VOR '17-'18 - THE GAME

[unplugged34 44]

I was looking into going around the north tip and then through the cut south of Wellington.  But it had a 4 hour penalty.  Would have been interesting.

[Mid 2,839]

which way did Breitling go ?

[unplugged34 44]

NE at the moment

[Fry_ 4]

G'Day all, just stumbled across this forum, had a good read over the past hour or so while  starting the VOR Auckland to Itajai race. Thought I'd sign up. Been racing since the Sydney to Hobart and slowly getting my head around the game.

[Hike, Bitches! 272]

Ok, let's see how this leg goes..I was an hour late to the start, but I had preset my boat to not be pointing directly into the wind at least, and got her going better  before smacking into any of the beautiful NZ coast.

Game on, Bitches!

[webdeveloper 6]

Interesting that the boats that went straight into the Firth of Thames were leading the race. That's roughly the great circle route to Brazil.

[Gufmiester 192]

7 hours ago, Fry_ said:

G'Day all, just stumbled across this forum, had a good read over the past hour or so while  starting the VOR Auckland to Itajai race. Thought I'd sign up. Been racing since the Sydney to Hobart and slowly getting my head around the game.

Welcome Fry, I started midway thru the Hobart too, go the Aussies.

[Gufmiester 192]

Yikes Mongrel, did you leave something on the wharf?

 

[Shorthanded 724]

9 hours ago, Fry_ said:

G'Day all, just stumbled across this forum, had a good read over the past hour or so while  starting the VOR Auckland to Itajai race. Thought I'd sign up. Been racing since the Sydney to Hobart and slowly getting my head around the game.

What’s your boat name? I can add you to the list. 

[Tunnel Rat 1,060]

1 hour ago, Gufmiester said:

Yikes Mongrel, did you leave something on the wharf?

 

Bloody App and pocket colluding to put me behind Mom. Curses!

[Icedtea 144]

Getting back into the race, think it's going to be pretty much a procession until we're about 1/2 down the Coast of NZ...already feel myself being sucked back into the game god dammit.

 

Bought all options for this leg too

[HKG1203 306]

Tunnel rat, did you wake up at the unacceptable hour of 9am for the start today on a Sunday?!

[Gufmiester 192]

Funny how all the 1st place holders are beaching themselves

[sailronin 41]

6 minutes ago, Gufmiester said:

Funny how all the 1st place holders are beaching themselves

They forgot to look where they were going, sailed into a dead end!

 

[Icedtea 144]

20 minutes ago, Gufmiester said:

Funny how all the 1st place holders are beaching themselves

You're better off ignoring th rankings until near the finish, they aren't very accurate until then...unless those people's boats have wheels, they're not getting anywhere fast

[JeSa-SA 181]

1 hour ago, Gufmiester said:

Funny how all the 1st place holders are beaching themselves

That's the whole point right there! Get to #1 quick, and once you have, take a screenshot and flame out in a blaze of glory!

[Mr. Fixit's brother,, Mr. Fixit 112]

Grr, I didn't get up and check until an hour after the 3am forecast update. looks like that's when everyone tacked and got south of me. Oh well, long race.

[sailingk8 113]

2 hours ago, Gufmiester said:

Funny how all the 1st place holders are beaching themselves

Pilot whale mentality. 

Speaking of which, looks like quite the pod heading to East Cape.

[unplugged34 44]

what browser's are ppl using.  I am using Chrome and constantly get out of memory issues.  The PC has 12Gb installed.

[Mr. Fixit's brother,, Mr. Fixit 112]

2 hours ago, unplugged34 said:

what browser's are ppl using.  I am using Chrome and constantly get out of memory issues.  The PC has 12Gb installed.

I'm using chrome also and get the same thing. I believe it's graphic memory that's getting sucked up. Burned up some onboard graphic memory and trashed my laptop by leaving it running back in January. I really need to shut it down when not checking things out

[Marty6 400]

3 hours ago, unplugged34 said:

what browser's are ppl using.  I am using Chrome and constantly get out of memory issues.  The PC has 12Gb installed.

Same here (Chrome, PC, 16GB) since a recent version of VR. Until about a couple weeks ago it ran without a hitch and now i also get those errors. Another "feature" is the reloading of the home screen if i switch back to the browser after several minutes of inactivity in VR. Since those frequent refreshes i haven't seen the memory issue. My MSI Afterbruner GPU monitor shows no increase in GPU memory usage.

I also use the iOS app on the tablet, but more often Chrome on the PC because of the VR Dashboard and it's feature to reload Zezo with current position of the boat.

