Transat Jacques Vabre 2021

[BGeff]

What a great way to stay cozied up in bed watching this start and the first mark!

 

[yl75]

On the tracker page it says updated every hour but it seems the tracker is updated much more often right now.

Otherwise that live was quite good !

 

[t.rex]

Tracker working overtime. Don't know how long it will last.

https://www.transatjacquesvabre.org/en/map-tracker

What a great place for the turning mark !

 

[yl75]

Really don't understand why they don't put a 15mn update or something at least up to exiting the channel.

I'm sure it would cost almost nothing, afraid of their servers not handling the load or what ?

 

[yl75]

Tracker working overtime. Don't know how long it will last.

looks like it's over

Edit : not it's not !

 

[WLIS Jibing]

Very excited for this race!  Really hope the Ultimes make it intact (or mostly intact).

Is Yannick getting a new boat any time soon?  Also, go Louis Burton!

 

[yl75]

Yes Yannick is getting a Verdier boat (still with maitre coq).

All classes are really interesting this time, four races!

 

[Fiji Bitter]

All classes are really interesting this time, four races!

Exactly, and 4 starts all in one, really impossible to do properly, for the commentators too.

Been wondering if we should have a separate thread for each class, but seeing little enthousiasm for the race so far, we better stick with one potpourri, I would think. Gone make my head spin, and if someone could make a spreadsheet with all the names and pricipal boat data, then you are welcome!

 

[Sebyseb]

The Class 40 are seeing the wrath of the tide (Coeff 107) at the Raz de Barfleur, with the locals going from 12th to 3rd in no time. Not a place where you would normally want to play around the rocks with a leeshore on your first night...

 

[yl75]

and if someone could make a spreadsheet with all the names and pricipal boat data, then you are welcome!

Yes that would really help, especially for the class 40, will try to look around to find if somebody did it already 

 

[loneshark64]

The Class 40 are seeing the wrath of the tide (Coeff 107) at the Raz de Barfleur, with the locals going from 12th to 3rd in no time. Not a place where you would normally want to play around the rocks with a leeshore on your first night...

So… explain that to me. Was that not predictable? Why didn’t they follow course like most of the the Imocas 

 

[yl75]

So… explain that to me. Was that not predictable? Why didn’t they follow course like most of the the Imocas 

I don't have the tide maps at hand, but all these currents are tide currents, so you can pass if you arrive before the "reverse", otherwise you don't.

I once got stuck at the Raz Blanchard (the west corner of the contention peninsula) in a race (long time ago), we dropped anchor (like many), were at 12 knts at one point at anchor (SOG=0), when the reverse came, had to cut the anchor rope ... The ones that dropped anchor where the reverse was starting very close to shore were the winning ones ...

http://img.xooimage.com/files115/d/7/7/carte_courant-5691934.jpg

 

[staysail]

Arkea just went from 23 kts to 1.3 kts in 5 minutes just after 22:30 UTC, and headed to wind.

Hope its not serious.

 

[yl75]

This place is the one with highest tides worldwide (except for Alaska, west coast of canada I think) :

http://www.seafriends.org.nz/oceano/topextide.jpg

 

[staysail]

Arkea just went from 23 kts to 1.3 kts in 5 minutes just after 22:30 UTC, and headed to wind.

Hope its not serious.

Now back on course at 26 kts so looks OK. Wonder what they caught?

 

[terrafirma]

A bit boring in the Imoca class it seems Apivia in a class of it's own? Although it's great to see 11th Hour Racing making a move past Charal and catching Linked Out. I think Alex retired at a good time, who is going to race Apivia? Also Bureau Valle heading North at 1 knot? Tracker glitch or problem?

 

[loneshark64]

I don't have the tide maps at hand, but all these currents are tide currents, so you can pass if you arrive before the "reverse", otherwise you don't.

I once got stuck at the Raz Blanchard (the west corner of the contention peninsula) in a race (long time ago), we dropped anchor (like many), were at 12 knts at one point at anchor (SOG=0), when the reverse came, had to cut the anchor rope ... The ones that dropped anchor where the reverse was starting very close to shore were the winning ones ...

http://img.xooimage.com/files115/d/7/7/carte_courant-5691934.jpg

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Thank you, very helpful 

 

[TPG]

 Although it's great to see 11th Hour Racing making a move past Charal and catching Linked Out.

Not for long.

 

[Keith]

A couple of ultimate's, going backwards... 

 

[r.finn]

A bit boring in the Imoca class it seems Apivia in a class of it's own? Although it's great to see 11th Hour Racing making a move past Charal and catching Linked Out. I think Alex retired at a good time, who is going to race Apivia? Also Bureau Valle heading North at 1 knot? Tracker glitch or problem?

It's pretty shocking how much faster Apivia is for being what appears to be a very similar boat to many.  They have some secret that would be worth a lot of money to a lot of teams.  Even if it's just a magic gear for wind forward of the beam, it's quite a powerful tool to have in your pocket, considering all major IMOCA races depart from well inside the English Channel or the east end of Biscay.  It will be interesting to see if they have something special for VMG running as well.