Bullrush 0 Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Ant was just talking to Kevin at the club. Apparantly Farrago is re-clearing customs at Opua...need to make a small repair..dont know any more at this stage... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 A band of tropical cloud lies to the west of Fiji over Vanuatu. High cloud associated with is streaming over Fiji causing hazy skies and a few light showers, mostly about the east where onshore winds are helping to keep moisture high in the lower levels of the atmosphere. On the satellite image three separate cloud areas can be seen, and each of these will spawn a separate low pressure centre in the next 24-36 hours. The forecast weather pattern for Saturday evening (see image Sat_evening) indicates the location of the three separate low pressure systems. By Sunday evening each of these lows is still a separate entity moving south of Fiji, and then Monday the southernmost low takes over and becomes a very deep system near the north island of NZ. Winds turning northeast today then northerly tomorrow and becoming more humid and cloudy. Rain will be light and patchy today but more widespread and persistent tomorrow with some thunder in the afternoons about the larger islands. The main band of cloud will cross Fiji Sunday night and Monday morning bringing some heavy falls with possible flash flooding. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Hell DM, that's a better forecast than MetService do. Ever thought about changing jobs? Link to post Share on other sites
smithy09 50 Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Ran Tan leading through Tiri channel. Anyone watching? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 So did Lion NZ run out of diesel? And did Wired return to the marina as well? Heard they ripped a genacker at the start, surely they didn't go get another one?? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Opps, the tracker just updated and puts Wired in front. Seems Wired's tracker updates last? Who knows? Link to post Share on other sites
Jon 412 Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Ran Tan's jumped out in front again And the General has just sliced tiri in half poor tiri and all the wild life Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Watched the start with the apprentice race officers, my sons 5 & 3, and their manager my wife. All had a conservative start including Lion NZ which went back to the dock with some problems, but they were last seen leaving Orakei bouy with the big spinnaker up and looking good. The general had the best start but i thought that o"sinnermans satr was the best conservative and looked good in the time before we went back to the dock, and then the bar. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Does anybody know how often the trackers update? E.g. every 10 minutes or so? (Also: it is pretty obvious they do not update at the same time) Link to post Share on other sites
Bullrush 0 Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 A leisurely start by all, with OSinnerman first over the line. A light southerly breeze of 10 - 12 knots, most boats starting with genneker, and few with kite. Skiddy Too was late at the start, was soon heading up the channel in attack mode, about 15 minutes behind the rest of the fleet. Revs as expected was leading the 40 footers, with Pretty Boy Floyd just behind, and Bullrush lurking somewhere in background. General Lee was running a few angles with their genny, and crossed between Rangitoto and the shore a number of times before settling down and preparing to run down the 40 footers. I have photos to follow. Paddy the trackers go off every 15 mins... Link to post Share on other sites
Bullrush 0 Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Danaide, on the tracking site, you have the opption to veiw in 'straight line'. The boys will have a safer ride if you turn this off! Link to post Share on other sites
Changed 10 Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Anyone know what's happening to Farrago II. Are they still at Opua or is their tracker turned off? Mike and the boys seem to have settled and have made good northing. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Paddy the trackers go off every 15 mins... Thanks Janine Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Can someone post a screenshot of the tracker....stupid iPhones can't view flash. Looked like a great day for a start but I wonder if anyone chooses to hunker down in the far north when the nor Easter blows up then hook into the nor west flow following it. Will post start pics on Monday. Link to post Share on other sites
Bullrush 0 Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 These are possibly large pics - sorry, I dont have a resizer on this computer Link to post Share on other sites
Bullrush 0 Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 There are many more than are shown on here. If you want a copy PM me with your email address and eventually I will send you a copy, when I am back from Fiji... Link to post Share on other sites
Bullrush 0 Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Whoops forgot last pics..I have not got photos of Lion NZ. Link to post Share on other sites
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