ScottiE 174 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 I suspect Hugo boss has just hit something - stopped dead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battgirl 23 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 That is not looking good at all. Bugger! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Website reporting that he has just hit a calm patch. Was pretty sudden though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battgirl 23 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Whew! That's a relief less damage from a CP than a UFO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battgirl 23 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Alex should claw back some mileage in the Atlantic but Armel's got a fast boat, no damage we are aware of and damn good weather info Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Romany 162 Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Did Thompson replace the bung foil yet? I realise the wind gods have not smiled on him in the last week, but seems that 1st is just squeaking away little by little. Pretty amazing performance by all. Delightful to see the joy on the face of these guys in WebTV broadcast on Xmas day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
raz88 96 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 It was in one of his updates the last couple of days that he's successfully retracted the broken one so that he doesn't have a stump poking out. The way the update went it seemed like he thought that was as good as he's going to get and there will be no replacement. However the expectation is that the remaining part of the race will be more starboard tack than port meaning he can use his remaining foil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battgirl 23 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Conrad's done a video dressed as Santa which is good for a laugh. He's growing in stature all the time with his variety of escapades not to mention the fact he is sailing really well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarkMT 68 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Since 6am on Dec 24 (NZT) to 5pm today, Thomson has gone from 820nm behind to 296nm behind. He's made up 100nm in just the last 14 hours. https://twitter.com/VendeeGlobe/status/813595778211934208 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,235 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Yeah, awesome job! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarkMT 68 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Now only 75 miles behind! https://twitter.com/VendeeGlobe/status/814518357747609600 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,235 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 remarkable performance since rounding the corner! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,235 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Now 35.5! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Romany 162 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 It is staggering but seems a bit of a lottery. It would be fascinating to know how much input the weather routers have - you'd have to believe its a lot Not tryin to take anything away from Thompson (as if I could!) but Le Cleac'h seemed to sail into the wall. Hugos turn now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
raz88 96 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 My understanding is that they're not allowed to receive routing advice as that's considered outside assistance and the whole idea of the VG is around the world unassisted. So they access forecast data and route themselves... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kestrahl 6 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 It looks like BP8 had nowhere to go and HB carried the breeze to the east of him a bit longer but now may be sailing into a even bigger light patch than BP8. But who knows, go HB! When does it update again!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarkMT 68 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 I think 5pm is the next one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
raz88 96 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Tracker currently shows BP8 doing 9ish knots and HB doing 3, so looks like Alex has hit the light patch and Armel is back in a bit of breeze again. Good that it's close again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Just 29nm now but HB is about 20nm east of BP with the high moving west to east. BP has just picked up speed while HB is slow. Next 24 hrs will be very interesting. Game On! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Ha beat me to it Raz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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