Guest Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Puma have Officially retired from leg one. Im working on their podcast and should have it up shortly Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 PUMA OCEAN RACING RETIRES FROM FIRST LEG OF VOLVO OCEAN RACE CAPE TOWN, South Africa – PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG have officially retired from Leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 after suffering a broken mast. The rig on board PUMA’s Mar Mostro failed on Monday, November 21, at around 1500 UTC in the southern Atlantic Ocean, about 2,150 nautical miles from Cape Town, South Africa. All crew were uninjured. The team have recovered all three pieces of the mast and all sails from the water. They are currently headed towards the small island of Tristan da Cunha, less than 700 nautical miles away. “We’ve just withdrawn from the leg,” said skipper Ken Read. “We have [the mast] jury rigged. We have about 15 feet of mast left. We have our trysail and storm jib awkwardly set. We’re supplementing that with really low revs of the engine just to make forward progress. “As you can imagine, there aren’t a lot of smiles right now, but one way to make it even worse would be to proclaim that there wasn’t a chance to make the next leg. “This is about earning points in this race. We think by sacrificing points on this first leg, it gives us a chance to actually earn points for the second leg and the In-Port Race. So, that’s our goal. “We have all of our fantastic PUMA shore team, the BERG team and of course Volvo all trying to sort it out right now, giving us the help that we need to get to Cape Town in order to make repairs and be ready for the next leg.” PUMA’s mast broke when she was in second position trailing race leader Team Telefónica by just 31nm in the Leg 1 race from Alicante, Spain, to Cape Town. The cause of the dismasting is not known at this stage. PUMA Ocean Racing’s shore team is working on a recovery plan to ensure the yacht can rejoin the race as soon as practically possible and will work closely with Volvo Ocean Race to determine the cause of the dismasting. Volvo Ocean Race control is in constant contact with the team to establish the full extent of the damage and ensure the crew are given full support to enable them to deal with the situation. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Ken Read interview about Pumas retirement from leg one. im working on another one that has better quality images. should be up in 15 or so. Link to post Share on other sites
chic014 0 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 That Tristan da Cunha place is in the middle of absolute nowhere! What are they going to do when they get there? Get a towboat from South Africa? Stock up on diesel and motor to Cape Town? How fast can these things motor? I've just looked up the V70 rule and they have to be able to do 9kts under motor, but in a more economical mode I'd say they'll be doing 5 knots. They're 700 miles from the island but a lot more to South Africa. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 That Tristan da Cunha place is in the middle of absolute nowhere! What are they going to do when they get there? Get a towboat from South Africa? Stock up on diesel and motor to Cape Town? How fast can these things motor? I've just looked up the V70 rule and they have to be able to do 9kts under motor, but in a more economical mode I'd say they'll be doing 5 knots. They're 700 miles from the island but a lot more to South Africa. Puma are in a spot of bother. They dont have enough petrol to get to the island and time is agaisnt them for the start of leg 2. the video explains a bit more. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 That Tristan da Cunha place is in the middle of absolute nowhere! What are they going to do when they get there? Get a towboat from South Africa? Stock up on diesel and motor to Cape Town? How fast can these things motor? I've just looked up the V70 rule and they have to be able to do 9kts under motor, but in a more economical mode I'd say they'll be doing 5 knots. They're 700 miles from the island but a lot more to South Africa. Puma are in a spot of bother. They dont have enough petrol to get to the island and time is agaisnt them for the start of leg 2. the video explains a bit more. Not enough diesel and only 4 days of food left.... ouch! >Not enough diesel to motor the 700nm to Tristan >Only food for about 4 days, they were rationing anyway? >About 5mins 50 secs into the tape Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 heres the vid with better image quality (if anyone cares) Link to post Share on other sites
