splashprincess 17 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Boat now coming across evans bay still with main up Link to post Share on other sites
203 0 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 probably abit dark, but any photos? Link to post Share on other sites
splashprincess 17 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 No photos, too dark and wet really. And I don't have a waterproof camera. Thanks heaps to everyone that came down in the freezing cold and rain to welcome Conrad and Sam in. Especially the guy with the dog called Jimmy and the Hawkes Bay strawberries - they really enjoyed them with the champagne! Big thanks to the Port Nic crew that were on Te Ruru and hanging out to welcome them in. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 thanks for updates, any news of the fields on BSL?....they seem to of not made much progress overnight?....weahther that inclimate? thought they would still be making vmg of atleast 5knts? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Colman and Goodchild take Cessna Citation to victory in GOR Leg 2 At 08:20:40 GMT (21:20:40 local) on Friday 30 December, the youngest team in the double-handed, Class40 Global Ocean Race (GOR), 28 year-old Kiwi, Conrad Colman and his 22 year-old, British co-skipper, Sam Goodchild, crossed the GOR’s Leg 2 finish line in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand, in first place on their Akilaria RC2 Class40, Cessna Citation after 30 days 22 hours 20 minutes and 40seconds, netting the maximum of 30 points for Leg 2. Colman and Goodchild rounded Cape Farewell at the northern tip of South Island at 14:00 GMT on Thursday (03:00 local on Friday), fighting against headwinds. With Cook Strait set for a 40-50 knot south-easterly blast, potentially gusting to 60 knots, the stretch of water separating South Island from North Island was not a location to be caught in. For the two leading, double-handed Global Ocean Race Class40s, Cessna Citation and BSL, there was no option and life became increasingly tough for the two teams. Fleet leaders Conrad Colman and Artemis Offshore Academy sailor, Sam Goodchild, with Cessna Citation tacked hard in 35 knots of south-easterly wind in extremely ugly seas ahead of the main gale, sailing close to d’Urville Island and Port Gore on the northern tip of South Island before they attacked the 14-mile wide wind funnel at the narrowest part of the strait between Cape Terrawhiti on North Island and Perano Head on Arapawa Island in Marlborough Sound at 06:00 GMT on Friday with 18 miles remaining to the finish line. One hour later, as the wind built to 45 knots, Cessna Citation barrelled through the 2km-wide entrance to Wellington Harbour between Pencarrow Head and the Miramar Peninsular in torrential rain and grey, rolling waves as daylight faded fast. Colman and Goodchild left the partially exposed Barrett Reef to port and crossed the GOR Leg 2 finish line off Worser Bay on the harbour’s western shore taking victory in Leg 2. GOR Race Officials boarded Cessna Citation via the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club’s support RIB, congratulated the co-skippers and swiftly checked the engine seal fitted in Cape Town was still intact and Cessna Citation continued to her mooring in Queen’s Wharf for reunions and celebrations in the relentless Wellington downpour. Link to post Share on other sites
splashprincess 17 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Back on station after a few hours sleep. It's still raining here in Welly with a 20 -30 knot Southerly here in the harbour. Out in Cook Strait at Brothers Island they are getting a 40 -50 knot Southerly, and at Stephens Island getting an average of 30 knots, gusting to 45. Link to post Share on other sites
splashprincess 17 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 thanks for updates, any news of the fields on BSL?....they seem to of not made much progress overnight?....weahther that inclimate?thought they would still be making vmg of atleast 5knts? We are picking sometime later tonight - in the dark and rain again. Link to post Share on other sites
grant 40 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 photo, of sorts, pretty crap effort really, probably should have tried to get the assembled masses, given the phone isn't waterproof it was quick shot, and well the conditions were rubbish, it is wellington in summer after all!! sigh Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Looks alot like an Auckland summer at the moment - well done for getting a shot at all. Link to post Share on other sites
splashprincess 17 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Cessna Citation this morning tied up outside Shed 5. Link to post Share on other sites
Herdy 0 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 The Field have had a sh*t kicking today. They have headed towards the North Island coast to get out of horrible wave pattern. They have been in 50 plus knots most of the day. There current ETA is 07:00am - 11:00am 01/01/2012. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Body armour required on BSL in Cook Strait With the Leg 2 Global Ocean Race (GOR) winning Class40, Cessna Citation, safely secured by a network of lines and springs at Queens Wharf in Wellington Harbour, the strong winds still persist in and around Cook Strait. As Conrad Colman and Sam Goodchild crossed the finish line late on Friday evening (local), thundering into Wellington Harbour under bright orange storm jib and reefed main, the second-placed Class40, BSL of the New Zealand father-and-son duo, Ross and Campbell Field, was approaching Cape Farewell, 110 miles north-west of Wellington, preparing to turn right, into the teeth of the gale for a beat through Cook Strait. The Fields rounded Cape Farewell at midday GMT on Friday - in the middle of the New Zealand night - and ran straight into the south-easterly Force 7-8 howling through Cook Strait. BSL tacked briefly onto port towards Golden Bay lying behind the 15-mile long Farewell Spit jutting east into the strait from the cape, with slow and painful progress: “We’re getting the **** kicked out of us,” confirmed Ross Field as BSL slammed into the massive seas. “Just before the wind instruments got blown off the rig, it was 38 knots and then it got windier,” he continued. “Now we estimate a solid 30 knots gusting 40 with breaking seas.” By midnight GMT on Friday, BSL was off the tip of d’Urville Island on the South Island shore at the gateway to the jaws of Cook Strait: “The poor old boat has suffered some damage and it’s full of water, wet sails and sailing gear - it’s a shambles,” he reports. However, there is also physical damage on board: “The crew are suffering,” he confirms. “Campbell has a black eye from head butting the forestay and I have bruises everywhere from being thrown around the boat. In a brief call to the GOR Race Organisation at 14:00 local (01:00 GMT) on Saturday, Ross Field reported that the breeze had climbed to a howling 50-60 knots and by 05:00 GMT on Saturday (18:00 local), BSL was heading directly across Cook Strait with 57 miles to the finish line and searching for some shelter on the North Island shore. “Are we enjoying it?” asks Ross Field. “No, but this is only a tiny percentage of some of the best sailing in the world,” he believes. “Congratulations to Cessna,” he added before signing off. “Conrad and Sam sailed brilliantly and thoroughly deserve their win - bloody well done!” For the complete update, click here. Link to post Share on other sites
splashprincess 17 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Back on standby for BSL to come in. Current conditions at Mana are Southerly of 13-16 knots but that should build for them as they turn the corner into the Strait, as it is currently 20-24 knots at Karori Rock. Link to post Share on other sites
splashprincess 17 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Finish boat heading out now to hopefully get some video footage, we think BSL is about an hour away from finishing. Current conditions on the harbour are a southerly of 15-20 knots. Link to post Share on other sites
splashprincess 17 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Current AIS position has BSL off Sinclair Head which puts them about 10 miles from the finish. Current boat speed is 7.3 knots. Link to post Share on other sites
The Saint 0 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 BSL Is just passing Breaker Bay now now so only a few minutes from finishing. Under full main and no 1 in about 10-12 knots Link to post Share on other sites
eighty8 1 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 looking forward to some pics & video - great achievement Link to post Share on other sites
splashprincess 17 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 BSL have just gybed for the finish. Link to post Share on other sites
splashprincess 17 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 BSL has crossed the finish line!!!!!!! ETA at Queens Wharf is 1115 so if anyone is around come on down to greet them. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 well done to them..... having come into wellington previously 2 handed in those conditions ...i can sympathise/understand what they went through to get there... Link to post Share on other sites
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