Tunnel Rat
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Should I have used the word "skewering" instead?
The Ocean Race 2023 / GAME / One More Time - Around The World
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Tunnel Rat
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Good afternoon,
A late update today in haste.
Hoople and tcross have put some time and effort into getting south with two sets of gybes after the corner of the ice limit. This has put them in a commanding position in the rankings, but it is still unclear whether this will translate to a gain in the real world.
kea.nn and prettyhate have put in late gybes and had to take a few sterns to get south, while Me Rongu is stubbornly staying north. Again, the jury is still out on what will pay.
Viper seems to have slowed slightly and there seem to be difficult times ahead as he is likely to run into a ridge of high pressure in about 24hrs which does not seem to have a way around it and may allow for some serious compression. It remains to be seen if there is a restart, but certainly the lead should reduce significantly.
Mildly irrelevant rankings:
A late update today in haste.
Hoople and tcross have put some time and effort into getting south with two sets of gybes after the corner of the ice limit. This has put them in a commanding position in the rankings, but it is still unclear whether this will translate to a gain in the real world.
kea.nn and prettyhate have put in late gybes and had to take a few sterns to get south, while Me Rongu is stubbornly staying north. Again, the jury is still out on what will pay.
Viper seems to have slowed slightly and there seem to be difficult times ahead as he is likely to run into a ridge of high pressure in about 24hrs which does not seem to have a way around it and may allow for some serious compression. It remains to be seen if there is a restart, but certainly the lead should reduce significantly.
Mildly irrelevant rankings:
| 15-Mar | |||
| 06:30UTC | |||
| Place | SA Name | Boat Name | Dist to Leader |
| 1 | viper43 | viper640 | 5396.9 |
| 2 | eliboat | Hoople | 285.8 |
| 3 | Gybe Turkey | Gybe Turkey | 303.3 |
| 4 | tcross | 304 | |
| 5 | Your Mom | Your Mom SA | 305.1 |
| 6 | Tunnel Rat | Mongrel | 306.8 |
| 7 | Breitling | Breitling_SA | 307.6 |
| 8 | JeSa-SA | JeSa | 308.9 |
| 9 | Blue Mountain YC | shockwave11 | 310.2 |
| 10 | kea.nn | kea.nn SA | 311.2 |
| 11 | Sapphire Girl | Sapphire Girl | 314.7 |
| 12 | prettyhatemachine | prettyhatemachine | 324.4 |
| 13 | Mozzie 2 | 374.7 | |
| 14 | SailingMyCubicle | SailingMyCubicle | 381.9 |
| 15 | Driftwood | Me Rongo Rekohu SA | 389.1 |
| 16 | sbpoint | Sbpoint | 402.9 |
| 17 | mad | Sticky | 417.1 |
| 18 | Mike G | MikeVentura | 429.2 |
| 19 | MikeMike | 496.2 | |
| 20 | 12345 | Siafu | 579.6 |
| 21 | Jean-Baptiste | HelloKitty-Iceland | 976.5 |
Tunnel Rat
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Good morning,
A rather unusual position where no one is on the ice limit except Viper who is starting to run into the back of the high pressure area. I predict frustration in his immediate future.
The rest of us are heading east at max speed, lanes have been chosen and not much action.
A rather unusual position where no one is on the ice limit except Viper who is starting to run into the back of the high pressure area. I predict frustration in his immediate future.
The rest of us are heading east at max speed, lanes have been chosen and not much action.
| 16-Mar | |||
| 02:00UTC | |||
| Place | SA Name | Boat Name | Dist to Leader |
| 1 | viper43 | viper640 | 5199.7 |
| 2 | eliboat | Hoople | 261.8 |
| 3 | Gybe Turkey | Gybe Turkey | 278 |
| 4 | Your Mom | Your Mom SA | 278.3 |
| 5 | Tunnel Rat | Mongrel | 279.9 |
| 6 | Blue Mountain YC | shockwave11 | 287 |
| 7 | Breitling | Breitling_SA | 288.8 |
| 8 | JeSa-SA | JeSa | 289.7 |
| 9 | Sapphire Girl | Sapphire Girl | 295.1 |
| 10 | tcross | 299 | |
| 11 | prettyhatemachine | prettyhatemachine | 303 |
| 12 | Mozzie 2 | 308.3 | |
| 13 | kea.nn | kea.nn SA | 310.6 |
| 14 | SailingMyCubicle | SailingMyCubicle | 341.8 |
| 15 | mad | Sticky | 367.9 |
| 16 | sbpoint | Sbpoint | 378 |
| 17 | Mike G | MikeVentura | 394.5 |
| 18 | Driftwood | Me Rongo Rekohu SA | 457.1 |
| 19 | MikeMike | 486.3 | |
| 20 | 12345 | Siafu | 580.5 |
| 21 | Jean-Baptiste | HelloKitty-Iceland | 1001.6 |
Sapphire Girl
Member
Looks like Viper et al will be in light winds and forced to beat up as the ice limit rises soon. Could be interesting.
