The Ocean Race 2023 / GAME / One More Time - Around The World

[12345]

after life, and a desire to not pay the eBoat masters, got in the way of staying with the lead boats I caught a massive flyer and am not nearly as embarrassed…

 

[Gybe Turkey]

Nice job Mom and JeSa for a top 50 fiinish!!!

 

[JeSa-SA]

Thanks, GT! Not too shabby a finish for you either I kept looking over my shoulder, thinking that you might do the same thing Mom did to me in that final stretch!

 

[Your Mom]

That was a pretty intense finish. Nice job, guys. Several great finishes from the SA squad. I've been off my game a bit lately, and this one brought some of the intensity back for me today.

 

[JeSa-SA]

It was intense indeed. I've got some sleep to catch up to, lol!

 

[Breitling]

Congrats you all, what a pity not have been able to be in that fight at the front.

As said, bye for a long time, I´ll be off by now.

I´ll miss you.

 

[eliboat]

That was a very fun leg. Amazing how tight the virtual race was in a similar way to the actual race.

 

[JeSa-SA]

It was tight for sure! It was a bit frustrating for me to have Mom on my right hip this whole time and knowing I could only delay the inevitable (well played Mom!) But nothing compared to the frustration that Tunnel Rat must have felt shooting up to 2nd place overall in that last run, knowing all along that he would eventually have to gybe and take his loss.

Bye for now, Breitling! I'll probably be away too for the next few legs (traveling and otherwise busy with real life), but hopefully I'll find time to rejoin the fun before this edition of the race concludes.

 

[Tunnel Rat]

Good morning,

Firstly - we wish Breitling and his wife as easy time in the future. Our thoughts are with you. Let us know when you want to come out and play.

On to less serious things. The dust has settled and the majority of us have finished.

My excuse for grossly misplaced over-optimism was a heady mix of real life racing, a series prizegiving and just one or two celebratory beers.

I was firmly slapped back into my place by the four front runners. Well done to you all. An extremely close finish between Mom and JeSa - 203 secs after 34 and a half days of racing. That's a 0.007% difference!

I feel that Viper got absolutely brutalised by this leg. He was out in the front by 36hours at one point. It all closed back up, but he held on to his lead until about 400Nm to the finish, when he got hammered again by the weather. Well played for the early gybe which put you so far ahead and for grinding it out to maintain the lead for so long.

Well done to Mom - back to your best.

I'm hoping most people will finish within the next 24hrs, and then I will update the overall placings.

By the way - I slept through my alarm anyway..... not that it would have made any difference.

3-Apr
03:30UTC
Place	SA Name	Boat Name	DTF	Days	Hours	Mins	Secs	O/A Finish
1	Your Mom	Your Mom SA		34	11	12	52	28
2	JeSa-SA	JeSa				3	23	43
3	Gybe Turkey	Gybe Turkey				10	27	93
4	Blue Mountain YC	shockwave11				15	5	130
5	Tunnel Rat	Mongrel				43	17	295
6	viper43	viper640			1	10	9	360
7	Driftwood	Me Rongo Rekohu SA			3	13	11	603
8	Sapphire Girl	Sapphire Girl			3	57	12	750
9	eliboat	Hoople			6	12	48	1,323
10	kea.nn	kea.nn SA			7	31	52	1,657
11		tcross			8	24	12	1,880
12	Breitling	Breitling_SA			10	46	56	2,416
13	prettyhate machine	prettyhate machine			11	12	45	2,488
14	SailingMy Cubicle	SailingMy Cubicle			17	5	7	2,958
15		Mozzie 2			17	6	26	2,959
16	Mike G	MikeVentura			18	27	18	3,079
17	12345	Siafu	217
18	mad	Sticky	358
19	sbpoint	Sbpoint	386
20		MikeMike	414
21	Jean-Baptiste	HelloKitty-Iceland	2031

 

[viper43]

TR- thanks for the standings and blurbs about our experience, fun stuff. Congratulations to the podium winners, you showed commitment, dedication, and earned your results. I was fortunate to get a large early lead, and unfortunate to sail into a giant parking lot that expanded in my path for an extra couple gribs. Such is ocean racing. I’ll sail the next leg to Newport looking to avoid those slow spots!

 

[JeSa-SA]

I agree, TR's daily recaps were great fun. Nyall Myant-Best, look out!

 

[Sailing My Cubicle]

TR- thanks for the tracking and blurbs.

And shout out to Mozzie2 for the one place delta in the finish order.

Looking forward to the next leg.

 

[Tunnel Rat]

Hello,

Most people have finished. The Brazilian beaches north of Itajai seem to have some sort of Siren call for MikeMike, having sailed straight past the finish. Hello Kitty seems to have been sampling the beaches near Cape Horn, which did not appear to be to his liking as he bounced well over 100Nm off to the SW after impact!

