E39mad
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Yes took the penalty whilst the wind was at it's lightest and before the limit of when he could take it.
Vendee Globe and Alex Thomson / Hugo Boss
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Yes took the penalty whilst the wind was at it's lightest and before the limit of when he could take it.
cherod
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Aye , they are no daft these frogs ? and making good progress now
cherod
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Have you looked at where the low will be in 24 hours time ?
Airscrew
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Yes indeed.
I looked 2 days ago, yesterday and today. I see a high confidence of it continuing as is.
I see the same scenario as Matt.
And Alex is well positioned.
And I think Alex will be able to jibe and start south before Cam does.
But who knows.
Almost anything could happen.
Thats the fascination.
cherod
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yes , that low does not seem to be moving very fast ,, depends who can position to ride it best . but Cam is nearer to it and should have it longer ... ( long shot !! ) Le Cam will get more out of it and ride it right on down little S x E to eventually take advantage of what wind there is coming off africa , which is the only thing in the longer term , AT will by then be too far west where there does not appear to be anything developing ,, ( ?? ) excellent stuff..
nxt update not until 9 oclock,,
( thats gonna be interesting )
nxt update not until 9 oclock,,
( thats gonna be interesting )
Mudisox
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Interesting to see which poster is backing for whom.
RichardBruno
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Looking at the tracking at six this morning, it looks like Alex and Jean will enter the NW quadrant of Storm Theta. Just checking my theory that as the storm is moving directly east, the NW quadrant is the relatively the safest?
dom
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Also whooosh, whooosh, zoom, not slam, slam, slam
And yes, for a Northern Hemisphere depression you are correct as apparent windspeed will be the slowest in that quadrant. Subject to the system behaving normally, fetch, pre-existing wave patterns, etc.
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Seven Spades
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Correct and as they say the rich get richer, Alex will extend his lead. The trick is to try to get far enough ahead as after the storm if you look forward a few hours there is a calm area developing. You either need to cut west to keep in the winds or get there quickly. It is going to be really hard for the following boats to catch up because late comers are going to get less wind so the fleet will be stretched instead of being compressed.
RichardS
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Watch the Vendee Live reports on YouTube in English at 12:30 and 17:00 every day.
It's about to start now.
Richard
It's about to start now.
Richard
capnsensible
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Ive used some older weather routing software on a laptop updated by iridium for a couple of ocean passages over the last few years. It was really good. But I bet it's nothing to what these sailors have for this race. I can imagine programming the software for their yachts profile in all wind conditions must have taken ages. Of course they still have big decisions to make and a big risk of gear failure and fatigue, but weather routing help is huge.
I may even sack my bit of seaweed...... Anyway good luck to all the entries. Personally I will always be supporting Mr. Thompson. A guy I sailed across the Pacific with knows him because his wife was for some years, his PA. Beat that for a tenuous link! ?
I may even sack my bit of seaweed...... Anyway good luck to all the entries. Personally I will always be supporting Mr. Thompson. A guy I sailed across the Pacific with knows him because his wife was for some years, his PA. Beat that for a tenuous link! ?
cherod
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yes , looks like AT hung a left and has followed / copied Le Cams course into the sweet spot .
capnsensible
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I'm not quite sure how that translates into English?yes , looks like AT hung a left and has followed / copied Le Cams course into the sweet spot .
cherod
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so ?
TBolt
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AT hung the left first then Le Cam did, so not sure how that translates into him "following" Le Cam.yes , looks like AT hung a left and has followed / copied Le Cams course into the sweet spot .
cherod
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If you look at where Cam was when ET hung the left , to follow him into what would develop into the sweet spot , smart move i agree ? , while Cam is , as i suggested yesterday , in a better position to exploit it for longer ( tho ET is ahead just now ) , will see at 17.00?
cherod
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another good episode just came out from Sea Wolves
Astraeus
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Cam is quite the sailor. Just over 3 miles behind Alex with a 14 year old non-foiler. Canny.
Seven Spades
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He has the stronger winds. However he also has a more reliable boat than the foilers so he is in a good position. He may take the lead when they hit the doldrums but I think that once they hit the trade the foilers will leave him behind.
Airscrew
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Massive respect for LeCam. No doubt he is inspiring the French, and many other sailors. But he is playing to his strengths. The weather window round Cap Finistere gave him and other non foilers the opportunity of the shorter slower route. But he positioned well, and took it. Respect. 36 hours ago he was fast downwind, but lost ground to Alex, as the non-foilers just cannot match the new foilers downwind, as we know. Alex chose to go close to the centre of Theta, but slowed right down to protect the boat and those foils. But even so, he maxed out last night at 30.5kts in 6m waves. But his average through Theta was nothing compared to LeCam who has gained more ground overnight. I can imagine he knew his boat was stronger, and proven, and just didnt slow down. I image he is just having and enjoying a great time. Respect. But today, coming away from Theta, we will see Alex pull away again.