Sydney To Hobart 2018

[Spoonie]

You estimating that as the all up annual cost, prorated for the number of races,  or just the race pre-start to finish, including crew wages, benefits, travel, gear and lodging

Oats’s annual budget was discussed at a talk as being about $3-4m a year

 

[dachopper]

Windy showing 3kts, and they are doing 14/15.....wtf

 

[us7070]

Windy showing 3kts, and they are doing 14/15.....wtf

that' a forecast...

the measured wind near them is 9-12kts now

although it will get pretty light further along...

 

[LB 15]

Just looked at the tracker. It’s not a good morning for all you WOXI haters. Suck shit you ball garglers. 

 

[Trickypig]

Alive verses WOX shaping up to be a great race finish.

Tasman Island fairly easy to see for Wouter.

 

[dachopper]

Is blackjack still in the mix? It game over?  

 

[Hitchhiker]

Tasman Island fairly easy to see for Wouter.

Cold!

 

[us7070]

Just looked at the tracker. It’s not a good morning for all you WOXI haters. Suck shit you ball garglers. 

i think comanche screwed up the approach - their line in was further N.., and it looks like they sailed into a light patch close to tasman island.

maybe the southerly was lifting up over the bluffs or something... but it took them a while to get going again...

probably should have bitten the bullet and taken the hit to get a bit S earlier than they did - would have cost less

 

[Trickypig]

Cold!

At least it doesn’t disappear when you zoom out on the chart...

 

[MPH]

WOX doing to Alive what WOXI did to Comanche? Impressive stuff from SJ and her team. 

 

[us7070]

comanche and black jack are on marine traffic now

not woxi though

 

[Trickypig]

Looks sunny. 

Could have a mid morning glass out as the day warms up

 

[us7070]

Looks sunny. 

Could have a mid morning glass out as the day warms up

woxi is pointed right at Dennes Pt, which currently shows 0 gusting 1kt

 

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And we're off, plenty of breeze in the river, 10 knots or so by the looks of it. 

 

[bayboy]

So BJ will have about 10miles to catch 5 miles from South Arm to the finish, not sure Oats will be that slow.

 

[DaveK]

Whats up with infotrack??

 

[olaf hart]

In 20 minutes ABC HOBART is promising a live feed of the finish..

https://www.facebook.com/abchobart/photos/a.120745234217/10157369437549218/?type=3

 

[PDG]

I was just wondering about Infotrack as well. Setting up for a hotter angle expecting the glass off? Whatever they're looking for, they paid dearly for it.

 

[animeproblem]

Whats up with infotrack??

If it's a lane change it's rather odd.

 

[opusnz]

Marinetraffic is showing that both Comanche and Blackjack have flipped to the north.