VR Transat Jacques Vabre

[Tunnel Rat]

I have to admit to being slightly fed up of travelling around the world at 4kts with a 65° tacking angle on the Magellan.  So I am looking forward to doing a high speed dash down the Atlantic.  I am going on an IMOCA 60.  Is anyone else coming out to play?

EDIT - I'm going with the full package.

 

[Rainbow Spirit]

I have decided not to race virtual sailing games anymore, too much of my time was wasted playing them. Unless I sat on the computer constantly, all I found was I got stuck in a position range and never seemed to improve.

That said, I hope you enjoy the VR  TJV. RS

 

[Magool]

I might dust off the virtual sailing gear for this one 

 

[us7070]

what are they doing for polars in the game?

is there anything that is supposed to be for the new 60's?

 

[Tunnel Rat]

what are they doing for polars in the game?

is there anything that is supposed to be for the new 60's?

If you go to zezo.org, and open the TJV IMOCA, there is a tab at the top of the page for the Polars.  I have no idea whether these are changed from last time the VR ran an IMOCA race.

 

[gavinbpk]

Anyone know what time (US Eastern time) the wind updates are?

I'm playing along with full options as "PKGB". Lets get a group going. . . 

 

[mad]

If you go to zezo.org, and open the TJV IMOCA, there is a tab at the top of the page for the Polars.  I have no idea whether these are changed from last time the VR ran an IMOCA race.

Thanks for that, I’ll take a look at the polars. 
Not that it’ll make much difference, got to actually point it in the right direction for starters. 

 

[Rainbow Spirit]

Could someone racing the VR version of the TJV give us an update on how the different routes boats have taken have panned out please. We all know that in the real race the eastern traditional course has the race lead, and the western route appears to have failed. Of cause as there are 1000s more boats in the VR and there are many more possible routes to try.

 

[yl75]

On the Western front, Malizia has been consistently the fastest one on the last reports.

 

[eliboat]

The leader for at least the last day is a west boat.  There is a pack that managed to get quite far west, and have had solid pressure and decent angle  

 

[Tunnel Rat]

Hello,

Here is a rough schedule of placings, the top placed boats went about three-quarters right, some that went hard right are now a LOOONG way behind.  The boats by N Africa have got a lot of westing to make up. 

Let me know if you are playing, but I have not included you - you need to tell me your boat name.





Rank


SA Name


Boat Name


02:30 UTC 01/11/19




1


Gufmiester


Big Balls


4.54




2


Magool


Magool


9.02




3


Tunnel Rat


Mongrel


31.5




4


rolltak


awkwardturtle


64.7




5


kea.nn


kea.nn SA


73.1




6


Marty6


Cambodunum


88.7




7


mad


Sticky


261.7




8


Vin


Divided Sky


535.9

 

[Rainbow Spirit]

Not sure if you are asking me, but I have retired from virtual  racing for the moment. I was interested if one route had prevailed. RS

 

[Magool]

I was interested if one route had prevailed. RS

Hard to tell as I am only following a couple of boats in the east, but it does look like in the VR IMOCA 60's the east group are a few hours in front  right now. 

 

[gavinbpk]

Routing wise from what I can tell. . . 
The eastern group has temporarily taken the lead by a thin margin but are still routing about 6 hours slow of the previously leading pack that went west...obviously a reset to still be had at the doldrums...additionally the eastern group will be forced to extend west sometime soon and give up some leverage with a light patch standing in their way that is extending off of Africa.
There are a few that tried to go far west and got hosed but right now I think it will come down to how quickly the mid/west group can cross the ridge and escape the edge of the mid-Atlantic high. I am with this group (sailing as "PGB") and based on routing would expect to see gybes from the Western bit of this gang in 1.5 - 3 hours with the eastern guys in the pack hanging on for 2.5-4.5 more hours before the gybe.

Plenty to play for but has been a complex escape from what initialy looked like a strong western routing. . .especially considering these VR boats don't care about pounding sea state.
. . 

 

[Tunnel Rat]

Hello,

Here are the rankings.  I seem to have gained a bit from better pressure to the east of the main group of SAers.  Fast_Cubed is 45Nm ahead of second place - very unusual to have such a big lead in such a competitive race, it will be interesting to see if he can hold on to it.

I am concerned about Awkward Turtle loitering out to the west.  He is not too far behind and has quite a bit of leverage.

All to play for....





Rank


SA Name


Boat Name


00:30 UTC 04/11/19




1


Tunnel Rat


Mongrel


176.1




2


gavinbpk


PGB


187.8




3


Magool


Magool


193.4




4


Gufmiester


Big Balls


196.7




5


kea.nn


kea.nn SA


244.9




6


rolltak


awkwardturtle


245.6




7


Marty6


Cambodunum


257.9




8


mad


Sticky


625.1




9


Vin


Divided Sky


716.2

 

[MasterRobin]

After running aground at the start for 4 hours while asleep I’m pretty happy with where I am. No idea if I’m too far west now but see what happens. Boat name is “Master Robin”

 

[Tunnel Rat]

Hello,

Here are the rankings for 09:30 on 7th Nov.





Rank


SA Name


Boat Name


09:30 UTC 07/11/19




1


gavinbpk


PGB


73.1




2


Tunnel Rat


Mongrel


100.6




3


Magool


Magool


118




4


Gufmiester


Big Balls


118.7




5


rolltak


awkwardturtle


119.4




6


kea.nn


kea.nn SA


133.7




7


Marty6


Cambodunum


157.5




8


Master Robin


Master Robin


253.1




9


Vin


Divided Sky


388.5




10


mad


Sticky


505.2






On a separate topic, I rather bizarrely ran aground in the Magellan race on Balicasag Island off Bohol.  It is the island where my then girlfriend, now wife, did her first open water dive in 1998.  Last time we were in Bohol in 2007, the kids were playing on Balicasag beach while we took turns diving.  The schooling jacks are incredible.  Beautiful place.

 

[Tunnel Rat]

Hello,

I am not sure if anyone is reading this, but here are the latest rankings.  Move of the day goes to Mad - he was 120Nm behind Vin, now only 2Nm behind.  Watch your arse Vin!  I am slowly grinding down PGB with a better wind angle - hopefully that will continue.





Rank


SA Name


Boat Name


07:30 UTC 07/11/19




1


gavinbpk


PGB


8.45




2


Tunnel Rat


Mongrel


11.1




3


Magool


Magool


33.8




4


Gufmiester


Big Balls


38.2




5


kea.nn


kea.nn SA


68.6




6


rolltak


awkwardturtle


86.3




7


Marty6


Cambodunum


88.9




8


Master Robin


Master Robin


164.6




9


Vin


Divided Sky


338.6




10


mad


Sticky


340.6

 

[Rainbow Spirit]

Keep the reports coming, although i'm not competing I love to hear how everyone is going.