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Sailingkid
Super Anarchist
Yay picked up the edge of that depression i tacked out to get now im blasting south at a very high speed under kite! cant wait till the southern ocean though. B)
Haji
Super Anarchist
Dramling
Member
some nice wind that i caught by diving low and i'm chugging along now heading towards good hope at 23-26kt
scottmax
Super Anarchist
I'm drunk and just wondering how many of the player are checking their boat more than twice a day? And how many are using more information than is provided by the web site host?
Fess up all of you serious players
h34r: h34r:
Fess up all of you serious players
h34r: h34r: Dramling
Member
i check pretty much whenever i have time and remember, sleeping without checking at nights, and only go by what i see in the window.
yachtie2k4
Super Anarchist
lol, i tried haji, oceanplanet and ocean planet and it came up with nothing.
i loved sailingkids covering of me, but it didn't really work and i have slipped past him ha ha ha!!! im 2268 he's 2272.
i check it as much as i can, so if im home and on the net i will be checking it every 10mins or so but i don't let it stop me from sleeping or working. i only use the data that is shown in the window. i did try to find out how to utilise the GRIBS but it was a bit complex for me and you need to have a program that converts the GRIBS file into something that you can use, well thats how i understand it.
Haji
Super Anarchist
You should have tried my name spelled backwards. In any case I've given up placings to get better positioned for the upcoming blow.
You might try the free grib viewer you can get on www.grib.us, or spring for Ocens' Grib Explorer (my fav) for viewing weather files. You can get free gribs on grib.us, but the files are pretty big. I also use Ocens Weathernet to get gribs or whatever, it's a great tool for getting every kind of weather info on earth. Not free, unless you are a dealer...
You might try the free grib viewer you can get on www.grib.us, or spring for Ocens' Grib Explorer (my fav) for viewing weather files. You can get free gribs on grib.us, but the files are pretty big. I also use Ocens Weathernet to get gribs or whatever, it's a great tool for getting every kind of weather info on earth. Not free, unless you are a dealer...
yachtie2k4
Super Anarchist
i just tried ijah and it didn't work
thanks for the info about the gribs files.
cheers
rob
thanks for the info about the gribs files.
cheers
rob
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Haji
Super Anarchist
Try my REAL name!i just tried ijah and it didn't work
cheers
rob
Regarding the weather on LS, there seems to be a lag in between the time that the GFS data is supposed to happen and when they actually start using it on the site. But at least the relative wind differences between one area and another is generally close enough....for a game.
Sailingkid
Super Anarchist
I should be up in 400th still had my brother not sabotaged me, but im now 4 spots ahead of yachtie2k4, who said that my attempted covering hadent worked. <_< I think im acctually apreaching the douldrums now. :angry:
yachtie2k4
Super Anarchist
umm have you looked at where i am in relation to you? sorry but i am a fair way to the south of where you are so you aren't really covering me, if you hadn't have tacked a while ago, you would be a fair bit further infront of where you are now. considering my boat was on the beach for 6 days (and not being able to utilize the new polars, that allowed us to do 30-40 knots, that were being used at that stage because of my beached boat) and im back up with you im doin pretty damn good
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Sailingkid
Super Anarchist
im up to 2248th how bout you? We have both had bad things happen to us, and we are just about dead even now. my covereing attempt may not have been awfully sucsessful but you didnt slip through to leeward. I wanted this to happen so the race would be better
yachtie2k4
Super Anarchist
right now i am in 2275, but i have been up to 2260 or there abouts. yeah we have both had bad things happen to us. i guess we will see if my tactic works.
scottmax
Super Anarchist
I am feeling very vunerable where I am right about now. 1505 and losing.
ColinG
Super Anarchist
Wind where I am is 146, so coming straight at you. Not good
You could always go south and try to hook up with that next system coming through. Looks like plenty of wind with it
CC
scottmax
Super Anarchist
I was having that thought earlier. I would be easier If the ice gate was not there.
Lets see what he morning brings. Time for sleep. 1502
Lets see what he morning brings. Time for sleep. 1502
Sailingkid
Super Anarchist
Im curently 2222th and gaining. At this stage it really depends on who get the breeze first. Do we just have to be north of the ice gates? :blink:
yachtie2k4
Super Anarchist
as long as you pass part on your starboard side you're fine. i posted a image of what ways you can pass it. mmm my tactic didn't work, and i must have got stuck at .5 knots for a while cause i swear i was in almost the same position as i am now at like 6am this morning!!
Sailingkid
Super Anarchist
Currenly 2219th andi ive just tacked on this MASSIVE knock and im hoping to tack underneath yachtie2k4 and leebow him, or clear you and tack on top of you to give you bad air, if that applys when there is 50nm or so between the boats. :huh:
