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Well, what's done is done, but this decision really did not make sense based on the spirit of what IMOCA and RTW racing as about. I say this as a sailor who came grudgingly into this fold, but as I read, watched the evolution of the sport I did come to understand the what and why. As I...

That was my thought as well. I mean, if these boats are just off point Nemo with a massive gale bearing down they would have to make the hard decisions on how to handle it. I jumped on Windy to take a look forward and it seems one option would have been to stay close to Iceland going west till...

Nice to be back watching a good ocean race :giggle: Not sure how the tracker is setting up positions. Is it distance to the first mark or the very top of the course? It looks to me like the southern more boats will get the gain as they get back into wind though it looks like they may have to...

That was a great race and it certainly shows that even the top pros can fuck up a mark rounding :-) (I came late to the conversation as I had to do lessons this morning) I know that OTG will switch to foils come TOR, but man, once again we see that it is not always technology that matters, but...

At the end of the day I think this was a gain for all teams and for the TOR (but then I'm am optimist)  We saw the TOR in a compressed format which gave A LOT of information to teams looking to enter in the big show.  It again showed that the VO65 OD racing can be close, exciting and yes, they...

Well that was a painful race! OTG still making it work, but I feel for Team Poland, to have such a lead and  lose it? I look forward to the TOR where we can see these fleets really have a chance to stretch it out and not claw along coast lines.  I Enjoyed TORE, but these boats, both fleets...

At the moment it looks like the foilers have good breeze and with 11th sailing on the missing foil side, this could be helping them right now.  Can they make up 60 miles is the question and they do go back into lighter winds at the end so.....A good beer and bratwurst seems about right ;-)

It looks like they'll need to start a turn to the northeast which could put them in with the VO65 gang.  At least they won't have to worry about hitting any 65 with foils  :lol:

Looking at the current tracks I think the routing software is a nice suggestion compared to just getting or keeping the boat moving.  Unless things change the last 100 miles is a mine field of holes and odd winds which will madden tacticians and sailors alike.  Crossing that finish the first...

I wax poetic, but get your point.  If the wind builds down from the north then Childhood has the advantage, but Poland is also clear, just needs to climb up a bit.  The VO65 is more up for grabs that I expected, but as I read from experienced Med sailors...this is the Med. TOG is the question...

As I see it, TOG used two islands as a pick and they Tactically did a fantastic job. Other's pointed out that even in TOR, there will be upwind, light air conditions and TOG has shown (clearly) how a non-foiling boat can not only take advantage of the conditions to fit their boat (design), but...

Team Poland must have the favor of the greek gods,  Becking has performed Herculean efforts to keep his boat in the front, has surpassed the siren songs of the island and even defeated the one eyed monster of no wind to continue to lead. Can he make up distance on Childhoods End?  Will Neptune...

While the VO65's do the slow crawl of progress irt looks like the 60s are doing the dosy-Doo in one spot.  That has to be a suck ride right now and the only 60 really moving is TOG. I cannot figure where Poland is getting wind cause it looks like they are in less wind, but doing better than...

Could it be they are short gybing along the rhomb line? If that dotted line is the "shortest" course it would seem Childhood and TOG picked the better line since they not only got some wind (from behind), but are not crawling along coast lines.  I know there is a direct line from boats to...

If I read the tracker correctly (at this moment), all but two boats chose...poorly...and as time continues those two boats should (this is sailing so shit happens) extend a lead and be able to protect it along the way. As  see it, Cluster Fuck in aisle south and who can clean up from the mess?

Holy shit, look at TOG and Childhood!  They gambled and took the shortest course an given the current wind, can extend a lead for every other boat has to claw back against two islands and lighter winds while the top two can downwind reach along the rumb line.

So the fleet splits...interesting.  Gut feeling on Becking's part?  A big hole up the course and I don't have windy up to see where it shifts.  TOG goes with the 65s, but they do have the advantage in the light upwind breezes. An exciting in light wind start and when they come together we'll...

It should be acknowledged that the marketing/PR/How Can we Grow the Sport departments are either run by middle school students tasked with promoting this event or the "adults" decided to phone promotion ideas in and assumed sponsors and fans would just follow anyway (this time).  Hey, they...

Well I'll be...Why?  It's like they don't want boats on the line or sponsors to support sailing and RTW racing.  There are times when it feels like the ex VOR now TOR marketing dept is made up of first year college students. Boats on the line mean eyeballs on ads on websites and people showing...

Non-foilers can play in the VG so I question this statement.  Can you cite an article or rule?  As I remember, at least one non-foil IMOCA finished in the top 10 and another sailed by a relative rookie made a goods showing.  I cannot fathom why TOR would ban a 60 that can sail in its own hunting...