VOR Leg 3 Cape Town to Melbourne and the Great Land Down Under

[southerncross]

That was a nice left.

 

[southerncross]

Volvo site going Live

 

[southerncross]

Good to see some turnout for the Aussie (HK) boat.

 

[lighthouse keeper]

Scanas if your refering to all the yellow poles along the beaches those belong to ParksVic to keep powerboats and jet skis away from swimmers  inside the poles they can only do 6 knots back to the beach

 

[southerncross]

See ya.  S2H.

 

[Couta]

Just back from a bike ride following TTOP up the bay from Blairgowrie....so frustrating for them as the northerly fights the seabreeze...for a zero sum result..had a coffee at mornington and watched them throw in a couple of tacks out of frustration.....slooooow. Perfect day for anything but sailing here, but at least they'll have defrosted!

Now for the WOXIfest that is the predictably pathetic coverage of the Sydney To Hobart....thankfully Nic and her Sailor Girl coverage saves the day.

Go Chutzpah!!!

 

[Fiji Bitter]

 

[mdeh]

Just back from a bike ride following TTOP up the bay from Blairgowrie....so frustrating for them as the northerly fights the seabreeze...for a zero sum result..had a coffee at mornington and watched them throw in a couple of tacks out of frustration.....slooooow. Perfect day for anything but sailing here, but at least they'll have defrosted!

Now for the WOXIfest that is the predictably pathetic coverage of the Sydney To Hobart....thankfully Nic and her Sailor Girl coverage saves the day.

Go Chutzpah!!!

This is AGONIZING!!!  

 

[southerncross]

VOR Live. TToP coming in.

 

[stief]

Whew! TTOP safe and sound: mission accomplished. Dee focused on the responsibility of making sure this was a safe leg for her crew, and succeeded. Looking forward, wonder what her lesson plan is for the next leg: time to take her crew to the next level, or save that until the Atlantic?

(If this sounds like a stuffed turkey, good call. Time to waddle off to bed). Peace all.

 

[Kenny Dumas]

TTOP for podium next leg.

Merry Holidaze All

 

[jbc]

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[Chronicle of an epic victory] cold, water streams, humidity, lack of sleep... But, without a doubt, it was worth it @vamosMAPFRE 

So, are we gonna talk about this?

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My guess: camera eyepiece injury while getting an epic firehose shot.

The competitors aren’t the only badasses in this race.

 

[jbc]

So, are we gonna talk about this?



My guess: camera eyepiece injury while getting an epic firehose shot.

The competitors aren’t the only badasses in this race.

Hm. Alternate explanation based on this:



Xabi and Jen got in a brawl. They had to separated by Rob, who held them apart by the scruffs of their necks.



You can raise your eyebrows. But I’m just saying, the only people who know are the ones who were there. What happens in the Southern Ocean stays in the Southern Ocean.

 

[jbc]

Seriously though: what happened to António’s arm?

 

[Fiji Bitter]

Somehow missed the Live Scallywag arrival, but here it is on Youtube:

 

[Fiji Bitter]

And also TTTOP.  Good work VOR !

 

[Chasm]

Doing that with Akzo after their issue must add a lot of fun.
Another ~29h.

 

[jack_sparrow]

Good point Chasm....an opening to appeal the SI fix up limitations for this pitstop after having to do that "mast under bridge" lateral stress routine to an already broken rig assembly? Watch this space.

 

[rogerfal]

Have we heard anything official or on the ground re boat repairs with regard to the SI's? Especially DF's keel ram and AKZO mast.

Saw the comment credited to Nick Bice referring to DF's ram about getting them up to 100% for the next leg.

Hopefully some pragmatism prevails amongst the teams, RO and jury with regards assistance/ spares beyond that permitted in the SI's.

To reiterate I think the jury have some discretion available to them regarding any penalty so they could decide not to penalise a team.

The jury's job is to be fair to all.

 

[rogerfal]

If AKZO hit more light wind as looks likely am wondering if the RO will shorten the course and allow them to get the engine going.