Tunnel Rat
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BTW, most people have just crossed the date line into the western hemisphere. Don't get that wrong if you are manually inputting data into routers.
viper43
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yep this early lead is getting smaller by the minute. never has a 300 mile lead felt so worthless. this fleet compression has been in the cards for the past week or more, but kept getting pushed further east. now its inevitable. let the restart begin!
Tunnel Rat
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Good morning,
In cycling parlance, the breakaway has bonked and the peleton is riding him down.
Viper is the slowest boat on the course and the roadblock ahead is pitiless. it looks like it will be in place for about 3 days before moving reluctantly north to allow the race to restart. You got an undeserved shafting mate!
The pack, while still significantly faster than Viper have also slowed as the wind lightens and has become more northerly. The main task now is to get yourself into the optimum position for when the wind gods allow us back up to speed.
Enjoy your weekend.
In cycling parlance, the breakaway has bonked and the peleton is riding him down.
Viper is the slowest boat on the course and the roadblock ahead is pitiless. it looks like it will be in place for about 3 days before moving reluctantly north to allow the race to restart. You got an undeserved shafting mate!
The pack, while still significantly faster than Viper have also slowed as the wind lightens and has become more northerly. The main task now is to get yourself into the optimum position for when the wind gods allow us back up to speed.
Enjoy your weekend.
| 17-Mar | |||
| 00:00UTC | |||
| Place | SA Name | Boat Name | Dist to Leader |
| 1 | viper43 | viper640 | 5083.9 |
| 2 | eliboat | Hoople | 194.2 |
| 3 | Gybe Turkey | Gybe Turkey | 204.4 |
| 4 | Your Mom | Your Mom SA | 205 |
| 5 | JeSa-SA | JeSa | 213.9 |
| 6 | tcross | 215.1 | |
| 7 | Breitling | Breitling_SA | 216.1 |
| 8 | Tunnel Rat | Mongrel | 218.4 |
| 9 | Blue Mountain YC | shockwave11 | 220.4 |
| 10 | prettyhatemachine | prettyhatemachine | 229.1 |
| 11 | kea.nn | kea.nn SA | 234.1 |
| 12 | Sapphire Girl | Sapphire Girl | 239.2 |
| 13 | mad | Sticky | 251.8 |
| 14 | SailingMyCubicle | SailingMyCubicle | 263.9 |
| 15 | Mike G | MikeVentura | 267.6 |
| 16 | Mozzie 2 | 269.8 | |
| 17 | sbpoint | Sbpoint | 284.9 |
| 18 | MikeMike | 293.9 | |
| 19 | Driftwood | Me Rongo Rekohu SA | 335 |
| 20 | 12345 | Siafu | 374.2 |
| 21 | Jean-Baptiste | HelloKitty-Iceland | 1015.8 |
Tunnel Rat
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Good morning,
The high pressure has wreaked it worst and we have a restart. Viper is still a few miles ahead of the main pack, but it is almost a straight line from NNW to SSE.
The aim now is to time the gybe properly to get back to the ice limit.
Irrelevant rankings, which are basically south to north.
The high pressure has wreaked it worst and we have a restart. Viper is still a few miles ahead of the main pack, but it is almost a straight line from NNW to SSE.
The aim now is to time the gybe properly to get back to the ice limit.
Irrelevant rankings, which are basically south to north.
| 20-Mar | |||
| 02:30UTC | |||
| Place | SA Name | Boat Name | Dist to Leader |
| 1 | 12345 | Siafu | 4851.4 |
| 2 | eliboat | Hoople | 11.3 |
| 3 | Mozzie 2 | 16.4 | |
| 4 | mad | Sticky | 34.4 |
| 5 | sbpoint | Sbpoint | 35.9 |
| 6 | Tunnel Rat | Mongrel | 36.8 |
| 7 | JeSa-SA | JeSa | 40.8 |
| 8 | Blue Mountain YC | shockwave11 | 40.9 |
| 9 | Your Mom | Your Mom SA | 41.5 |
| 10 | viper43 | viper640 | 41.9 |
| 11 | Mike G | MikeVentura | 42.4 |
| 12 | Gybe Turkey | Gybe Turkey | 43.2 |
| 13 | kea.nn | kea.nn SA | 43.2 |
| 14 | SailingMyCubicle | SailingMyCubicle | 43.8 |
| 15 | prettyhatemachine | prettyhatemachine | 44.1 |
| 16 | Breitling | Breitling_SA | 46 |
| 17 | Driftwood | Me Rongo Rekohu SA | 46.9 |
| 18 | Sapphire Girl | Sapphire Girl | 49.9 |
| 19 | tcross | 50.3 | |
| 20 | MikeMike | 96.9 | |
| 21 | Jean-Baptiste | HelloKitty-Iceland | 749.7 |
DRIFTW00D
DRIFTW00D
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Any one else playing with / on the games router? At this time it’s route is about the same as the ZEZO plan. Difference being it’s a set it and it dose it all. I don’t like the 7 energy I’m at this morning, it used a lot of reserves. I can sleep and catch u guys but….it’s not conserving energy. Any ideas about how to lower its hi consumsion rates?
