armchairsailor
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Very Interesting indeed. Dame Ellen said Alex had a spare foil and fitted it
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As the orange one says: fake news!
Good luck Alex - we're all rooting for you.
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Vendée Globe 2016-2017
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As the orange one says: fake news!
Good luck Alex - we're all rooting for you.
NormanB
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If he had a spare foil and had the ability to fit on the move he would have done it yonks ago.
Spyro
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It was in a locker with his spare keel but he couldn't move it out of the way
NormanB
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Very Interesting indeed. Dame Ellen said Alex had a spare foil and fitted it
Did she actually say that? Dame Ellen on R4 today programme
Andrew E
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She did indeed. Go to - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08bhpbs and skip to 1:46:45
Maybe she's not following the race hence her mistake in saying that.
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C08
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Please excuse my ignorance in this-Do the Vendee racers know where each other is?
MoodySabre
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Only at the scheduled times that we see unless they are close and have AIS running.
Porthandbuoy
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Who will tack first I wonder? This is knicker gripping stuff!
C08
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The event organisers and spectators must be thrilled to have such a close finish and in daylight, presumably.
NormanB
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Sincere apologies Andrew she did indeed say that. In fact she said he had already replaced it! She is mistaken.
Alex clawed a few miles in ,now 36.3 miles behind but both now sailing at similar speeds Remora model predicts Alex will gain maybe 5 more miles before the turn but once on Port tack Armel will have the advantage and stretch his lead to 4 hours at the finish, barring the unexpected of course.
Update from the VG website:
The tracker will update hourly once the leader gets to within 100nm of the finish. More information on how to follow the finish of the Vendée Globe can be found here http://www.Vendeeglobe.org/en/village-for-the-finish/how-to-follow-the-finish
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tcm
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Tides becoming important now ...
Orla
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Would these foils not have been designed to be interchangeable?
Are dagger boards interchangeable for that matter?
I imagine they are big bits of kit to carry a spare....
Are dagger boards interchangeable for that matter?
I imagine they are big bits of kit to carry a spare....
NormanB
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The Remora model suggests Armel will arrive at approx 1400 GMT in daylight, Alex at approx 1700 GMT which will be in the dark.
Let's hope the model is wrong.
tcm
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They are large, wing- type things, and surely not a chance of swapping one at sea. I would have thought they are handed, but it’s irrelevant really
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They're very heavy. Currently he's speeding along at 13 knots on the port foil, which is in the water. How on earth is he going to take it off and fit it the other side? Even if it were possible to do it with the boat stopped, that would lose him the race anyway.
zoidberg
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Yes, and local knowledge, of which ALC will have plenty. He's a top Figaro sailor, of course, and the waters off West and South Brittany are his training grounds.
They'll both have to avoid the Off Ouessant TSS complex, and I'm wondering if one of them will make a dive through the Passage de Fromveur or down the Chenal de La Helle..... Such would make a spectacular 'last-lap' ending to a spectacular race - and give their sponsors much-enhanced TV coverage.
LePacha
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I seem to remember (might have read it on this thread actually so take this information with a bit of caution) that each foil was around 250kg. Anyway I imagine that they have a certain aerodynamic shape, and I don't think that they would be interchangeable (i.e. the port one being put on the starboard side).
ex-Gladys
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More to the point, the lower part of the board curves in towards the centre of the boat , removal is from underneath...
LePacha
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So that's this bit sorted then - impossible to change the foil. I hope we'll see pictures when he arrives.
Was listening to the "vacations" of this morning. Alex seems completely exhausted. Issues with his automated pilots in wind mode. Hasn't slept apparently much (if at all) over the past three days and he said he was out of options.
Just hope he will be careful. Very impressed by his performance.
Was listening to the "vacations" of this morning. Alex seems completely exhausted. Issues with his automated pilots in wind mode. Hasn't slept apparently much (if at all) over the past three days and he said he was out of options.
Just hope he will be careful. Very impressed by his performance.
tudorsailor
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Why did they go so very far north before turning to head to the finish? Was it simply lack of wind
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