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Hard to find much info. From the tracker it appeared one boat didn't start at all, one sat at the start for an hour or two while the others sailed off, and another turned around and came back. But can't find anything online about what's happening. 

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8 minutes ago, raz88 said:

Hard to find much info. From the tracker it appeared one boat didn't start at all, one sat at the start for an hour or two while the others sailed off, and another turned around and came back. But can't find anything online about what's happening. 

Scratch that. Update now on Facebook. 

 

Wow, what an exciting and interesting start to the Ray White New Plymouth Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge. Malcolm Dickson on Sarau tacked on the start line to be the first to cross. Mister Lucky laid the mark in a single tack, being the first to round. The fleet disappeared quickly over the horizon in 15kn from the NW. As darkness fell Sarau was heading NW with 5 of the fleet following a more westerly direction, converging close together. An IRC dual was occurring between Mister Lucky and Melting Pot.

Allegresse returned to port late afternoon, from 12nm out to resolve an issue onboard. She and Mike Carter headed back out at first light and are making great pace and ground today in a very uncomfortable sea.

Overnight conditions have been busy and challenging with 44kn and a very bumpy sea. Skippers reported all good onboard during this morning’s schedule, if a little wet.

Lucy onboard Nerissa K developed some sail and electronic issues with her chartplotter and AIS late yesterday afternoon. Her sail issues saw her crabbing at 2-3 knots overnight. Lucy has been unsuccessful resolving the issues in the rough choppy sea and is heading back to port.

Meanwhile back in Port Taranaki, Apriori remains on her mooring suffering autopilot issues during the prestart checks.

Malcolm Dickson and Sarau currently lead the fleet 180nm from port, doing 6.5kn. Mister Lucky and Mark Hipgrave are leading the IRC division at 165nm with a VMG of 5.9kn

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Is it just me, or are we experiencing months of sh#t weather more than usual.  Summer was a write off, and it doesn't seem to be getting much better, albeit winter approaching.  It's probably as bad as it's always been - this is NZ, the land of four seasons in a day, but sheesh can't someone go for a sail and get some decent weather to get going, including the Solo Tasman guys / girl...

Ah well, I guess that is why we have some of the best racing sailors in the world...our weather demands it.

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13 hours ago, Zozza said:

Is it just me, or are we experiencing months of sh#t weather more than usual.  Summer was a write off, and it doesn't seem to be getting much better, albeit winter approaching.  It's probably as bad as it's always been - this is NZ, the land of four seasons in a day, but sheesh can't someone go for a sail and get some decent weather to get going, including the Solo Tasman guys / girl...

Ah well, I guess that is why we have some of the best racing sailors in the world...our weather demands it.

Yup totally. It's been a shocker. 

 

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