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Good morning, The leaders are gripped by the high pressure system which is bringing very light winds across the course. Currently Hello Kitty is the only boat doing more than 12kts, and he is a long way from rounding the Horn. Viper has made an audacious move to the east, and is currently...

Good morning, Apologies for the lack of reporting yesterday, I suggest you demand a refund! Everyone, except Hello Kitty is round Cape Horn and wrestling with the extremely varied conditions coming off the Argentinian mainland. Large variation in wind speed and direction are requiring...

I've done a lot of stupid stuff in my life, but some of these people are barking mad!

Breitling, my thoughts are with you and your wife.

Good morning, A forecast change while I slept meant that I was a lot further south of Cape Horn than optimal, but no big losses, such as running aground which is what I was fearing. The leading group are currently negotiating the Le Maire Straits under the influence of a large low situated to...

Good morning, After a weekend of fun activities, which included racing being abandoned due to a large tropical thunderstorm, we can concentrate on virtual sailing again. There have been a lot of gybes between the last report and the current situation, but the leading gang are just SW of Cape...

Good morning, The ice limit has trended more SEwards, as the winds clocks towards the NW. Soon the wind will be running directly along the ice limit. Strategies to deal with this scenario remain to be seen. However, the preparations for this vary: Mom has stormed into the lead by having...

Good morning, Most of us have gybed onto starboard and are now proceeding along the northern section of the ice limit. I gybed early (because I was asleep) and am not hugging the ice limit with a slow angle, but shorter distance, while others such as Viper gybed much later and now are...

Good morning, Back to life on the ice limit. This time, as discussed above, the optimum routing is short gybing to stay in the best pressure, however the energy aspect is causing split solutions. Some, such as Breitling are short gybing, as though energy is not an issue. JeSa has been...

Good morning, Most of the fleet gybed about 9hrs ago. Majority heading south-east towards the ice gate with a large high to our NW. The discussion about energy levels is interesting as zezo has us short gybing along the ice limit soon. This will destroy the energy levels and lead to big...

Can I suggest @Herman @damien and @Your Mom as extremely competent routers. I am sure there are others, but I'm not aware of them. I'm not sure whether any of them would have the time to undertake this size of an undertaking. I wish the project luck, and hats off for doing this.

Good morning, The high pressure has wreaked it worst and we have a restart. Viper is still a few miles ahead of the main pack, but it is almost a straight line from NNW to SSE. The aim now is to time the gybe properly to get back to the ice limit. Irrelevant rankings, which are basically...

Good morning, In cycling parlance, the breakaway has bonked and the peleton is riding him down. Viper is the slowest boat on the course and the roadblock ahead is pitiless. it looks like it will be in place for about 3 days before moving reluctantly north to allow the race to restart. You...

BTW, most people have just crossed the date line into the western hemisphere. Don't get that wrong if you are manually inputting data into routers.

Good morning, A rather unusual position where no one is on the ice limit except Viper who is starting to run into the back of the high pressure area. I predict frustration in his immediate future. The rest of us are heading east at max speed, lanes have been chosen and not much action...

Good afternoon, A late update today in haste. Hoople and tcross have put some time and effort into getting south with two sets of gybes after the corner of the ice limit. This has put them in a commanding position in the rankings, but it is still unclear whether this will translate to a gain...

Should I have used the word "skewering" instead?

Good morning, Viper is due south of NZ while the rest of us are just past Tasmania. We are all in a nice area of NWesterly pressure between a large low to our SW and a high in the Tasman Sea. There has been a difference of opinion on what to do after rounding the corner of the ice limit, most...

Good morning, Quite a lot has happened since my last update. Viper is now between Oz and NZ, he is no longer going faster than the pack, but the Dashboard says he is 528Nm ahead, without taking into account the corner of the ice limit to the south of Tas. The fleet has escaped from the light...

Good morning, Viper is still screaming off into the distance, continuing to gain ground on the pack. The main fleet is back into reasonable winds which have built from the back, causing some compression. The peleton is closely packed, elbows out and taking no prisoners. The rankings are...