2021 Sydney to Hobart

[NeedAClew]

Creeping up the Derwent at 3.5 kt finish in the dark. 

 

[dolphinmaster]

Sailor girl is live on facebook.., in the dark…

thanks, detest the FB.

 

[Alhadder]

It's live on the race Facebook page

https://fb.watch/aaRkelSAiN/

 

[JasonL]

The RV Investigator has a few lights off in the dstance, on ts live video feed

best bit is, no talking.

 

[Redreuben]

Same Facebook feed is on YouTube 

 

[Boatbeard]

And BlackJack has finished.  Sailorgirl quite excited too

 

[Redreuben]

That main would cost as much as my house. 

 

[Schakel]

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Hell yeah! Right next to the Rolex buoys.

Thanks!

Nice looking vessel as well.

 

[Matagi]

Congrats, BJ

Taken from the FB feed, because godforbid CYCA would put up anything legit on the one website one hour after BJ crossed the line. Just - laughable, really.

 

[Schakel]

Congrats, BJ

Taken from the FB feed, because godforbid CYCA would put up anything legit on the one website one hour after BJ crossed the line. Just - laughable, really.

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You might say that again, Line honours.
Battle for second still going on but Law Connect almost certainly a second position, Not bad, not bad at all.

Scallywag has same boat speed knots as Law Connect 9 knots.
LC is  9 nautical miles from the finish.  In 1 hour we know for sure. DTF Scallywag 11,7 nM.

 

[Schakel]

One hour later, all aussie members of SA a sound a-sleep 5 O'clock in the morning over there.
Wind has dropped and Law Connect still not finished.
No chance in my opinion Scallywag will come in second.

 

[Mr Bo_Tangles]

Re spare main, we had the delivery main on Brinders in 2008 that ended up being used from roughly abeam Mariah Island.

I know things can change, but this ETA for the Army boys is a more reasonable call for 'time constraints'

 

[Schakel]

Re spare main, we had the delivery main on Brinders in 2008 that ended up being used from roughly abeam Mariah Island.

I know things can change, but this ETA for the Army boys is a more reasonable call for 'time constraints'

Nice guys but are they able to win a war. Hope so.

Over here a upcoming war with Russia in the Oekraine, which is a backwarded country.
It is  set be battlefield for Russians who pull down airline carriers and want to test their jet fighter fleet mostly Sukhoi's. Will be a rocket war in my opinion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sukhoi_aircraft

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[Foreverslow]

Re spare main, we had the delivery main on Brinders in 2008 that ended up being used from roughly abeam Mariah Island.

I know things can change, but this ETA for the Army boys is a more reasonable call for 'time constraints'

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They are only 150 miles behind most the double handers, so reality is an extra day out. 

Somehow I think the wind will fill in before mid January...

 

[Schakel]

They are only 150 miles behind most the double handers, so reality is an extra day out. 

Somehow I think the wind will fill in before mid January...

The top three 100 footers all arived without major accidents well done.
1. Black jack.
2. Law Connect.
3 Scallywag.

Battle for fourth, and first in their class Orc 0
Stephan Racing Botin 80 against Whisper, Judel and Vrolijk 62  and first  in rating:
Ichi Ban TP 52.




Not Bad, not bad at all.
 

 

[LB 15]

I thought we were interested in encouraging new players into our sport. 

I know of cases where a keen sailor invites someone out for a twilight sail - the invitee loves it, has enough cash to buy a boat but has no idea what to buy. The original invitor introduces the newbie to a pro who the invitor knows.  The pro works with the newbie to establish what sort of boat would suit him best, and guides the newbie through the purchasing process,  

The newbie loves his new boat and the pro sails on the twilights to help the newbie learn.  The newbie gets the competitive urge and decides to upgrade to a racing yacht.  The pro assists in the sale of the learning yacht, and the purchase of a suitable racing yacht.  The pro then ensures the yacht is in proper condition for racing and accompanies the new racing skipper on his learning experience, possibly brining a couple of other pros along as well at the beginning.

Question - why is the pro seen as a greedy cunt in all of this?  Oh, and btw, do you have any idea what the average time for payment is of an invoice in this industry?

In the yacht racing industry in Australia, the ones being screwed most often are the people trying to earn a living as professional sailors, and the ones doing the screwing are most often those standing on the podium, or aspiring to.

Question- Why would a pro encourage a newbie owner to race PHS in the biggest race in the country? BTW I never said anything about PRO's being greedy and in regard to payment, personally not only my average time for payment but my nonnegotiable condition is that my invoice is paid in full before I step on a boat. If the owner disagrees then he probably has no intention of paying at all. Slow payment effectively means you are lending some rich cunt money.

Some PRO's are like some Architects - absolutely brilliant at their job but shithouse at business.

But back to the topic - Well sailed BJ!

 

[LB 15]

This just in on the Scallwag FB page. 'To the Scallywags the boss SH, team behind the scenes and all your many thousands of supporters around the world are super proud of you!'

Many thousands of supporters around the world? Who the fuck do they think they are? A F1 team? Only the England cricket team still have supporters when they get owned. Super proud of what? Coming last out of 3?

 

[Zonker]

Nice looking vessel as well.
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Thanks. My company designed some of it. A bit of stripey paint helps! 

 

[BR3232]

This just in on the Scallwag FB page. 'To the Scallywags the boss SH, team behind the scenes and all your many thousands of supporters around the world are super proud of you!'

Many thousands of supporters around the world? Who the fuck do they think they are? A F1 team? Only the England cricket team still have supporters when they get owned. Super proud of what? Coming last out of 3?

Fans? Sounds like you’re one of them.

 

[Hitchhiker]

Rogers 46.  Pretty impressive piece of kit.