Leaders rounding East Cape:

 

[Icedtea 144]

Around the headland, got programmed courses to bear away overnight, auto sails....to the pub!!

[Shorthanded 724]

I ran aground. It’s what I get for going in to work on Sunday. 

[Hike, Bitches! 272]

2 hours ago, Mr. Fixit's brother,, Mr. Fixit said:

I'm using chrome also and get the same thing. I believe it's graphic memory that's getting sucked up. Burned up some onboard graphic memory and trashed my laptop by leaving it running back in January. I really need to shut it down when not checking things out

Me too..the solution I've found is to hit F5 and refresh the page. I have a pretty old PC (only 4GB RAM) out here in the garage, so it is limping along. But reloading the tab seems to work OK.

[Tunnel Rat 1,060]

Hello,

Here are the 01:00UTC rankings for Group A.  @mkgsailor and @short-handed My email will not allow this info out, so please copy from below.

Cheers,
TR

Place	SA Name	Boat Name	Dist to Leader
1	Your Mom	Your Mom SA	6375.31
2	Kapt'n Kirk	prowler_1-SA	0.27
3	I Sail The Black Boat	Thistle1678	0.53
4	prettyhatemachine	prettyhatemachine	0.61
5	Blue Mountain YC	shockwave11	1.09
6	HKG1203	HKG1203	1.14
7	Breitling	Breitling_SA	1.96
8	Rainbow Spirit	Rainbow Spirit II	2.13
9	Golden Rose	Golden Rose SA	2.38
10	Mud Sailor	Mudsailor SA	2.47
11	Magool	Magool	2.48
12	Shorthanded	Shorty	2.99
13	Tunnel Rat	Mongrel	5.02
14	Wet Hog	WetHog-SA	5.68
15	daan62	hutspot77	7.19
16	Iced Tea	rule69	8.02
17		Sambaopreis	8.46
18	Ozzy	Ozzy85	8.52
19	Marty6	Cambodunum	9.31
20	Vibroman	Vibroman_SA	15.6
21	From The Rail	A-Squared	17.8
22	Gybe Turkey	Gybe Turkey	19.5
23	Mike G	MikeVentura	24
24	Hike, Bitches	HikeBitches	33.9
25	Driftwood	Me Rongo Rekohu SA	35.7
26	Lat21	Hamachi SA	DNC

[Hike, Bitches! 272]

tr, mkg and shorty, As always, thanks for all the work related to the giant pain in the ass the rankings must be!

[Shorthanded 724]

Oops....big fail on my part.  I had to go into work today and I was in the plant away from my devices, so I wasn't able to grab screen shots.  Apologies to group C. Tomorrow for sure, I promise.

[Tunnel Rat 1,060]

13 hours ago, HKG1203 said:

Tunnel rat, did you wake up at the unacceptable hour of 9am for the start today on a Sunday?!

I was already awake by 7:00, my kids however, were not. 

[Sapphire Girl 123]

Anyone seen a train around here? I need to be in Itajai by Easter Friday morning when I head off grid into the mountains

[Fry_ 4]

18 hours ago, Shorthanded said:

What’s your boat name? I can add you to the list. 

That would be awesome, my boat name is Fry

[Shorthanded 724]

2 hours ago, Fry_ said:

That would be awesome, my boat name is Fry

Got you down. 

[Fry_ 4]

Thanks Shorthanded, here i am hanging out with the leaders in pos. 3658

[Icedtea 144]

Hanging in just behind the leaders for once. 

 

Going to gybe West in a few hours. Didn't think it was worth it, but with the forecast now we're looking at far more breeze and a bit more favourable an angle - make a great slingshot in to the Souther ocean

[RImike 149]

Back on a computer after the weekend. Did anyone immediately run aground following the start? The race started and instead of being an hour from the next tack just before land I was already aground. 

[Your Mom 985]

2 hours ago, RImike said:

Back on a computer after the weekend. Did anyone immediately run aground following the start? The race started and instead of being an hour from the next tack just before land I was already aground. 

It was going to be a tough start for anyone who wasn't going to be online during the first hour and didn't have any "programmation" cards to play (nor the full pack).

BTW...  Did anyone try going around the North end of NZ and down its West coast?  I considered it, but decided against it.  Would have been a bold risk.  I'm curious to find someone who tried it with serious effort, as I'd like to know how it plays out.

