waikiore 399 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Weather looks promising if a little damp North, more than 150 starters 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed 143 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 The call on staring location is being made at lunchtime today Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CarpeDiem 430 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 I see the start has been moved to Narrowneck vacinity and the times have been pushed back. https://www.coastalclassic.co.nz/_files/ugd/4c9433_4f838310cb564f319654b12cd91a69a5.pdf 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
khayyam 68 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Moving it out of the sh*t seems like a perfectly reasonable decision. Sure it's fun to watch the start from devo, but surely it doesn't make much difference to the race itself. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bad Kitty 252 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 If the record is your only focus for the Coastal, & you're worried about missing out this year, I suggest some study on how to understand a forecast! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leftred 45 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Water quality discussion aside, I'm continually stunned by how terrible the Predict Wind tracker is. If I get auto-scrolled to the coast of Sri Lanka one more time I think I'm done. No ability to filter by divisions, no boat type, a number of trackers with the skipper's name not the boat (that's not the software's fault but still). Painful. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sailor Jerry 0 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Is there a tracker to follow race? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K4309 257 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 7 minutes ago, Sailor Jerry said: Is there a tracker to follow race? PredictWind Tracker Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Editor 34 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Ok thats enough fun, I am going to clean this thread up- no politics thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 197 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Wired takes line honours in Coastal Classic Apache second, Mayhem third, Clockwork forth, with Apache just passing Mayhem at Tapeka point. Monohull wins this year! https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wired-takes-line-honours-in-coastal-classic/AXIUNQJSTJHVNMYLHPDSC3L4PI/ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RushMan 31 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Trying to follow the race but the tracker is terrible 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K4309 257 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Anyone know any good Facebook pages to follow the race on? With a total of 10 posts on here under the Coastal thread, it's like the party is happening somewhere else... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 960 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 A death on the water. Sounds like someone took a boom to the head. Really unfortunate for family, crew and organisers, and commiserations to everyone aboard the yacht. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,587 Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 Any more info yet? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rats 28 Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 10 hours ago, Black Panther said: Any more info yet? What he said, what the hell happened? Anything we can learn, wrong place wrong time, newbie? what? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Y88 5241 25 Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 Maybe give it a bit of time, only happened late Friday/early Saturday. The boat was a well known boat, and still doing reports etc 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
funlovincriminal 163 Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 It was pretty heinous at the Brett. We went through a couple of hours before the incident, and the sea state was all over the place. An accidental gybe would have been pretty easy to have happen. Breeze was anything from 20-30kts and shifty. Really sad for crew and family, and also race organizers. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Psyche 633 Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 What a tragedy, very sad to hear about it. From the tracker it's pretty obvious which boat it was. It's going to affect a lot of people and as for the lessons, way too early to make assumptions but assume a crash gybe. I'll bet theres a few of us here that have had injuries from them while racing, and running at night in swell and breeze is the worst. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bad Kitty 252 Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 On 20/10/2023 at 9:18 AM, Bad Kitty said: If the record is your only focus for the Coastal, & you're worried about missing out this year, I suggest some study on how to understand a forecast! Well that post didn't age well! Clockwork, new record for a 40' leaner I think? Maybe I'll do some more weather map study! In my defense, us multi sailors rarely set records with the wind ahead of the beam. Condolences to the family & crew of the casualty, tough times. The thoughts of the sailing community are with you. 💔 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CarpeDiem 430 Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 Westlake Boys’ High School teacher killed during Coastal Classic yacht race He taught all of my 4 children. I am lost for words. Such a tragedy. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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