Battgirl 23 Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 They're off on the first leg. Both Mapfre and Brunel ie Tuke and Burling copped penalties for giving insufficient room to Dongfeng at a turning point. Oops Quote Link to post Share on other sites
muzled 140 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 They're off on the first leg. Both Mapfre and Brunel ie Tuke and Burling copped penalties for giving insufficient room to Dongfeng at a turning point. Oops Good to see the 360 penalty, Bekking got himself in a right pickle doing his one. The start looked like absolute chaos when they played dodgems through the spectators... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Tracker link https://www.volvooceanrace.com/static/tracker/leg1/en.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarkMT 68 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 What's the 2 poles used for? One looks to be polling the headsail out to leeward, that's a little weird but OK. The other anyone? 2017-08-04_141319.gif I know the question's been answered a while back, but there's some good footage here showing the aft pole in use with the A3... This via sailinganarchy which describes it as "the best piece of live offshore racing coverage ever produced." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarkMT 68 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 And Colman actually talks a bit about the role of the pole at 11:22. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
muzled 140 Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Ouch! Lucky escape. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RushMan 31 Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Did Mapfre have a similar incident in the in port race yesterday? Top mark during a gybe set Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RushMan 31 Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Found it 54 min, at the top Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crocket 12 Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 What ever happened with Akzo Nobel with their crew? I've been looking ever since the start of leg 1 and either I'm looking in the wrong places, or there is absolutely no news regarding the re appointment of Simon Tienpont. It seems that his return has led to the demise of 4 others??? There has to be a story. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 197 Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Yes, there was a mutiny on AkzoNobel after Tienpont was reappointed skipper. But it seems no-one wants to talk about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 197 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Jo Aleh is not so happy about the VOR: ""What I had to offer the boat, which was in my head, just wasn't listened to. I'm just a female Olympic sailor, what do I know? And I guess that's fair enough, offshore wise but I just wish a male Olympic sailor who has the same experience was treated in the same way."" https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/98671955/new-zealand-olympic-sailing-star-jo-aleh-hits-out-at-sexist-attitudes-in-volvo-ocean-race Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battgirl 23 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Mapfre, with Blair Tuke onboard has won the 2nd leg to Cape Town by 36 miles. Brunel with Peter Burling onboard finished 4th 136 miles behind. Mare's average speed was 17.1kts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battgirl 23 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Correction, Mapfre's average was 17.1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AJ Oliver 154 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Yesterday watched the in-port race from Cape Town - very well done with good TV production and good racing. (although the race commentary was at times quite technical - almost too much so) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jim s 34 Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 spectacular footage as they set off on leg 3 - personally i think the novelty would wear off on the first night... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Addem 94 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Yesterday watched the in-port race from Cape Town - very well done with good TV production and good racing. Very good coverage and great close one design racing. Reminds me of the old Citizen match racing days, albeit in boats twice the size. Lots of really good illustrations of tacticsl and boat handling. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarkMT 68 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 1News insists there was almost a catastrophic collision shortly after the start, "Mapfre came within mere metres of ruining their race" and that only "somehow" the boats managed to avoid each other... http://bit.ly/2C5OMSH Admittedly I'm not a keelboat helmsman, but it looked like a pretty well executed cross to me. Not that that would be newsworthy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,226 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Sensationalist nonsense, perfectly normal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chariot 242 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Looks like a good helsman to me. No drama. Couldn't hear any shouting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AJ Oliver 154 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Saw the winner of the last VOR, Ian Walker, interviewed yesterday on the "daily live" - link below. He said an issue in races such as these is that there is psych pressure to hold on to too much sail area as the wind builds to get that extra edge - My question is: does the fact that the VOR is now pretty much one-design increase that pressure? (since it will be easy to tell who is backing off and who it not.) Walker also observed that jibes at night were among the greatest dangers - very hard to sense wind direction and velocity as the gusts come up from behind in the dark. Been there . . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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