[fritzk 3]

1100 Eastern Time, trying to use the extended forecast.. Am I the only one that's getting only generic wind bands? Normal circulation for highs and lows shown properly for west of Australia, however the Southern ocean east of NZ looks fishy, as if they turned off the weather plot for west of -170 deg.

[Shorthanded 724]

10 minutes ago, Your Mom said:

It was going to be a tough start for anyone who wasn't going to be online during the first hour and didn't have any "programmation" cards to play (nor the full pack).

BTW...  Did anyone try going around the North end of NZ and down its West coast?  I considered it, but decided against it.  Would have been a bold risk.  I'm curious to find someone who tried it with serious effort, as I'd like to know how it plays out.

Doesn’t look like anyone from this group went north. 

[RImike 149]

25 minutes ago, Your Mom said:

It was going to be a tough start for anyone who wasn't going to be online during the first hour and didn't have any "programmation" cards to play (nor the full pack).

BTW...  Did anyone try going around the North end of NZ and down its West coast?  I considered it, but decided against it.  Would have been a bold risk.  I'm curious to find someone who tried it with serious effort, as I'd like to know how it plays out.

I was online, watching the start however instead of being 1 hour away from land after the start, I had arrived there within 15 minutes. Thankfully I was there to turn around however that meant about 15 minutes of down time getting off the rocks and trying to find an un-obstructed route to open water. 

[HKG1203 306]

one gybe tonight and  then just leave it for 24 hours at 20kts minimum BS. Beats the doldrums aye

[JeSa-SA 181]

2 hours ago, RImike said:

I was online, watching the start however instead of being 1 hour away from land after the start, I had arrived there within 15 minutes. Thankfully I was there to turn around however that meant about 15 minutes of down time getting off the rocks and trying to find an un-obstructed route to open water. 

Perhaps you were off by one hour at the start, with the US going in daylight savings time last week? I know I had to think twice about it!

 

[rolltak 59]

3 hours ago, Your Mom said:

It was going to be a tough start for anyone who wasn't going to be online during the first hour and didn't have any "programmation" cards to play (nor the full pack).

BTW...  Did anyone try going around the North end of NZ and down its West coast?  I considered it, but decided against it.  Would have been a bold risk.  I'm curious to find someone who tried it with serious effort, as I'd like to know how it plays out.

I considered the north route too, but it seemed to be about 4-9 hours longer each time I looked at it.

[Your Mom 985]

Keep an eye out for the Bounty Islands and Antipodes.  My current route takes me between them, so some of the fleet will pass close to them, probably in the middle of the US night tonight for most.

Antipodes islands are visible as a speck at zoom level 80 nm, and the name actually pops up at zoom level 30 nm.

Bounty islands are tougher to find.  About 120 nm NNNE of Antipodes.  Visible as a speck at zoom level 50 nm, but you have to zoom to about 5 nm to see them with any accuracy.  The name never comes up.  Oddly, they're colored blue, which makes them even harder to see.

[Marty6 400]

54 minutes ago, Your Mom said:

Keep an eye out for the Bounty Islands and Antipodes.

Thanks for the heads up. Much appreciated.

[Milli 60]

6 hours ago, fritzk said:

1100 Eastern Time, trying to use the extended forecast.. Am I the only one that's getting only generic wind bands? Normal circulation for highs and lows shown properly for west of Australia, however the Southern ocean east of NZ looks fishy, as if they turned off the weather plot for west of -170 deg.

Maybe I should rethink the routing and throw Zezo overboard...

[Icedtea 144]

I'm diving south now, sailing as fast as possible. 

 

Should be like this until the horn

[fritzk 3]

Milli:

 

Exactly what I was seeing. However I've since found it only seems to be a bug with the browser version. If I go in on my mobile, its shows the wind patterns properly. Makes it a bit rough on me though as the screens too small . :-P

[stufishing 217]

Passing lane? Plenty of water over the bow....

[daan62 270]

mistake or secret info?

hutspot77

[Rainbow Spirit 284]

I hate that you cant lock the steering rose when playing on a snart phone, twice in the last 24 hours I’ve gone off track when I’ve put the phone in my pocket, grrrrrr!

[Rainbow Spirit 284]

I can’t wait to get my PC back up and working, dumb phones would be a better name then ‘smart’ phones!

[Marty6 400]

35 minutes ago, Rainbow Spirit said:

I hate that you cant lock the steering rose when playing on a snart phone, twice in the last 24 hours I’ve gone off track when I’ve put the phone in my pocket, grrrrrr!

Probably best to exit app completely and even delete it from memory. If you still are able to accidentally start it remove the app from desktop on Android or move it into a folder on iOS the make it harder to involuntary start it.

