Stuart_B
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| posted on 23/10/08 at 07:05 AM |
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yes, 1187 place gained over night , now hope the tac i have just done will be ok.
stuart
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YQUSTA
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| posted on 23/10/08 at 07:08 AM |
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Hugh dont trust the wind or the speed of ship as exact it may change.
YQUSTA
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Hugh_
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| posted on 23/10/08 at 07:30 AM |
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I know, I'll see what happens at 11. But from my position trying to go either E or W of the light patch would mean massively more distance,
exacerbated by the wind direction. I'm planning to just get down there and sail a quick wind angle to keep the boat moving through the light
stuff, we'll see whether it works.
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Hammerhead
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| posted on 23/10/08 at 02:03 PM |
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i'm right in the poop now!!
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chrsgrain
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| posted on 23/10/08 at 04:54 PM |
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Was doing really well, but the wind has shifted just the wrong way, so am now bleeding off places really fast  ah well... hope the forecast is
wrong otherwise am really knackered!
Chris
Spoing! - the sound of an irony meter breaking...
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 23/10/08 at 06:24 PM |
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It's a conspiracy! Good job that there is absolutely no wind or I would be going back the way I've come even quicker than I got here!!
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Simon
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| posted on 23/10/08 at 09:36 PM |
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Just joined
Forgot to validate my heading so lost 6600 places in 5 minutes
Chris, could you invite me too pleeeze.
Boat name JacJos
Thanks
ATB
Simon
[Edited on 23/10/08 by Simon]
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chrsgrain
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| posted on 24/10/08 at 06:26 AM |
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I've added you as a friend, but I'm not running the locosters group... you can just go to groups and click on it to join though....
Chris
Spoing! - the sound of an irony meter breaking...
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chris_smith
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| posted on 24/10/08 at 07:19 AM |
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hi simon i have just sent you an invite to join the group happy sailing
chris
The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows."
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chris_smith
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| posted on 24/10/08 at 07:20 AM |
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god damn wind has stopped logged on to find me literally bobbing around going no where i seem to be in a windless hole
The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows."
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chrsgrain
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| posted on 24/10/08 at 07:58 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_smith
hi simon i have just sent you an invite to join the group happy sailing
chris
Ah - other Chris!
Spoing! - the sound of an irony meter breaking...
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MikeR
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| posted on 25/10/08 at 02:59 PM |
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YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
After being 30 miles behind Smitstar, then due to a brilliant idea not being carried through to fruitition dropping hundreds of miles .....
I'm now 5 whole miles infront !!!!!
Yipppeeeeee
(i'm sure it won't last)
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YQUSTA
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| posted on 25/10/08 at 03:05 PM |
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lol
the doldrums has been a killer to navigate i was stopped for hours after being called out to work just before the wind changed.
YQUSTA
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chrsgrain
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| posted on 25/10/08 at 03:23 PM |
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I thought I'd got through the doldrums by going west - then they moved - bugger - now essentially stopped while everyone else is streaming away.
Lost 2500 place in last 12 hours 
Ah well....
Chris
Spoing! - the sound of an irony meter breaking...
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YQUSTA
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| posted on 25/10/08 at 03:30 PM |
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yeah I thought you were well away 2 days ago but we are all bunching up again.
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oioi
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| posted on 25/10/08 at 07:36 PM |
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not racing myself - too little time at a keyboard - but a good (long...) thread over at sailinganarchy.com in the ocean racing section if your
interested.
That is the Curse of Speed which has plagued me all my life I am a slave to it. On my tombstone they will carve,
"IT NEVER GOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME." - Hunter S Thompson
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Hammerhead
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| posted on 26/10/08 at 09:14 AM |
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a few of you stuck at 0km/h at the moment 
Come on where's the dedication?
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MikeR
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| posted on 26/10/08 at 09:36 AM |
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yep
its given me the chance to catch up and over take.
A couple of days ago when i was a few hundred miles behind i was a bit down and wondered why bother. Now i've clawed all that back and feeling
happy again.
Can't believe that Chris has lost so much of his lead.
Finding out that the winds only change at 11pm and 11am (should now be 12 and 12 with teh clocks changing) makes it a lot easier to plan / predict
what to do.
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YQUSTA
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| posted on 26/10/08 at 09:41 AM |
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yeah i wasnt too happy to find my boat stopped when i got back from work 1 day but have managed to claw back the time then make up a shed load
more.
there is still a hell of a long way to go just on this leg so dont give up guy's.
YQUSTA
[Edited on 26/10/08 by YQUSTA]
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Simon
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| posted on 26/10/08 at 11:20 AM |
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Gained another 1200 places overnight
Now up to 20475
ATB
Simon
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chrsgrain
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| posted on 26/10/08 at 11:59 AM |
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I just got caught in a bubble of lift shifty winds for 48 hours - one of those things, everything had been going well and the west gamble had paid
off.... ah well... pain now is that I've got to pinch all the way to the marker, if I was further east I could go a bit quicker....
Ho hum
Chris
Spoing! - the sound of an irony meter breaking...
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 26/10/08 at 01:27 PM |
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Has anyone managed to work out how the distances are calculated? Also, a few people have mentioned marks/markers. Where/what are these? The only
things I've spotted are those at the end of each leg e.g. Cape Town at the end of the first leg.
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Hugh_
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| posted on 26/10/08 at 02:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Simon
Just joined
Forgot to validate my heading so lost 6600 places in 5 minutes
Chris, could you invite me too pleeeze.
Boat name JacJos
Thanks
ATB
Simon
[Edited on 23/10/08 by Simon]
Simon, I just added you (boat name Floating a Loan) and we appear to be right next to each other, could be a good race!
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YQUSTA
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| posted on 26/10/08 at 03:34 PM |
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Richard look for the bouy's 1 is just below the equator where most boats are heading its along the dotted orange line
YQUSTA
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 26/10/08 at 05:52 PM |
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Bugger!!
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