldn't have been hard to get a Sight For Latitude, or even to have asked the GGR management team to tell him if/weh he was about to 'go the wrong side'. Would I be alone in harbouring the thught that J-L might be getting just a little pissed off with those armchair wonks by now?

 

[anoccasionalyachtsman]

This has turned into farce....

No, just checked with the GGR office and they've told the OED that the definition of farce has been amended, and now specifically excludes yacht race management.

 

[Mark-1]

https://goldengloberace.com/day-190-van-den-heede-serves-18-hour-penalty/

He ultimately accepted he was over for 3 hours.

 

[Frank Holden]

I would have thought that the time spent sorting out his rig and pondering his future back in the SoPac was penalty enough.

 

[Robert Wilson]

I would have thought that the time spent sorting out his rig and pondering his future back in the SoPac was penalty enough.

I'm with you on that - but I suppose rools is rools