Vendée Globe 2016-2017

flaming said:
To put that in context the singlehanded monohull record currently stands at 534 miles. An average of 22.7 knots.

I think he could well beat that, but I'd also put money on it not being by a huge amount, as the angle is a bit hot and the waves will be a bit short period. I'd bet on someone bettering it by a lot once they're in the Southern ocean and have much longer swell period. Comanche's overall monohull record of 618 miles (just over 25 knots) looks eminently achievable by these boats now.
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Looking at next weeks winds, the ice exclusion zone will probably get in the way and frustrate the leaders. Is it lower (latitude) than last time?
 
I know there was a list posted at the beginning of this thread, but I am still surprised that on the official Vendee pages it is not easy to find info as to which boats are foiling and which ones are not.

SMA (is she the only non-foiling boat in the 'magnificent seven’ ??) seems to be going remarkably well :)
 
marktrigg said:
I know there was a list posted at the beginning of this thread, but I am still surprised that on the official Vendee pages it is not easy to find info as to which boats are foiling and which ones are not.

SMA (is she the only non-foiling boat in the 'magnificent seven’ ??) seems to be going remarkably well :)
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The rankings page marks them beside the skipper's name...
 
Cheers for the reply ...

Have found the rankings page (first time I've looked at that), but can't see
the foiling / non-foiling mentioned next to their names :nonchalance:
 
Bertrand de Broc has been forced to retire. That brings the fleet down to 27- a very low attrition rate compares to previous races.

It appears he hit something all the way back at Portugal and has only now taken the time to anchor and dive to inspect the damage.
 
Anchoring these yachts is a nightmare. They commonly carry 2 x FX55 (though in the past some have carried Guardians). The anchors are stored below, obviously, and they carry a short length of chain and long length of nylon. There is nothing sensible on the bow to which to tie the rode. If they need to anchor for any length of time they need to make up a bridle as the kicker wire that holds the prodder down cuts the nylon rode. But sailing at 60' yacht into shelter, getting it into the right place, deploying the anchor - and then reversing the sequence is not easy with a full crew, let alone, alone.

Anchors were used on 2 previous races, both coincidentally at Auckland Island (60 or 70 degrees south). I cannot recall the competitors but the first time 8 years ago the kicker wire cut through the rode and the second anchor was deployed. On leaving the rode was simply cut. The second time 4 years ago either the anchor dragged or again the rode was cut and disqualification resulted when a well meaning (I think) Russian on a Antarctic research vessel came to help.
 
Although thinking about routing software. Could be tricky editing a polar for routing if the software assumes the polar is symmetrical, as it usually would be.
 
Martin_J said:
Although thinking about routing software. Could be tricky editing a polar for routing if the software assumes the polar is symmetrical, as it usually would be.
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The hull of Hugo Boss was designed to also be fast without foils, as it was always anticipated that they could get broken off. I would thus expect that the onboard computer is also thus equipped with polars for foil-less hull.

The lack of symmetry might be a problem though. I don't know what routing software he is using but I don't suppose most commercial routing softwares cater for asymmetric polars.
 
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