smithy09 50 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 This was the incident which gained him huge respect in my eyes: http://www.thedailysail.com/offshore/12/60931/0/global-ocean-race-man-overboard-incident Amazing stuff.. Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,359 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Great article Smithy! Link to post Share on other sites
smithy09 50 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Great article Smithy! Yes he is quite some kid. His crew owe him their life!! Link to post Share on other sites
raz88 98 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Tracker shows Thompson doing 2 knots in plenty of breeze. Hopefully nothing major as he's been having a good run the last 24 hours Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 1 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Tracker shows Thompson doing 2 knots in plenty of breeze. Hopefully nothing major as he's been having a good run the last 24 hoursDon't think he even went that slow in the doldrums.He's bearing 24 deg, with a VMG of 0.3 The wind shown is forecast wind I believe, not actual, but either way, looks suspicious. Le Clearch is doing 10 knots bearing 124. So they have gybed away from each other. This could be a telling stage of the race. Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Stopped the boat to deal to the foil? He's gonna been on that board the rest of the way across the Pacific. Link to post Share on other sites
raz88 98 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Would be a good time to do it while le cleach is doing 10 knots not 20. Fingers crossed that's all it is and it's not some drama. Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 1 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 He's back moving again this morning. Was just parked up with no wind in the centre of the low. Classic. For the first time, Thomson was reported as the slowest boat in the fleet. Do wonder if he took the opportunity to sort the foil. Wonder if he swapped out to the rumoured secret spare? Or just cleaned up the stump. Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 yeh just watched his vid - seemed in good spirits. The coverage is just superb! How 'bout JP Dick and Elies scurrying off to Tassie to hide - that shows some pretty serious seamanship! Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 Apparently the tracker we have been using no longer works, the Vendee organisers got the shits that no one was using their tracker, now the data is encrypted so third parties can't use it. Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 It's still working but the data is out of date. It hasn't been updated since 0800 GMT Monday or about 9:00 last night. Compare it to the positions and boat speeds here http://www.alexthomsonracing.com/ (scroll down for tracker). It has Hugo Boss doing 16 knots. Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 There is a campaign to voice your dissatisfaction over on twitface https://www.facebook.com/VendeeGlobe/?fref=ts Link to post Share on other sites
Romany 164 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Damn, the unofficial tracker is by far superior. Even the Alex Thompson racing one is pretty poor by comparison Mr V Globe - if you're reading, your tracker is merde. Turn the good one back on. Link to post Share on other sites
Romany 164 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 yes. yes it did. And its still crap. Get used to it we must. I watched Alex Thompson footage earlier - he appeared to have 2 pokey out things - 1 each side. Is that old footage or has he quietly repaired his foil? Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 They often use file footage on the VG site, keeps the conspiracy theorists happy. They have managed to get the old one up and running again using different data, no historic track yet though. https://gis.ee/vg/ Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 The windmaster 1000, Looks like lovely conditions Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 284 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 The 2 leaders are now past NZ and are getting into some lighter winds. The next 2 boats are now getting hammered by a storm south of Stewart Island. 3rd is heaving to in 7m seas, and 4th has diverted 150nm north thru Bass Strait. Link to post Share on other sites
JK 28 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Have to give Conrad a big A+++ for the videos and written commentary. He must be a sponsors dream. Link to post Share on other sites
raz88 98 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Have to give Conrad a big A+++ for the videos and written commentary. He must be a sponsors dream. Definitely. Going well too considering the boat. Given what he's producing and that he's coming up to NZ I'm surprised the media here hasn't reported anything about him. Guess they're too busy with stories of 420s capsizing in squalls in Wellington. Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 Some impressive storm footage start watching at about 4 minutes. Link to post Share on other sites
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