Wind and forecast wind is critical to all entrants and it appears to be fading into the future. Tidal Currents in this part of the world are also incredibly important to consider, and all competitors should be setting themselves up at the Scilly Isles for their approach to the Alderney Race and their final push towards the finish line. The Alderney race will be flowing at up to 9.5knots at times, many boats wont be able to sail that fast if they find themselves going against it.
Looks like the Tracker using Windy shows the Tide ebbing (east to west) by all account the tide is flooding now (west to east). One of them is right, the other is not. I would trust Tidetech, since that is what they do.
I want to be a fly on the wall when they realize their error. Maybe Salter knows something we don’t. (Hopefully for him) But if he pooched it this bad I’d expect him to not only get fired but it would be admirable to forgo your pay for the race. So in the realm of 1500-2500 a day.
Yeah. (For context) How pleased would you be if someone couldn’t verify the course whilst paying I dunno 50-100k a day for the boat to sail? It’s not just the dailies... Its yard days, shipping, maintenance. My guess is you’re close to 6 figures a day to sail that boat and you can’t figure out the 5 defined marks of the course? Again. They may know something we don’t but then again, no one else has done what they did.
The clue was given with the Guernsey (St Peter Port) data…… Tidetech is more correct.
BB would be on a pretty penny that's for sure.! I wonder if BB offers a service "No Win No Fee.!"
I watched their track and certainly rounded the mark and went straight back the way they come obviously looking for more leverage at gaining. It's gone lighter now and Skorpios is creating her own apparent wind and running down the Multi Ultime Emotion. Love to know what it's blowing if Skorpios is going at 13-14 Knots at her current angle it would be under 10 knots I'm guessing?
Yeah when you look at the Tracker it's a sea of boats going in every direction. Makes you wonder if some of them know what they are doing.? LOL. For the boats coming back in it's a minefield out there..