benny14 6 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 From the VOR rules, they only have to have for fuel: 13.3 Fuel Tanks 13.3.1 All fuel tanks shall be pressure tested to 25kPa. Fuel tank pressure test certificates, shall be made available to the MG. Fuel tanks shall not be used for liquids other than fuel, and shall not be filled, emptied or transferred for the purpose of altering trim or stability. The following fuel tanks shall be fitted: a) A fuel tank or tanks having a total capacity of not less than 230litres, installed symmetrically about the centreplane. A day tank with a minimum capacity of 10litres, positioned close to and such that a gravity feed of fuel to the auxiliary engine is achieved. The day tank shall be constructed of stainless steel. c) A separate fuel tank for emergency use only, installed symmetrically about the centreplane. This tank shall be capable of isolation from the main fuel system and have a capacity of not less than 120litres. All inlets and outlets shall be capable of being sealed, using a cable-tie type seal. The tank shall have an upper inspection opening allowing dip stick access. 13.3.2 No fuel tank shall form a structural part of the boat. and the engine: 14.1 Main Engine Installation 14.1.1. A Volvo Penta D2-75 marine diesel engine (ON 869648) shall be installed including a connection kit (ON 21157312) on the centre line of the boat with the crankshaft fore and aft and the flywheel aft. The position of the engine shall be in accordance with the provisions of rule 14.3. The engine shall be fitted close-coupled with a Volvo Penta marine reduction transmission MS25A-A ratio 2.74:1 (ON 3582635). The engine and transmission shall be flexibly mounted. Which is a 75 hp engine... Which from quick research has a fuel consumption of about 1.5 gph at 50% load... Seems a lot... About 5.7 L per hour... So assuming they have 120L in the emergency and have used 2/3 of their 230L that leaves them about 200L left... Which is about 35 hours at 50% load, which is probably around 5 knots... so about 175 miles... Not even close to the 700 miles they have to go... Very rough numbers and large assumptions... Maybe not be correct in the slightest... But it doesn't sound good... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Camper and Groupama are still closing in on telefonica. Link to post Share on other sites
PaulR 3 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Very rough numbers and large assumptions... Maybe not be correct in the slightest... But it doesn't sound good... Another minor issue is that Capetown is to windward and winds will be increasing all the way there. Fishing where thay are is poor, similar to fishing in a desert stream. Just a pod of whales occasionally, and they are too big for your hooks. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Apart from what is facing Puma, it must be really gutting for the organisers now that every time someone hits the http://www.volvooceanrace.com page they see that HALF the fleet is out of leg one. It was a small fleet to begin with... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Fishing where thay are is poor, similar to fishing in a desert stream. Just a pod of whales occasionally, and they are too big for your hooks. There's only one man for the job! Link to post Share on other sites
PaulR 3 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 He would do and would be useful on a desert island as well. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Well at the risk of offending any Tristan da Cunhans browsing this forum, it looks like a pretty wacky place. 8 surnames, 264 people, and a breakwater that looks like it might be a bit dodgy in a N / NEer... This is going from boatrace to boys own adventure for the Puma crew. How to get to Cape Town. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Tristan_da_Cunha http://www.tristandc.com/harbour.php Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Time to get this back on track. Mike being stitched up. more here viewtopic.php?f=49&t=17966 Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Even the smaller islands have some plant cover, with the larger ones dominated by ferns and moss. Flora on the archiplego includes many endemic species and many that have a broad circumpolar distribution in the South Atlantic and South Pacific Oceans. Thus many of the species that occur in Tristan da Cunha occur as far away as New Zealand. For example the species Nertera depressa was first collected in Tristan da Cunha,[1] but has since been recorded in occurrence as far distant as New Zealand. Such species are now thought to include the indigenous New Zealand Bradis jacksonensis, Kelvinenis harrapsonia and Tonyencia mutteringonia. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Telefonica has finally stopped loosing distance, but for how long? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 What is going on with this race? These boats should be built better than this right??? Link to post Share on other sites
nz moth 0 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Dose anyone know if it is the same spar maker that built the two masts that have came down? Link to post Share on other sites
Kiteroa 8 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 No, diffferent spar makers. Link to post Share on other sites
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