[Marty6 400]

Pleasant company even if i bring up almost the rear.

[Tunnel Rat 1,060]

Good morning boys and girls.  Here are the 01:00UTC rankings.  The current leaders in the SA groups are those who resisted the urge to gybe in the wrong direction, however those people are now roughly 5kts slower than the western gang.  It looks like it could be pretty quick to the Horn (Zezo is saying 7 days) and then another 7days to Itajai.

Have fun!

Place	SA Name	Boat Name	Dist to Leader
1		Sandpipper	5947.3
2	Vibroman	Vibroman_SA	30.5
3	Gybe Turkey	Gybe Turkey	35.2
4	Hike, Bitches	HikeBitches	37.8
5	prettyhatemachine	prettyhatemachine	59.7
6	Your Mom	Your Mom SA	60.2
7	Kapt'n Kirk	prowler_1-SA	61.2
8	Breitling	Breitling_SA	61.6
9	Shorthanded	Shorty	63.7
10	I Sail The Black Boat	Thistle1678	63.8
11	HKG1203	HKG1203	65.5
12	Golden Rose	Golden Rose SA	66.4
13	Wet Hog	WetHog-SA	68.4
14	Driftwood	Me Rongo Rekohu SA	73.4
15	From The Rail	A-Squared	74.3
16	Iced Tea	rule69	77.2
17	Magool	Magool	78.4
18	Marty6	Cambodunum	78.7
19	Tunnel Rat	Mongrel	82.6
20	Mud Sailor	Mudsailor SA	83.9
21	Rainbow Spirit	Rainbow Spirit II	85.5
22	Sambaopreis	Sambaopreis	89.1
23	Blue Mountain YC	shockwave11	89.7
24	Ozzy	Ozzy85	91.3
25	daan62	hutspot77	97.4
26	Mike G	MikeVentura	120

[4010 37]

Nothing like sunset going to Solomons on a quieter body of water/Chesapeake bay

[Hike, Bitches! 272]

4010, I know the area very well, but your picture is terrible!

[Shorthanded 724]

And here are the full standings.  mkgsailor has too much on his plate this leg to keep track of group B, so I'm covering for the short term, but if there are any spreadsheet savvy individuals out there that have time to update the standings on a daily basis, let me know if you're up for it.

 

Rank	Group	SA Name	Boat Name	DTL
1	A,B,C	Sandpipper	Sandpipper	5947.3
2	C	33jesus	jesus	2.5
3	B	unplugged	Dcarr	3.9
4	B	GrandbendOnt	GrandbendOnt	6.6
5	C	razcaillou	razcaillou	27.2
6	C	Patman	Patman	28.5
7	A	Vibroman	Vibroman_SA	30.5
8	B	gary	hschutz	33.4
9	A	Gybe Turkey	Gybe Turkey	35.2
10	A	Hike, Bitches	HikeBitches	37.8
11	C	Fry_	Fry	43.6
12	B	Rimike	rider1982	47.3
13	C	KMan2K7	KMan2K7	47.4
14	A	prettyhatemachine	prettyhatemachine	59.7
15	B	Milli	Blitzquart	59.8
16	B	Your Mom	Your Mom SA	60.2
17	C	JeSa-SA	JeSa	60.6
18	A	Kapt'n Kirk	prowler_1-SA	61.2
19	A	Breitling	Breitling_SA	61.6
20	B	sailon2	jahmbo SA	62.1
21	C	mred	mistered	62.5
22	A	I Sail The Black Boat	Thistle1678	63.8
23	C	Shorthanded	Shorty	64.0
24	A	HKG1203	HKG1203	65.5
25	A	Golden Rose	Golden Rose SA	66.4
26	C	4010	grimlin	68.2
27	A	Wet Hog	WetHog-SA	68.4
28	C	rolltak	Awkward Turtle	68.8
29	C	Sapphire Girl	Sapphire Girl	69.6
30	B	stufishing	Stufishing_SA	71.4
31	B	N/A	Walkaround	72.8
32	B	Swamp	Swamp Rat	72.8
33	A	Driftwood	Me Rongo Rekohu SA	73.4
34	A	From The Rail	A-Squared	74.3
35	B	stanlutz	USA644RAVEN_SA	74.6
36	C	Will Lee	Lorraine III	77.0
37	A	Iced Tea	rule69	77.2
38	B	Iluvitar	Iluvitar	78.3
39	A	Marty6	Cambodunum	78.7
40	B	Magool	Magool	78.8
41	B	jacksparrow	Malamute	80.3
42	C		Dirty Sea Rag	81.7
43	A	Tunnel Rat	Mongrel	82.6
44	C	sailingk8	She Wolf	82.9
45	A	Mud Sailor	Mudsailor SA	83.9
46	B	Tommmzzz	tommmzzz	85.0
47	A	Rainbow Spirit	Rainbow Spirit II	85.5
48	B	kea.nn	kea.nn SA	87.8
49	C	wpbeardsley	wpbeardsley	88.8
50	B	Gufmiester	Gufmiester	89.0
51	C	Sambaopreis	Sambaopreis	89.5
52	A	Blue Mountain YC	shockwave11	89.7
53	A	Ozzy	Ozzy85	91.3
54	A	daan62	hutspot77	97.4
55	C		puckhead	100.5
56	B	hmsmweasel	Stay Thirsty M 43	103.1
57	B	mkgsailor	J2B2	112.7
58	C	onedesignracing	TeamSatisfaction	114.5
59	B	Mr. Fixit	Yodaman	115.3
	A	Mike G	MikeVentura	120.0
61	B	Alpina	ColombaRacing	125.0
62	C	frostbit	spadadua	126.7
63	C	Vin	Divided Sky	136.5
64	B	EquusAsinusDomesticus	ON9270	143.4
65	B		cg_	238.2
66	C	Loon	Localdog	498.6

