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Conrad Humphreys lashed his keel with a load of rope and managed to finish.Conrad Humphreys Official Story of the Vendée Globe 2004-5 - YouTube
Vendee Globe 2020
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littlechay
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Yes, much nicer place too, but a little more difficult to reach due to prevailing wind and currents.
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TheDragon
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Louis Burton has also been pushing hard since his repairs at Macquarie Island. He's moved from 11th to 5th position, made up something like 700 miles on the leader. Pretty awesome sailing, no one else has made that sort of a jump in the past 2 weeks. Not even Damien Seguin.
Bebmoumoute
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Mast climb for Le Cam. Apparently the 31st of the race.
stief
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Pics from Sam Davies' Logbook about her keel problems. Snipped from V&V
The next adventure was to discover that my keel actuator had slipped... and that the area around it was flooded... so I had to turn the boat out of the water, pump it and close the keel cylinder.
The keel cylinder head repaired. | SAM DAVIES
A little grinding, gluing and laminating later, the cylinder was secured
While I was doing my routine checks, I discovered that the head of the cylinder (the part attached to the keel) was unscrewing... At sea, it is impossible to screw it back on, so the solution was to create a system to block it and prevent it from unscrewing further. A little grinding, gluing and laminating later, the cylinder was secured. By a happy coincidence, I happened to be in an area with very little wind.
The cylinder now has more play than usual which makes my keel a little "noisy". It was a little worrying, so I carried out many checks to make sure that the noise came only from the keel and was not a sign of another problem but everything is fine.
The next adventure was to discover that my keel actuator had slipped... and that the area around it was flooded... so I had to turn the boat out of the water, pump it and close the keel cylinder.
The keel cylinder head repaired. | SAM DAVIES
A little grinding, gluing and laminating later, the cylinder was secured
While I was doing my routine checks, I discovered that the head of the cylinder (the part attached to the keel) was unscrewing... At sea, it is impossible to screw it back on, so the solution was to create a system to block it and prevent it from unscrewing further. A little grinding, gluing and laminating later, the cylinder was secured. By a happy coincidence, I happened to be in an area with very little wind.
The cylinder now has more play than usual which makes my keel a little "noisy". It was a little worrying, so I carried out many checks to make sure that the noise came only from the keel and was not a sign of another problem but everything is fine.
stief
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LeoV
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10 boats now within 500 miles of each other....
Last time they were that close was November the 23st ...
Last time they were that close was November the 23st ...
Varan
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Sound familiar?
"I love to wait and watch the leaderboard. I'm totally addicted to it, I wait for updates like a child waits for Santa Claus. I look at the trajectory of those in front, I try to see how I could pick up some more, and it is exceptional: I did not enjoy anything like this pleasure four years ago! " chuckled Louis Burton this morning.
More here.
"I love to wait and watch the leaderboard. I'm totally addicted to it, I wait for updates like a child waits for Santa Claus. I look at the trajectory of those in front, I try to see how I could pick up some more, and it is exceptional: I did not enjoy anything like this pleasure four years ago! " chuckled Louis Burton this morning.
More here.
He’s got to retire & head to NZ. Surely?
Pretty sure the organisers would breathe a huge sigh of relief if he does...!
jackolantern
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Honestly it's time for Seb to call it
stief
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Oh yes--but this time, I'm having so much trouble following the tracker because of fall rabbit holes made by COVID and CosCOUP
Good thing that Louis and the others are too busy.
Schakel
Dayboat sailor
In the latest position report Yannick is losing his lead.
He makes less speed ad well.
Charlie 12,8 kN and 8,9 kn for Yannick.
Rest of the fleet catching on him as well.
The miracle navigator made a mistake for once to chose the westward route close to the brazilian shore.
He makes less speed ad well.
Charlie 12,8 kN and 8,9 kn for Yannick.
Rest of the fleet catching on him as well.
The miracle navigator made a mistake for once to chose the westward route close to the brazilian shore.
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stief
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From Kevin, about foils and more. Too much to quote, but another good rabbit hole here
https://www.imoca.org/fr/news/news/kevin-escoffier-les-foilers-sont-l-avenir-de-l-imoca
'"I'm back ashore but I'm not on vacation; I'm working on my project and I imagine what I'm going to do with the boat and the big goal is the next Vendée Globe, for sure. "
https://www.imoca.org/fr/news/news/kevin-escoffier-les-foilers-sont-l-avenir-de-l-imoca
'"I'm back ashore but I'm not on vacation; I'm working on my project and I imagine what I'm going to do with the boat and the big goal is the next Vendée Globe, for sure. "
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