The Ocean Race 2023 leg 3: Capetown to Itajaí, Brazil
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dg_sailingfan
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11th Hour Racing Team down to 8-9 knots in the latest Tracker Update!!!
Just a sail change or have they broken something?
Just a sail change or have they broken something?
Rennmaus
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Interviews
Team Holcim - PRB (SUI)
Tom Laperche (FRA) - Interview in FRENCH
Sam Goodchild (GBR) - Interview in ENGLISH
Abby Ehler (GBR) - Interview in ENGLISH
11th Hour Racing Team (USA)
Justine Mettraux (SUI) - Interview in FRENCH
Charlie Enright (USA) - Skipper - Interview in ENGLISH
Team Holcim - PRB (SUI)
Tom Laperche (FRA) - Interview in FRENCH
Sam Goodchild (GBR) - Interview in ENGLISH
Abby Ehler (GBR) - Interview in ENGLISH
11th Hour Racing Team (USA)
Justine Mettraux (SUI) - Interview in FRENCH
Charlie Enright (USA) - Skipper - Interview in ENGLISH
Awesome content from TM!
I can't go any faster!! - Me neither!!
Brilliant!
Boris and Nico locked up in the bow section??
I have to say I had low expectations about this race, but I actually enjoy it a lot more than previous editions where videos were all too cleaned-up and corporate. Regardless of the final result, TM should get a special prize for how they communicate and promote the race and off-shore sailing!
I can't go any faster!! - Me neither!!
Brilliant!Boris and Nico locked up in the bow section??
I have to say I had low expectations about this race, but I actually enjoy it a lot more than previous editions where videos were all too cleaned-up and corporate. Regardless of the final result, TM should get a special prize for how they communicate and promote the race and off-shore sailing!
despacio avenue
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Ok, it looks like Kevin has made his decision: Holcim PRB has gybed and looks to be headed to the Chilean coast.
dg_sailingfan
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Probably a smart choice! He can afford it too! He is sitting very pretty in the Overall Lead and the last thing you want when you are the Overall Leader is break something.
11th Hour Racing Team has slowed down quite a lot. They are getting the brunt of the wind conditions & sea state.
Rainbow Spirit
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Compare the onboard conditions to what the old V70s had in the same conditions, chalk and cheese.
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At their current speed they couldn't go straight anyways, because they would hit the ice limit before the front passes. So I could imagine the think it is better to gybe now and back in a few hours, than gybe in the worst conditions. Same for TM.
terrafirma
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I think all the teams will do the same. Even TM despite the talk about them being built for these conditions, that's only the hull, the rest of the boat can still break. None of the boats going very fast at the moment. They have slowed to around 60 miles per 24 hours.
despacio avenue
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Which is what it appears Holcim PRB has done.
TheDragon
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Wow, what a slowdown, must be really rough
dg_sailingfan
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Well, all did except for 11th Hour Racing Team. Are Enright & SiFi gambling here?
dg_sailingfan
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And Enright did not jibe towards the Chilean Coast and jibe back like Holcim, TM and Biotherm have likely done.
Very big risk the US Team is taking here.
Goodvibes
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He was talking about the 1 degree buttons on the auto pilot, not the heel of the boat.
Herman
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Weather routing March 25th
I adjusted the polars for the fleet and started using the powered-down version as I noted that boats are behind projected locations as the sea state worsens, boats start to reef and boat speeds drop a bit. Also adjusted the sea room around the Chilean coast to +/- 40 nm in order not to route too close to the lee shore.
Settings for max downwind back to 40 kts, upwind 30 kts.
The ECMWF GRIB file was from yesterday 12Z and is too old imho. I don't buy the projected routing. GFS from today 01Z seems more valid, also looking at the current heading of the boats.
Pic 1 has Sat IR color 0645Z boats 0545Z and HPs, LPs plus CF as synoptic chart. That very active LP (50 kts projected) around 40 degrees south and 140 degrees west to the NW of the fleet is relatively stable for position. Fleet in between the HP to their north and the LPs to their south provide nice westerly winds and excellent reaching opportunities.
Pic 2 Sat IR color 0645Z boats 0545Z ECMWF wind and pressure
Pic 3 Sat IR color 0645Z boats 0545Z GFS wind and pressure
Pic 4 ASCAT got lucky @ 0242Z this morning. South west of Cape Horn there is some 35 kts wind, but most is doable 25 to 30 kts steady winds at that moment. Team Malizia and Holcim-PRB +/- 25 kts wind, 11th Hr which is most to the SW of the fleet +/- 30 kts wind.
Pic 5 ASCAT 0242Z zoomed
Both wind models project parts with lesser winds, but actually most is just plain 30 kts.
Pic 6 ASCAT 0242Z zoomed GFS
Pic 7 ASCAT 0242Z zoomed ECMWF
Pic 8 Wx routing and table. As noted above the ECMWF GRIB file is too old imho, and the projected wx routing pushes the boats SE but they just gybed ENE like GFS suggests. So I buy GFS.
Pic 9 Wx routing and table GFS. Max TWS +/- 40 kts steady projected and maximum significant waves 6 meters. Doable with double or triple reefed main and a fractional headsail.
Pic 10 Rounding Cape Horn March 26th evening as per GFS and WW3
I adjusted the polars for the fleet and started using the powered-down version as I noted that boats are behind projected locations as the sea state worsens, boats start to reef and boat speeds drop a bit. Also adjusted the sea room around the Chilean coast to +/- 40 nm in order not to route too close to the lee shore.
Settings for max downwind back to 40 kts, upwind 30 kts.
The ECMWF GRIB file was from yesterday 12Z and is too old imho. I don't buy the projected routing. GFS from today 01Z seems more valid, also looking at the current heading of the boats.
Pic 1 has Sat IR color 0645Z boats 0545Z and HPs, LPs plus CF as synoptic chart. That very active LP (50 kts projected) around 40 degrees south and 140 degrees west to the NW of the fleet is relatively stable for position. Fleet in between the HP to their north and the LPs to their south provide nice westerly winds and excellent reaching opportunities.
Pic 2 Sat IR color 0645Z boats 0545Z ECMWF wind and pressure
Pic 3 Sat IR color 0645Z boats 0545Z GFS wind and pressure
Pic 4 ASCAT got lucky @ 0242Z this morning. South west of Cape Horn there is some 35 kts wind, but most is doable 25 to 30 kts steady winds at that moment. Team Malizia and Holcim-PRB +/- 25 kts wind, 11th Hr which is most to the SW of the fleet +/- 30 kts wind.
Pic 5 ASCAT 0242Z zoomed
Both wind models project parts with lesser winds, but actually most is just plain 30 kts.
Pic 6 ASCAT 0242Z zoomed GFS
Pic 7 ASCAT 0242Z zoomed ECMWF
Pic 8 Wx routing and table. As noted above the ECMWF GRIB file is too old imho, and the projected wx routing pushes the boats SE but they just gybed ENE like GFS suggests. So I buy GFS.
Pic 9 Wx routing and table GFS. Max TWS +/- 40 kts steady projected and maximum significant waves 6 meters. Doable with double or triple reefed main and a fractional headsail.
Pic 10 Rounding Cape Horn March 26th evening as per GFS and WW3
In the 11th Hour videos, there is always someone sitting to windward holding a line in their hand. Yesterday, that line was named as a sheet. Does anyone know which sheet, and why only 11th Hour consider it necessary to let go at a moment's notice, and also how that works, seeing that the line is always visibly slack?
