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waco

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hoppy said:
I just saw that there is a change to the championships. The S2H is now no longer part of the event. 
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The whole TP 52 Championships have been abandoned. The owner of a certain Botin 52 has been told it is not a TP by TP owners, and therefore the gigs off.

 
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Couta

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waco said:
The whole TP 52 Championships have been abandoned. The owner of a certain Botin 52 has been told it is not a TP by TP owners, and therefore the gigs off.
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About this....^^^^.... What's the full story? Is there a serious contention amongst the fleet that Ichi isn't a "genuine" TP52 in the "spirit" of the rule?? 

 
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pulpit

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So here we are a week out from some  of Melbourne’s biggest races of the year. The West Coaster could be said is equal or harder than the Hobart as you have no place to run when it turns to crap.

So forget that race out of sydney that everyone thinks is the only race in the world this time of year. What’s the Goss and who’s doing what races, Mel - Davenport / Mel - Hobart / West Coaster ? 

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bighugh

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hoppy said:
I just started this in the Ocean Racing forum 
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pulpit said:
So here we are a week out from some  of Melbourne’s biggest races of the year. The West Coaster could be said is equal or harder than the Hobart as you have no place to run when it turns to crap.

So forget that race out of sydney that everyone thinks is the only race in the world this time of year. What’s the Goss and who’s doing what races, Mel - Davenport / Mel - Hobart / West Coaster ? 

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Plenty of places to run to. Stanley, Grassy, Macquarie Harbour, Port Davey, and Recherche Bay which all offer excellent shelter in all weather, plus a few other bolt holes offering limited shelter depending on wind direction. Not really harder than the RSH. It is 150 nm shorter to start with. I believe that the ORCV has made a rod for its own back by propagating the belief that it is a tougher race than the RSH; as by doing so it has discouraged a lot of people from doing it. Only 12 entries this year. 

 
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crafty_otter

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pulpit said:
So here we are a week out from some  of Melbourne’s biggest races of the year. The West Coaster could be said is equal or harder than the Hobart as you have no place to run when it turns to crap.

So forget that race out of sydney that everyone thinks is the only race in the world this time of year. What’s the Goss and who’s doing what races, Mel - Davenport / Mel - Hobart / West Coaster ? 

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Well it will most likely be the Cookson50 Oskana. If they can get south and make the transition; all of the 40's behind them will be toast.

 
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Checked

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resist said:
Hope someone got video of the INSX/Dream/whoever clusterfuck at the start boat
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Didn't look good, plenty of boats and a few clunks at the start boat... race was good, better than expected at first, nice cruising upwind until Arthur's seat, then then wind went... bit of a lottery getting out of that and then a nice reach to the finish. Good luck to the Devenport and Hobart racers.

 
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Zeusproject

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Ouch.   

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