ronnie_simpson

J Lube fan club running STRONG on the west coast... Good luck John!!!

Extra stoked for Cabo after Criminal MIschief delivery down the coast followed by the Islands race on Holua.

Criminals back in action for 2013- Cabo, Transpac and all the SF area offshore racing.

Looking forward to drinking with some of y'all in Newport next week. Just look for the RP 45 with a wet pussy on the side.

Jermie Beyou is going to be a force to be reckoned with in his new VPLP

FG actually admitting how much fuel he started with. Wow - the state secrets are out!

Yeah, and if you read above, Stamm says that to do the entire round the world, he would have need 320L instead of 160L.
So either BS is bullshitting us (I think this is the good option)
either Cheminee Poujoulat is waaaaaaaay to thirtsty with power !

This is very interesting. A couple of preps told me that before hydros came onto the scene, guys would carry 350-400 L of diesel fuel. With the invention of the hydros, they were mostly carrying 150-200 L of diesel fuel, however some teams wouldn't tell us how much. (Macif, Banque Pop, VP3 and Maitre Coq). Running 2 hours per day (at 1 liter per hour), you would use 160 L in an 80-day circumnavigation. If you were 100% efficient with your power, always bulk charging and could generate 350-400 amp/hr per hour, then theoretically you'd have 700-800 amp hours available per day, which I would think *might* be enough. Either way, if the hydros both failed at the start, you would be cutting it very close on fuel if you only carried 160L.

This Vendee is nearly finished, now the next one is on the agenda !

Interesting snippet from a JP Dick interview in a major daily.
http://www.20minutes...ean-pierre-dick

" Virbac-Paprec 3 is for sale. She is a performing yacht which raises a lot of interest with racing-sailors. A US guy came to Les Sables, he wants to race the Vendée in 4 years time. Her value has been assessed between 2 and 3 million Euros. "

Any anarchist turned investigator ?

Incidentally the number of mainstream radio and TV talk-shows to which Gabart, le Cleach and Dick have been invited is just incredible, they are everywhere.

Ronnie you'r unmasked!!!

I never inquired about VP 3. Way out of my price range. I'm trying to get an older, cheaper boat
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