A shout out to SailingMyCubicle and Mozzie 2 for some high quality brinksmanship with only 79 secs separating them.

OA to follow.

6-Apr
09:00UTC
Place	SA Name	Boat Name	DTF	Days	Hours	Mins	Secs	O/A Finish
1	Your Mom	Your Mom SA		34	11	12	52	28
2	JeSa-SA	JeSa				3	23	43
3	Gybe Turkey	Gybe Turkey				10	27	93
4	Blue Mountain YC	shockwave11				15	5	130
5	Tunnel Rat	Mongrel				43	17	295
6	viper43	viper640			1	10	9	360
7	Driftwood	Me Rongo Rekohu SA			3	13	11	603
8	Sapphire Girl	Sapphire Girl			3	57	12	750
9	eliboat	Hoople			6	12	48	1,323
10	kea.nn	kea.nn SA			7	31	52	1,657
11		tcross			8	24	12	1,880
12	Breitling	Breitling_SA			10	46	56	2,416
13	prettyhate machine	prettyhate machine			11	12	45	2,488
14	SailingMy Cubicle	SailingMy Cubicle			17	5	7	2,958
15		Mozzie 2			17	6	26	2,959
16	Mike G	MikeVentura			18	27	18	3,079
17	12345	Siafu		2	20	14	7	8,193
18	mad	Sticky		4	4	46	42	12,729
19	sbpoint	Sbpoint		4	5	2	19	12,903
20		MikeMike	51
21	Jean-Baptiste	HelloKitty-Iceland	1548

 

[Tunnel Rat]

Hello,

Here are the overalls. I am assuming MikeMike and Hello Kitty will finish.

A DNC will now cost you 25 points.

Mom and Shockwave are tied for the lead with Mom taking it on countback.

A quick reminder that we are using a low points system without drops.

On a personal note, using the Dashboard made quite a big difference for me understanding what is really going on. Also big thanks to Mom explaining the boost given in between changing sails. Being willing to interrupt a night's sleep might make a difference as well, but I'm not, so I deal with it.

Leg 4 starts in 17 days.

See you then.

Place	SA Name	Boat Name	Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3	Total
1	Your Mom	Your Mom SA	1	7	1	9
2	Blue Mountain YC	shockwave11	2	3	4	9
3	viper43	viper640	3	1	6	10
4	JeSa-SA	JeSa	5	4	2	11
5	kea.nn	kea.nn SA	6	5	10	21
6	prettyhatemachine	prettyhatemachine	4	6	13	23
7	Breitling	Breitling_SA	10	2	12	24
8	Driftwood	Me Rongo Rekohu SA	7	10	7	24
9	Tunnel Rat	Mongrel	15	9	5	29
10	Gybe Turkey	Gybe Turkey	25	8	3	36
11	12345	Siafu	9	13	17	39
12	Mike G	MikeVentura	12	11	16	39
13	gary	Hschutz	14	25	25	64
14	SailingMyCubicle	SailingMyCubicle	8	18	14	40
15		tcross	16	14	11	41
16		Mozzie 2	13	16	15	44
17	eliboat	Hoople	25	17	9	51
18	mad	Sticky	18	19	18	55
19		MikeMike	25	12	20	57
20	Sapphire Girl	Sapphire Girl	25	25	8	58
21	Jean-Baptiste	HelloKitty-Iceland	17	20	21	58
22	Kenny Dumas	SA_ Kenny Dumas	11	25	25	61
23	Kapt'n Kirk	prowler_1-SA	25	15	25	65
24	sbpoint	Sbpoint	25	25	19	69

 

[DRIFTW00D]

Dam rat this stuffs getting like real racing with points! I might have to start trying, but I like sleeping at night to much…. maybe get the chrome dash board could help? And Looking up grib update Times mom talked about.

 

[Tunnel Rat]

Dam rat this stuffs getting like real racing with points! I might have to start trying, but I like sleeping at night to much…. maybe get the chrome dash board could help? And Looking up grib update Times mom talked about.

That will help you for certain, but it won't keep you ahead of me!

 

[Your Mom]

FWIW, I usually sleep 6-8 hours, and rarely wake up for the 4:30 AM wind update. Usually just in volatile conditions or tricky coastal stuff. Staying awake all night is like buying expensive sails for your real boat, or buying expensive golf balls... it'll only help if you sail to the right places. Otherwise, you're just driving it further into the trees.

 

[DRIFTW00D]

I don’t know rat I saw u inside the islands not fast at the finish when fast guys were outside faster and at a good angle…

 

[Tunnel Rat]

I don’t know rat I saw u inside the islands not fast at the finish when fast guys were outside faster and at a good angle…

Ouch, please can someone help me remove this knife from the centre of my chest! Brutal!

 

[DRIFTW00D]

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