VG tradition I would say, not showing your cards (bad or good ones), but agree they should play fair on the OBR rule.
And their latest drone video (upthread) is really quite good.
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The Ocean Race 2023 leg 3: Capetown to Itajaí, Brazil
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And their latest drone video (upthread) is really quite good.
despacio avenue
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I have the same observation. I think Kevin is more focused on winning, and doing so safely with as he repeatedly says with his boat and his crew in one piece, than with PR, though he displays his usual wit in most interviews and routine conversation, albeit they aren't as frequent as Biotherm or Team Malizia, the Party Boat. No puppet shows on Holcim PRB, but Kevin did show how to hotwire IMOCA's.
dg_sailingfan
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Nice to see Rosie there too!!!
dg_sailingfan
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1 Hour 17 Minutes after Team Malizia Team Holcim-PRB rounded Cape Horn!
dg_sailingfan
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Team Malizia is now fully into the new wind + absolutely smoking and romping at 25 Knots!!!
The Wind will increase for HOLCIM-PRB momentarily too I suspect.
The Wind will increase for HOLCIM-PRB momentarily too I suspect.
explain your comment in bold..? sounds, smells and tastes like BS
Volvo Ocean Race. Nouveau bateau : c'est un monocoque de 60 pieds ! - Guillaume Verdier
Le futur bateau de la Volvo Ocean Race aura bien trois coques mais ce ne sera pas un trimaran. Il y aura un monocoque de 60 pieds, convertible en Imoca, pour le large et un catamaran à foils pour les régates aux escales. ©Le Télégramme Les prochaines éditions se disputeront donc sur un monocoque...
www.guillaumeverdier.com
And you can find interviews where he clearly says his latest Imoca hulls are highly based on this study (finding them will be part of your homework
, besides showing your mother tits, as is the tradition here for newbies)
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timotheysski
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Sam Manuard mentioned that the latest hulls like PRB had a lot from that study in a podcast for TipandShaft, all in French, sorry guysVolvo Ocean Race. Nouveau bateau : c'est un monocoque de 60 pieds ! - Guillaume Verdier
Le futur bateau de la Volvo Ocean Race aura bien trois coques mais ce ne sera pas un trimaran. Il y aura un monocoque de 60 pieds, convertible en Imoca, pour le large et un catamaran à foils pour les régates aux escales. ©Le Télégramme Les prochaines éditions se disputeront donc sur un monocoque...
And you can find interviews where he clearly says his latest Imoca hulls are highly based on this study (finding them will be your homework
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dg_sailingfan
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MALIZIA doing 27 Knots in the latest Tracker Update, HOLCIM-PRB doing 24 Knots. Holcim picked up about 0.5 Mile.
sorry, i read your 'current' as 'latest'. I apologise. In a general sense you a right, Linked-Out / Biotherm have lifting rudder in their design DNA.Volvo Ocean Race. Nouveau bateau : c'est un monocoque de 60 pieds ! - Guillaume Verdier
Le futur bateau de la Volvo Ocean Race aura bien trois coques mais ce ne sera pas un trimaran. Il y aura un monocoque de 60 pieds, convertible en Imoca, pour le large et un catamaran à foils pour les régates aux escales. ©Le Télégramme Les prochaines éditions se disputeront donc sur un monocoque...
And you can find interviews where he clearly says his latest Imoca hulls are highly based on this study (finding them will be your homework
However, the Volvo Super 60 design brief required it to be a one-design Volvo-specific boat (possibly with lifting rudders etc), but it also had to be a competitive IMOCA (reliable, safe and up near the front, but not necessarily winning). This was directed from Volvo so teams could do both races and widen the appeal, create a market for the boats etc etc. So I'm not even sure you can say Linked-out is optimised for lifting rudders.. its results would say it was well optimised without them..
PRB and 11th Hour were both done well after the Volvo Super 60 was scrapped. This is even true for Apivia, a custom shape away from the VS60.
timotheysski
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None of the boats that were actually built were ever optimized for lifting rudders. That would be a pretty dumb move to build a boat around a feature you know you can't have.
What we meant is they did the study and used it as a starting point before adapting it to a configuration without lifting rudders. The results of that study undeniably influenced the designs and they took it as a starting point for some of the boats but of course they totally reworked it, in part to account for non-lifting rudders.
For instance, I'm quite sure today's boats have a lot more rocker and the bows are wider/flatter than what was studied for the "Super 60".
timotheysski
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Biotherm tried to cut it too close to the wind hole to shave off some miles... and got cut off. Now basically stopped (0.5 knots) while 11th hour are sailing over the top of them.
Wind should be back to them within the next 12 hours but 11th Hour will be gone by then.
Wind should be back to them within the next 12 hours but 11th Hour will be gone by then.
dg_sailingfan
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Going to take Hours for Biotherm to get going again. They might be 50-100 Miles behind 11th Hour when they reach Cape Horn tomorrow UTC.
Of Course Malizia & Holcim will likely be 400+ Miles ahead of 11th Hour.
They both have a nice Weather System to take them north and they might hang onto it until around Buenos Aires.
timotheysski
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Wait a patty flippin second here 11th Hour are running with 3 reefs now???
They've entirely given up on catching the two ugly ducklings in front i guess lol
dg_sailingfan
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My I present "THE ROARING FORTIES TROPHY" which will be handed to Team Malizia at the Finish in Itajai
