Herman
Super Anarchist
Leg 6 from Aarhus Denmark to The Hague (Scheveningen port) via Kiel (GER)
Leg Start: 8 June 2023
A three day 800-nautical mile tour with a fly-by at Kiel. One of the shortest legs this edition. The VO65 fleet is rejoining the race for the last two legs.
ETA Scheveningen according to Dutch sailing magazine Zeilen Sunday June 11th in the afternoon; 14:00 CEST or 12:00 UTC (CEST = UTC +/+ 2 hrs) for the VO65s and 18:00 CEST or 16Z for the IMOCAs.
PRO-AM and inport races June 13th for the VO65s and June 14th for the IMOCAs.
More info in Dutch on the activities and race village in Scheveningen here => https://www.zeilen.nl/wedstrijden/the-ocean-race/the-ocean-race-komt-naar-den-haag-2/
According to TOR;
"Much of the early part of the leg takes place in coastal waters, where making the most of the thermal breezes caused by land heating and cooling – as well as dealing effectively with coastal currents – could be key to success.
Depending on the weather conditions, the race organiser has the option to choose between two potential routes on the opening section south to Kiel.Sailing.City. Most direct is under the 11-mile/18-kilometre span of the Great Belt Bridge (Storebæltsforbindelsen in Danish) which connects the Danish islands of Zealand and Funen. Meanwhile, an alternative choice could be to pass beneath the Øresund Bridge that connects Denmark to Sweden.
After rounding a turning mark at Kiel, the fleet heads north again to pass Aarhus on the way back out into the North Sea at the Skagen headland – Denmark’s most northerly point. Given the vagaries of the summer weather in this part of the world, the sailors might have to deal with anything from howling gales to fickle zephyrs on their southerly route down the North Sea."
Info on the Kiel fly-by: https://www.theoceanracekielflyby.com/
In the last Volvo Ocan Race in 2017-18 The Hague was the final finish destination for the VO65s. Crews have to make an important routing decision here. The Gotenburg-The Hague leg was won by Dong Feng Race Team by going inshore between the various TSSs and the Dutch coast. And not around the various TSSs that litter the German and Dutch coast in order to manage the busiest traffic in the world.
My routing was accurate for once => https://forums.sailinganarchy.com/threads/vor-leg-11-gothenburg-to-the-hague.199059/post-6257753
Start of the seventh and final leg 7 to Genova (Italy) of the race is Thursday June 15th in the afternoon. 13:00 CEST for the VO65s and 18:00 CEST for the IMOCAs.
Sailing instructions leg 6
https://theoceanrace.s3.amazonaws.com/files/m166051_The-Ocean-Race-SI-VO65-Leg-6-Addendumpdf.pdf
https://theoceanrace.s3.amazonaws.com/files/m166050_The-Ocean-Race-SI-IMOCA-Leg-6-Addendum.pdf
Leg Start: 8 June 2023
A three day 800-nautical mile tour with a fly-by at Kiel. One of the shortest legs this edition. The VO65 fleet is rejoining the race for the last two legs.
ETA Scheveningen according to Dutch sailing magazine Zeilen Sunday June 11th in the afternoon; 14:00 CEST or 12:00 UTC (CEST = UTC +/+ 2 hrs) for the VO65s and 18:00 CEST or 16Z for the IMOCAs.
PRO-AM and inport races June 13th for the VO65s and June 14th for the IMOCAs.
More info in Dutch on the activities and race village in Scheveningen here => https://www.zeilen.nl/wedstrijden/the-ocean-race/the-ocean-race-komt-naar-den-haag-2/
According to TOR;
"Much of the early part of the leg takes place in coastal waters, where making the most of the thermal breezes caused by land heating and cooling – as well as dealing effectively with coastal currents – could be key to success.
Depending on the weather conditions, the race organiser has the option to choose between two potential routes on the opening section south to Kiel.Sailing.City. Most direct is under the 11-mile/18-kilometre span of the Great Belt Bridge (Storebæltsforbindelsen in Danish) which connects the Danish islands of Zealand and Funen. Meanwhile, an alternative choice could be to pass beneath the Øresund Bridge that connects Denmark to Sweden.
After rounding a turning mark at Kiel, the fleet heads north again to pass Aarhus on the way back out into the North Sea at the Skagen headland – Denmark’s most northerly point. Given the vagaries of the summer weather in this part of the world, the sailors might have to deal with anything from howling gales to fickle zephyrs on their southerly route down the North Sea."
Info on the Kiel fly-by: https://www.theoceanracekielflyby.com/
In the last Volvo Ocan Race in 2017-18 The Hague was the final finish destination for the VO65s. Crews have to make an important routing decision here. The Gotenburg-The Hague leg was won by Dong Feng Race Team by going inshore between the various TSSs and the Dutch coast. And not around the various TSSs that litter the German and Dutch coast in order to manage the busiest traffic in the world.
My routing was accurate for once => https://forums.sailinganarchy.com/threads/vor-leg-11-gothenburg-to-the-hague.199059/post-6257753
Start of the seventh and final leg 7 to Genova (Italy) of the race is Thursday June 15th in the afternoon. 13:00 CEST for the VO65s and 18:00 CEST for the IMOCAs.
Sailing instructions leg 6
https://theoceanrace.s3.amazonaws.com/files/m166051_The-Ocean-Race-SI-VO65-Leg-6-Addendumpdf.pdf
https://theoceanrace.s3.amazonaws.com/files/m166050_The-Ocean-Race-SI-IMOCA-Leg-6-Addendum.pdf
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