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Maybe they did the routing and decided that there was an advantage to a speed on one side as the race is favoured to their preferred tack

question? - I would measure lateral separation differently. I would measure 90 degrees from CoG, not along a line of latitude. this would tell me how far the courses are separated. When people are talking about lateral separation - are we discussing the difference in distance between the two courses. Ie - boats may have the same distance to finish but be 200 miles apart from each other on the course - this is lateral separation?

I think the thing you are missing is that libby is a meteorologist by training. It might be that deeper knowledge allowed her to make a better call on how to get through the doldrums.

Any more news on the scally mob?

Totally agree. Avoid the idiots, I really appreciate your insights.

+1

Really feel sorry for tttop, had an excellent leg but seem to have lost out in the doldrums lottery. Would love to see them on the podium for a few legs. They do seem to be improving.

either the coast or offshore will pay - being in the middle like Brunel has got to be wrong?

Not just useful but enjoyable- can't thank you enough

Scally with 8, ttop with 10 and the rest with 9. Brave choice by scally...

Great to see BT in the race. Not a brand name but in some ways the most successful Brit on the French scene. Really hoping ttop go well

I worked on a project for Akzo. It was 3.5 times over budget and years late. I think the new ceo might be particularly sensitive to cost overruns

Still only 4 teams Are there some waiting in the wings I would hate to see this race disappear

Back to the race Who are the missing teams?

I have a transom hung rudder which is lifted out of the water when not sailing so no need to anti foul. What to coat it with? I guess I need to protect the wood. My default would be to slap on some domestic gloss paint but this is probably not the answer. The boat is 23ft - hunter sonatta - the rudder is about 6ft tall with 4ft in the water. It is currently varnished above the water line with some form of paint/ coating below the water line. It needs repair as the coating is damaged and there is water ingress into the wood. I have started to strip it back but curious as to what replace it with. I am going to prep my spare rudder which is already stripped back to bare wood and nice and dry. I will then finish stripping the other rudder back to wood to let it dry out. The suggested solution needs to be a quick process as i go racing in 3 weeks. Thanks