 

 

[HKG1203 306]

i'm getting my ass handed to so far. had a stats midterm yesterday and drifted slightly too high which has not set my up well. 

[Mr. Fixit's brother,, Mr. Fixit 112]

hmmm that frigate was a bit south of Wellington a couple hours ago. pretty good speed there

[Tunnel Rat 1,060]

23 minutes ago, HKG1203 said:

i'm getting my ass handed to so far. had a stats midterm yesterday and drifted slightly too high which has not set my up well. 

I hope your up well recovers.

[JeSa-SA 181]

15 minutes ago, Mr. Fixit's brother,, Mr. Fixit said:

hmmm that frigate was a bit south of Wellington a couple hours ago. pretty good speed there

Yeah, noticed it too. When I see the frigate, I always think that it's at the geographic center of the fleet at first, and I couldn't understand how half of the fleet was on the Western side of NZL, lol! I really hope they have some sort of a timer on how long the frigate stays in one spot, because if it's linked to the position of the median-ranked boat, it can change drastically from moment to moment. Imagine you see it in a decent enough spot (that south of Wellington position, for instance), click to teleport there, and you wind up 500 miles away!

[Your Mom 985]

9 minutes ago, JeSa-SA said:

Yeah, noticed it too. When I see the frigate, I always think that it's at the geographic center of the fleet at first, and I couldn't understand how half of the fleet was on the Western side of NZL, lol! I really hope they have some sort of a timer on how long the frigate stays in one spot, because if it's linked to the position of the median-ranked boat, it can change drastically from moment to moment. Imagine you see it in a decent enough spot (that south of Wellington position, for instance), click to teleport there, and you wind up 500 miles away!

I believe (without any actual basis) that it's based at the location of whatever boat happens to be ranked at a certain percentile of the overall fleet (probably 40th, 50th, or 60th)...  Which means that in the first few days of a leg like this, where the best positioned boats aren't actually ranked well yet, it's possible for the frigate to randomly be placed very well at times.  But it's also unpredictable and will likely jump around every time they update its position, so you can't really come out well by planning a late start.  It does mean, though, that if you've had a horrible start (or take a flyer and regret it), and you pay attention to its position, there's a decent chance it'll eventually pop into a place worth jumping to.

This is much better than the old system, where they used the DTF of the specified percentile boat and ran the pilot boat along the rhumbline using that DTF. It was too predictable, and under certain circumstances, advantageous.

[stufishing 217]

Remember the time it ran above the fleet along the rhumb line when heaps were  heading the wrong direction going for 24 hour records and every man and his dog were dropping off the pilot boat above the beating fleet and beam reaching down ahead of the leaders! I think it was leaving China. I got banned from the forum for politely suggesting that the situation was not correct. The mod called me a troublemaker.

[Rainbow Spirit 284]

Marty6, I can’t get rid of the phone app atm as my PC is broken and has been for a few weeks, it’s supposed to be up and running in 18 hours. Playing rhe game on a PC is so much easier especially at my age (66). Come Easter I’ll be back on the iPhone when I’m away camping

[DRIFTW00D 105]

Stupid game switching between my two boats when logged in on only one after changing accounts on iOs app...

first one boat with heading line, then a switch to the other with heading line and it's cycling between both non stop. 

