Vendee Globe 2020
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stief
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Hermann and JLC having Christmas fun.
https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/21225/ghosting-into-christmas-present-memories-of-christmas-past-in-the-pacific
stief
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Hitchhiker
Hoopy Frood
I only run the GFS model. Mainly because I am far more lazy than @Herman! I don't have 4 hours to spend and his detail is really quite staggering, whereas I am only doing broad strokes routing.
Certainly not the way I would do it in pre-race prep and in race nav. This is all just for fun.
And to clog up the thread for @Roleur so he has to dredge though more dross!
Recidivist
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I'm a few days behind in reading this, so it could have been addressed already. But anchoring is avoided as much as possible by the sailors themselves. Dragging an anchor and warp, capable of safely holding a 60' IMOCA, from below, deploying it, setting it (IIRC Bernard Stamm was disqualified from an earlier VG because he received assistance saving his boat when the anchor dragged), then retrieving it without a winch and stowing it again, all solo, is an enormous expenditure of effort.
Apart from that, this is the Australian Government they are dealing with, and [purp]they don't like people arriving by boats without following the correct channels! [/purp]
Why is it in that order? I guess "MH0" and "FR0" mean "code 0", no? And the J ones are "jibs". And the "A3" is "asym" and I guess lower numbers would be fuller, but they didn't need those on the VO65.The pic from VO65
despacio avenue
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Thanks much for posting this Cite. The photographs by the RAF were superb. Most interesting was the the statement that, in addition to the threats (noted earlier BY ME IN ANOTHER THREAD DRIFT)to penguins nesting on shore South Georgia Island and the pelagic at sea that feed on the krill offshore with the A68 bottoming out , the iceberg is shedding off freshwater at the average melting rate of 2.5cm/day, and over the course will shed the equivalent of 12 times the outflow of the Thames.
You must be living in an alternate universe. Goops, no, you live in France, al alternate fishing reality. In fact, there are fishermen all over the world who have consistently, repeat4dly fished out species even though it meant the ultimate end of their livelihood. Why? Because, like many politicians, they are only thinking about today, or the immediate tomorrow. A crude but personal example is a sadly not uncommon one. I was scuba diving with a dive guide, who was Australian, at about 60 feet on a reef in Rabaul, PNC, when suddenly KABOOM! I thought my eardrums were blowing out. It was a very loud sound, and the surrounding water pulsated. My guide and I looked at 4ach other and he, nodding, used his hands to make the universal "had slowly to the surface" signs. Once there, I said, probably, "what the fuck was that? and he said, motioning to a flat metal boat nearby with an outboard motor, "they are dynamiting the reef for fish." We had the well- recognized, and particularly in that popular dive area, red divers flag bogging on the surface. Nevertheless, it had been "bombs away." Notwitstanding the fact that such actions would not only destroy part of the reef, a well as many of the fish in th area they may have intended to catch. and it would drive away income from divers and fishermen from the area, the practice continued.Sigh... not bitching about those expressing concern for the oceans and the planet (I think very few people are completely not concerned for the oceans and the planet). Sorry if you thought that was the gist of my reaction... which I'd have been smart to not even make.
I am bitching about those that throw the fishing industry under the bus, which makes no sense. If there's one industry (at least in the west) that has been very keenly aware of the environmental challenges of managing ocean resources its the fishing industry, it took some time decades ago, but for years now they have been working very closely with scientists (at least in france) to monitor and understand the resources, to better tailor sustainable quotas and fishing periods. Fisherman are very aware that is the only way to sustain their livelihood and way of life. One thing that hasn't changed is that fishing is often a tough job, even today.
No prob...
Do you seriously give a shit about "down votes"? Are you putting you posts on your resume with a tabulation of your "Likes"? Some of you don't have enough to do if you care, and keep track, of this stuff.
You Probably already know this, as it has been posted here.
Just in case, here the link to the Marine Traffic website: https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-158.3/centery:-54.1/zoom:6
There is no data, but updates are much more frequent, I find it useful to follow the race and, you say, it makes it more interesting
EDIT: I'm a 'Member' now! This is going to be a great Christmas
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staysail
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Ha Ha! Likes? No.
Its the down-votes which are far more fun. Communicating with "environmentalists", especially the well-off, entitled, virtue signalling ones, is like stirring up a bunch of rattlesnakes with a long stick. Its the down-vote button that gives them away. Can you imagine an Anarchist using a down-vote button!
You seem to be a prime example; was it not you boasting about scuba diving, 40 years, all over the world? Forgive me if I assume you used fossil fuels for your travel, and if I assume your dive compressors were not solar powered, or that dive boat might not have been powered entirely by flax sails.
The guy with his stick of dynamite is probably poor and, if indeed I did care about "the planet", probably does less damage than you and I think its funny if you got frightened. A kid who doesn't like someone else playing in his sand pit.
Bebmoumoute
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Dark Cloud
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Clarise copping some breeze right now (and sea)
stief
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Bebmoumoute
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