AC36: The Match (6-15th March. Reserve days to the 21st)

[jaysper]

Speaking of luck. I am lucky enough to celebrate my birthday on St Patrick's day.

So hopefully today will be a trifecta of good luck for ETNZ!

Yeah, happy birthday.

Undoubtedly the ONE RACE today will be enough to buoy your spirits

 

[mako23]

Speaking of luck. I am lucky enough to celebrate my birthday on St Patrick's day.

So hopefully today will be a trifecta of good luck for ETNZ!

Have you reached the status of an old bastard 

 

[Ncik]

They may have had "no choice" but they made that choice not because they didn't have the choice but because that is where they wanted to be.

WTF are you on about?

 

[jaysper]

WTF are you on about?

Answer: Drugs.

 

[accnick]

I don't believe that onboard wind data is a true reflection of the actual wind direction and speed.  It has to be a calculated figure due to the apparent wind factor.  I realise that there is probably some algorithm that is being used but in my opinion it doesn't accurately reflect the actual conditions.  

True wind direction and velocity are simple vector calculations using boatspeed, COG, apparent wind direction, and apparent wind velocity. Every modern wind instrument system in the last 40 years has been able to do this with reasonable precision.

Because these are calculated values rather directly measured, accuracy depends on the accuracy and calibration of each individual instrument input. The error is the sum of errors of the individual inputs.

One advantage of foiling boats is that you you have generally  near steady-state of pitch and roll, unlike a conventional monohull with a fair amount of vertical acceleration in any kind of sea, which obviously impacts on apparent wind and anything calculated from it. Have you ever watched how your wind instruments oscillate as your boat moves through waves, especially in any kind of sea?

Most instruments have damping functions to remove some of this effect.

It should not be a surprise to discover that a huge amount of effort goes into instrument calibration, constantly. On the old ACC boats, I once asked one of the instrument specialists how often they calibrate instruments. His answer was: "every day."

At the end of the day, it is more accurate than you think, and what matters is the wind direction and velocity that the boat and sails "see". Sailors almost always work in relative figures. 

The instrument systems themselves are humming away in their own little universe of absolutes.

At least on the boats I race, which are pretty conventional.Your experience may vary.

 

[Paddywackery]

Being an irishman on St Paddy's day would have been enough to damned near kill you without the other shit, right?  :lol:

Right.

We’re having ‘virtual parades’ this year. Now that’s not going to work. 

 

[Paddywackery]

Answer: Drugs.

Thanks for the laugh.

 

[Ncik]

Answer: Drugs.

That would explain KsfB covid denials.

 

[Paddywackery]

WTF are you on about?

That’s what the horse Upyaboya said at the 4:15 at Cheltenham but it cut no slack with the bookies.

 

[Jimber]

1 hour ago, Priscilla said:

22 knots with 26 peak @ Channel Island outer Hauraki Gulf may push through some puff later.

Channel Island always blows (gets a venturi effect between GBI and the Coromandel), not a good indicator of what is going to happen in the inner gulf.   But of course now I have made this statement I will be proved wrong, and if that means good racing today then I am okay.

 

[BoatSlut]

Any updated wind and course forecasts ?

 

[DayTripper]

I'll send the fucker if you pay the freight..... getting sick of him shitting in my garden...... :lol: :lol: h34r:

Sprinkling chilli seems to have worked for me with someone else's cat.

 

[PhilipNZ]

Any updated wind and course forecasts ?

Fuck all at the moment and not looking good. Still time but this mornings forecast should have seen some movement by now

 

[shanghaisailor]

I wonder if the two Squadron Commodores are on the same boat today?

 

[LCS Carbon]

 

[LCS Carbon]

 

[Barnyb]

I wonder if the two Squadron Commodores are on the same boat today?

They are locked in a room at the squadron with phones and email off

 

[terrafirma]

Another shit day for breeze..! 

 

[rh3000]

1 hour ago, 45Roller said:

Well happy birthday mate, hope you have a good one, how is the Guinness there?

for a laugh.. here's an interview with our patron saint from our favourite sailing commentator  :lol:

The one I've had so far was great! NZ usually does St Paddies quite well, but this year everyone appears a little distracted ;-)

 

[mako23]

They are locked in a room at the squadron with phones and email off

With security guards outside the building