Vendee Globe 2020

[stief]

Ah. Rankings downloads are back up. They were broken yesterday. Maybe the note I sent actually worked? (yeah, right. teams probably brought it to the website's attention)

 

[Miffy]

yeah, but this is also true for Arkea, Malizia and HB. But they are heading WSW 

Those boats are further north and got the angle to spare - no one wants to sail right into the storm system. 

 

[Miffy]

Yes I found that interesting, he put the race 100% to speed of the foiling boats in the southern ocean and was very, very high on the capability of HB. 

Fully expecting the newer foiling boats to hook onto a large system, find happy winds between 15-20 knots and flat seas behind it and just put in 600+ days for a week and blow the race right up.

 

[Virgulino Ferreira]

Brilliant!

And a little ominous, as they will sail over the sunken Méduse in a few days!

 

[ebarker2]

Brilliant!

And a little ominous, as they will sail over the sunken Méduse in a few days!

these were the only forty nudes i could find on a raft .  Here's to them all making it through the next couple of weather systems... 

 

[mad]

easy enough to block the skippers access to the website, that way the rest of us could obsess over the race to our hearts content.

Are you going to block every other form of communication as well?

 

[mad]

And the class is skipper led - it isn’t some suits sitting in a control room deciding to make up rules for the benefit of media. 

This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[Rainbow Spirit]

Up to 14 boats in a line from the SE up to the NW in what I would call the leading pack atm.

As to all the whining about the update times for boat positions, I personally would like updates every 2 hours, does it really matter if the skippers get the same? After all everyone will be getting the same updates.

I'm also really liking the fact that so far there hasn't been any real breakaways in the fleet. I hope there is some real wind in the next day or two so we can see just how fast the boats can go.

 

[troll99]

Fully expecting the newer foiling boats to hook onto a large system, find happy winds between 15-20 knots and flat seas behind it and just put in 600+ days for a week and blow the race right up.

Corum would do that. Interesting that it turned south with lighter boats. Well Corum don't want breakages. Still fast as lighter boats and as fast as Charal in other wind angles it'll be interesting to see in the 40s.

 

[troll99]

I would take Tripons boat further near strong winds as it looks strong

Hugoboss, not much. 

 

[yl75]

If there’s to be a petition the tone needs to be right and not the whining re “my exp sucks/France is weird how dare they have schedules that match their production hours”

1. 2020 is a year where we need solidarity in ever changing unstable environment 

2. Vendee Globe highlights the best of humanity conquering difficult tasks in a competition that is also about solidarity and community amongst competitors. 

3. It brings so much hope and joy and French culture to the outside world. 

4. Then you insert the ask. 

 I get your points, but I think the petition should  be very factual, and the final decision handed over to the skippers, that is based on :

• A seven hours hole is ridiculous (with clear translations to various time zones)
  
• Decision should be taken by the skippers and their sponsors, basically  between 2, 3, or 4 hours
  

And that needs to be done in this edition

 

[stief]

Just to be clear--Does the VG OA have any say in the sked times?

(Race DirectorJacques Caraës will be on the English Live tomorrow. Andi Robertson is asking for questions to be posted.Figured a question about the skeds would be legit)

 

[mad]

Sam

She's closer to being French these days.

 

[stief]

Forgot about that. Currently projected to be 3 days off the pace.

Nothing comes easily on the Vendée Globe and after breaking across a ridge of high pressure the next big question for this group especially will be dealing with Theta, a tropical storm which crosses their path between Thursday and Friday (13th!). Routings today show a possible timing which would allow these quickest boats to pass the west side of it in the NW’ly wind but this system is evolving rapidly and being caught in its path is worth avoiding.

After that the tradewinds are still not established and current timings to the equator are some three days behind the record of 9 days 7 hours set by Alex Thomson who led the 2016 race across into the south Atlantic.

 https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/20161/wild-west-or-safer-south

 

[carlosgp5]

to me by the videos looks like AT could have covid. he should be wearing a mask at all times. latest research suggests carbon surfaces are very prone to keeping theses dangerous virus alive for years even inside the water. 

 

[Virgulino Ferreira]

these were the only forty nudes i could find on a raft .  Here's to them all making it through the next couple of weather systems... 

Cheers!

 

[Miffy]

He who shall not be named made the effort to put out public relations content. Don't hate me for posting.

 

[stinky]

Are you going to block every other form of communication as well?

no, you just trust the integrity of those involved. If anyone cared enough, they could buy commercially available near realtime positioning data. At some point, you just have to trust the people involved to do the right thing.

 

[stief]

47 minutes ago, Miffy said:

 

[Icedtea]

His expression at 13:23 when he leans forward and says "I love this" is almost as good as his "staaaarboard" from last time

Yep, absolutely. 

He always seems to be having such a good time early in the race. Seems stressed out this time