Im just using its free auto everything way points but still setting it to places I want it to go to…
Im just using its free auto everything way points but still setting it to places I want it to go to…
Rainbow Spirit
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Is the actual race map that shows the real boats plus the VR leader accurate, ie is the shown VR leader the real VR leader? Thanks.
JeSa-SA
Member
The past 24 hours were particularly bad, with sailing angles and wind speeds right around sail-changing thresholds. I tend to place way too much trust in the readings on the game interface and got burned with two extra sail changes too. Better sailors on this board will have more/better advice for you, I'm sure, but in general, what you want to try and do is space out the big (energy-hungry) maneuvers, like tacks/gybes and sail changes, so that your stamina has a chance to recover before getting hit again.
Easier said than done, but for instance, if a gybe is coming up in 6 hours, and you can't avoid a sail change in 3 hours, you'll be better off changing to that sail now (if suitable to your sailing angle and wind speed, of course) than sailing in boost mode until that change, because it will give you 6 hours to recover your stamina instead of 3. Hope that makes sense and is helpful?
Tunnel Rat
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Good morning,
Most of the fleet gybed about 9hrs ago. Majority heading south-east towards the ice gate with a large high to our NW.
The discussion about energy levels is interesting as zezo has us short gybing along the ice limit soon. This will destroy the energy levels and lead to big losses. From my observations - sail changes in strong winds are the biggest energy expenditure, tacks and gybes in light winds are relatively cheap, but will still add up if you are gybing every 15 minutes.
We are not quite half way across the Pacific so there is still a long way to go in this one. The dashboard tells me that, at the moment, there are 14 boats within 17Nm of me. This is a close one.
Mildly inconsequential rankings.
Most of the fleet gybed about 9hrs ago. Majority heading south-east towards the ice gate with a large high to our NW.
The discussion about energy levels is interesting as zezo has us short gybing along the ice limit soon. This will destroy the energy levels and lead to big losses. From my observations - sail changes in strong winds are the biggest energy expenditure, tacks and gybes in light winds are relatively cheap, but will still add up if you are gybing every 15 minutes.
We are not quite half way across the Pacific so there is still a long way to go in this one. The dashboard tells me that, at the moment, there are 14 boats within 17Nm of me. This is a close one.
Mildly inconsequential rankings.
| 21-Mar | |||
| 01:00UTC | |||
| Place | SA Name | Boat Name | Dist to Leader |
| 1 | sbpoint | Sbpoint | 4772.1 |
| 2 | eliboat | Hoople | 11.7 |
| 3 | Blue Mountain YC | shockwave11 | 12.4 |
| 4 | kea.nn | kea.nn SA | 16.1 |
| 5 | Tunnel Rat | Mongrel | 18.1 |
| 6 | viper43 | viper640 | 19.4 |
| 7 | Sapphire Girl | Sapphire Girl | 19.7 |
| 8 | mad | Sticky | 19.9 |
| 9 | Breitling | Breitling_SA | 20.1 |
| 10 | Mozzie 2 | 20.8 | |
| 11 | Driftwood | Me Rongo Rekohu SA | 21 |
| 12 | prettyhatemachine | prettyhatemachine | 21.7 |
| 13 | Your Mom | Your Mom SA | 22.9 |
| 14 | JeSa-SA | JeSa | 25.6 |
| 15 | Gybe Turkey | Gybe Turkey | 26.9 |
| 16 | tcross | 28.1 | |
| 17 | SailingMyCubicle | SailingMyCubicle | 34.2 |
| 18 | 12345 | Siafu | 48 |
| 19 | MikeMike | 64.2 | |
| 20 | Mike G | MikeVentura | 132.9 |
| 21 | Jean-Baptiste | HelloKitty-Iceland | 542.2 |
DRIFTW00D
DRIFTW00D
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NO the game uses points along the course to measure the boats distance to that point. At times lead boats will read accurate BUT at most other times others further south or north or east or west will show low position. I was 17000th this morning and I’m at about 2000 now. All the game shows is a estimate to a point. Lowest distance is first. Not distance to the finish.
Rainbow-spirit is your boat named Rainbow spirit 2.
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I don’t use a router in the game, just my iPhone and the shitty app weather visualizations. More fun that way. I have used routing in the past and it made it more work for me, and less fun. 🤷🏻♂️. That being said I have nothing against it.
Rainbow Spirit
Anarchist
Yes, I used to spend many hours on the VR games, but I gave it away when I realized that I was ruining my sleep patterns chasing results that were almost always well behind the top virtual sailors.
prettyhatemachine
Member
So is this the new meta, crawling along the ice exclusion zone at 160 TWA?
Your Mom
Super Anarchist
The stamina thing produces situations where going beyond ideal VMG angles can sometimes be better than short-gybing. I'm not very good at figuring out when to do it... I'm going with the herd on this particular call.
Ouch! I noticed that. That happened to me a few days ago. Very frustratingcould be worse .. screwing up (distracted & not hitting 'save') and already spending over 1hr below ice limit, + going to spend longer to get back above it