Anyone getting this too?

[HKG1203 306]

does it not look like sangue seguro could cross us on the angle from there? My Up well is on the road to recovery.

[Mid 2,839]

18 minutes ago, DRIFTW00D said:

my two boats

good grief man , I've enough trouble running one

[Marty6 400]

2 hours ago, Rainbow Spirit said:

Marty6, I can’t get rid of the phone app atm as my PC is broken and has been for a few weeks, it’s supposed to be up and running in 18 hours. Playing rhe game on a PC is so much easier especially at my age (66). Come Easter I’ll be back on the iPhone when I’m away camping

With my suggestions i didn't mean deleting the app completely but by moving/removing only the app icon making it harder to randomly start it, if that is what happened, while you have the phone in the pocket. 

[Mid 2,839]

must be a sucker for punishment , just sign on for the China Sea Race , anyone else ?

[Marty6 400]

6 minutes ago, Mid said:

must be a sucker for punishment , just sign on for the China Sea Race , anyone else ?

I did. I do all the races to collect credits and ranking points.

[Marty6 400]

Going close by

[Magool 76]

Well I'm on the outside due to staying a bit long on the western gybe in the middle of the night after the new forecast.  At least I have decent pressure, but unfortunately also quite a long way around the outside  of the leaders. 

Time will tell, but it's great to be racing again

[Shorthanded 724]

4 hours ago, Mid said:

good grief man , I've enough trouble running one

Try running three. iPhone, iPad and laptop. 

[Mid 2,839]

pass

[Your Mom 985]

7 hours ago, HKG1203 said:

does it not look like sangue seguro could cross us on the angle from there? 

He's very good at plotting independent courses from zezo's recommendations, and it wouldn't be the first time if it works out for him.  You're right that he looks pretty good there, but sometimes tacking/gybing angles look weird in the extreme latitudes, so it's possible he'd look awful if he gybed.

[HKG1203 306]

that is a good point i have not considered mom

[Sapphire Girl 123]

Yes we’re down into the 50s now where the Mercator projection gets very distorted. East-West distance is a lot less than North-South distance. Be careful with programmed moves close to land. (Don’t ask me how I know!)

[unplugged34 44]

It looks like I can cross some of the West Gybe pack but I don't think the leaders.  Definitely not Tesse94.  Others not sure but will know within the hour.

[Shorthanded 724]

23 minutes ago, unplugged34 said:

It looks like I can cross some of the West Gybe pack but I don't think the leaders.  Definitely not Tesse94.  Others not sure but will know within the hour.

It’s gonna be close. 

[Your Mom 985]

Sangue Seguro has gybed, so we'll know in a couple hours how his plan worked out.

[prettyhatemachine 46]

140 TWA

Me right now: 

 

[Golden Rose 35]

15 hours ago, Rainbow Spirit said:

I hate that you cant lock the steering rose when playing on a snart phone, twice in the last 24 hours I’ve gone off track when I’ve put the phone in my pocket, grrrrrr!

Same thing just happened to me! Damn!

[HKG1203 306]

zezo is now saying 130. could be fucked lol

[Shorthanded 724]

Got me. 

[Golden Rose 35]

12 hours ago, stufishing said:

Remember the time it ran above the fleet along the rhumb line when heaps were  heading the wrong direction going for 24 hour records and every man and his dog were dropping off the pilot boat above the beating fleet and beam reaching down ahead of the leaders! I think it was leaving China. I got banned from the forum for politely suggesting that the situation was not correct. The mod called me a troublemaker.

That's OK....we like troublemakes!

[unplugged34 44]

HKG1203, I think the Gribs are in transition.  But you did just make me do a crash gybe.  Isn't that what the "+" next to the grib time, means?

 

[Icedtea 144]

Getting nervy about the next few days now, we've made our bed, all we can do now is lie in it.

[Sapphire Girl 123]

25 minutes ago, I Sail The Black Boat said:

Make sure the "+" sign is gone from the forecast before doing anything rash! 

Thanks for the reminder!

[Kapt'n Kirk 32]

43 minutes ago, HKG1203 said:

zezo is now saying 130. could be fucked lol

Don't forget to switch from E to W

[HKG1203 306]

ahh i see. Thanks all!

[HKG1203 306]

what time are the grib updates in GMT? i translated from Eastern time US and seem to have it wrong