The toughest record about to fall....?

[flaming]

45 days, 13 hours, 42 minutes and 53 seconds.

That's the current, outright, RTW record set by Banque Populaire V.

Right now, not 1 but 2 massive trimarans are approaching the cape verde islands and are over 300 miles ahead of the record pace. And if they both hold together, I think at least one of them should do it. Previously the records have been solo runs, against the clock, but now we have 2 boats on the course at once, applying pressure... And they left 2 hours apart, they're basically just racing...

http://volodiaja.net/Tracking/

 

[matt1]

45 days? That's mad! Seems like only yesterday that Sir Peter Blake took Enza round in 77 days and we all marvelled at sailing round the world in less than 80 days

 

[Keen_Ed]

I reckon the toughest record is Joyon's solo RtW on Idec of 57 days. Especially as the then current RtW crewed record was 50 days.
Will be interesting to see what Gabert can do to it when he has a go.

 

[dunedin]

Long way to go yet! But they must have large privates for that game, hammering flat out round the Southern Oceans

 

[r_h]

Long way to go yet! But they must have large privates for that game, hammering flat out round the Southern Oceans

That's the interesting bit - when Banque Populaire V got round in 45 days they were throttling back for roughly 60 per cent of the distance, rather than going flat out.

 

[bbg]

Spindrift is currently 7 hours behind and 8 knots slower than Banque Populaire's time.

 

[bbg]

Bump.

Both boats still within about 7 or 8 hours (behind) BP V's record pace.

But that isn't why I'm bumping this thread. I just accidentally zoomed in on the chart. From what I see, you could use this chart to navigate anywhere in the world. Buoys, lighthouses. I just checked and it even shows air clearance under Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver. 200.1 feet, in case your rig is that tall.

Very cool.

 

[Woodlouse]

Bump.

Both boats still within about 7 or 8 hours (behind) BP V's record pace.

But that isn't why I'm bumping this thread. I just accidentally zoomed in on the chart. From what I see, you could use this chart to navigate anywhere in the world. Buoys, lighthouses. I just checked and it even shows air clearance under Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver. 200.1 feet, in case your rig is that tall.

Very cool.

It seems to be Navionics going by the watermark when zoomed out.

 

[bbg]

It is, and it is also available online without the tracker. I had no idea charts that detailed were available online for free.

I think you have to pay to download it and use some of the useful functions, though.

 

[bbg]

Half way round the world and they could be within sight of each other.

 

[TallBuoy]

How do you compare the relative positions to each other and to BP V ?

Is there a link to somewhere or are you just working it out from the info on the tracker on Avionics ?

 

[bbg]

First post in this thread contains a link.

 

[TallBuoy]

First post in this thread contains a link.

Yes I got that thanks, which is why I was asking the question! I don't get how to compare either boat against their goal as set by BP V, down to any level of accuracy.

EDIT: I've looked again and now realise the Delta figure for each of IDEC and Spindrift is the number of miles behind BP's equivalent position. I still don't know what the figure in brackets is though

 

[bbg]

Zoom in, click on the boats. Up comes a data box with the information.
Look at last line - "Delta".
"- xxx nm" means they are behind BP V's time
"XXX nm" means they are ahead of BP V's time

They are currently about 340 nm behind BP V in terms of distance to finish, after the same amount of time on the water.

 

[TallBuoy]

I think I've sussed it now. Because they are not both reporting their position at the same time, the first figure not in brackets is their actual DTF and delta to BP at the time, but the second one in brackets is somehow adjusting for the difference to give an accurate comparison.

So they are only 2 miles apart, both doing about 30 knots!! As Flaming said in the OP, they are basically racing at other.

Its also worth noting that BP-V went quite a long way west in the North Atlantic, so these two might be able to take a chunk out of the record if they can stay east.

 

[dunedin]

They are now in sight of each other in the southern ocean - amazing

http://www.sail-world.com/Jules-Verne-Trophy---Sailing-in-sight-of-each-other-in-Pacific/140907

 

[TallBuoy]

Now about 150miles apart but both ahead of the record, approaching Cape Horn, should be round tomorrow.

Sea and Air temperature about 5degs C, and they are doing 30knots - COLD!

 

[bbg]

It is really neck and neck. Back into the Atlantic and only about 250 miles separates the three boats "virtually". That might sound like a lot but at the speeds they go it could easily be eaten up in less than 12 hours.

BP V was reported to have had a slow trip across the Southern Ocean to Cape Horn so I was expecting these boats to be a bit farther ahead coming back into the Atlantic.

I'll be keeping track of this down to the wire.

 

[Rick James]

Both now unable to break the record and have switched out of 'race' mode to complete the course. Better weather luck next time.