Guest Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 StephenC Tugs rushing to the freighter??? Wind 20-25, picking starboard start at the whark will be the winner. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Vodaboat has 2 reefs in, dodging the ship. Link to post Share on other sites
Grinna 2 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Race tracker is now unavailable. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Race tracker is now unavailable. All good from the main predictwind site http://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/race/nzmyc Link to post Share on other sites
SMU's Crew 4 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Race tracker is now unavailable. All good from the main predictwind site http://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/race/nzmyc got really excited until I found that this one hasn't updated either! I'm sure someone will be working hard somewhere trying to fix it. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Saturday Night Special Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Is it correct only 39 starters? Link to post Share on other sites
teabag 0 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Got to love the "cheap as" coastal classic web page and tracker - Fail. Link to post Share on other sites
SMU's Crew 4 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 http://play.vodafone.co.nz/teamvodafone ... e-tracking at least until the other trackers hopefully update, vodaboat's working fine. Wind doesn't seem to be reporting, but showing a boat speed of 28knots. woo hoo, what a ride! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 At least TVS tracker is just about live http://forecast.predictwind.com/trackin ... fullscreen There are lots of boats with out trackers showing. Can't find any Tauranga boats Grrrrrrr!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 From Rainbow Chaser Sorry folk, if you are watching the race online unfortunately it is so popular that it has crashed. I can tell you that the first start is away and it is as crazy as we thought it would be. The best start tactics were definitely to get in close to Devonport and sail as far as you could before gybing. Georgia was leading the monuls until a messy gybe saw her kite around the forestay. V5 is carrying the biggest gennaker of the 50s and looks great. Triple 888 was leading the fleet for a while as TVS was stopped int he lee of a big ship that conveniently left port during our race start, but a more recent report has them leading. Link to post Share on other sites
Zoe 8 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Hi guys, the main site has crashed because it is SO popular. We are getting it sorted please keep checking in. Link to post Share on other sites
benny14 6 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Looks like a pretty wet ride on Vodaboat from their tracker page! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 From Mike Keeton on Nth Head Triple 8 was first to Nth Head, Vodafone much more conservative in sail choice, vodafone then ahead by Rangi From Stephen - Carnage - 35kn+ Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Pacific Sundance retired at North Head. Link to post Share on other sites
RainbowChaser 0 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 I'll copy info from here to Sailonline (until I head for my bunk in an hour or so!) Anyone else sailing the race on SOL please feel free to update in Race Chat after that!! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Saturday Night Special Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Gusts Coming through here at Wellsford topping 40 on my hand held wind guage should get interesting about cape rodney Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 10.49 from Expedition Coppelia Clear start, Exciting pile up before the gybe. No 2 Full main, 100 awa, Boat speed 9.5, tws 20kn Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 we are updating via our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/TP52-Kia-Kaha/102317959887450 Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 From Dave Vodaboat approaching Kawau Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 From the facebook page above aha! haven't heard from our team yet... I am guessing they have their hands more than full and the adrenaline must be pumping! What a great race it is already! They are away and it’s windy and there is already signs of carnage amongst the fleet. The boats that did the best were the ones that started to the Devonport Wharf end of the line, and held off their gybe as long as possible. Carrying big gear was all well and good for the start, but the breeze built and went forwards within ten minutes, and yes it did cause probl ems. Boats that didn’t carry out impeccable gybes (read wraps, shredded sails, Chinese gybes, broaches) included Georgia, Ran Tan, MotionX. Vodafone is leading the multihulls now but wasn’t always. They started conservatively, possibly in the lee of a container ship that was coming in to one side of the course. Georgia was the first monohull to North Head and in the second start, Tongue Twister, Pretty Woman and Nosaka led the second start, and Pretty Woman was the first to hoist a masthead gennaker and scoot – but seems unlikelyh to hang on to it for now. In the first 20 minutes, Pahi and Pelagian was leading the Div 3 boats, amidst a rain squall and poor visibility. The small boats mostly opted to goose wing it. Early retirees include Attitude, Mako, and Charleston. TRex has broken its prod after a major broach, which will not help their race. Most of the fleet is conservative – reefed down, cruising up the coast, taking it very cautiously. Link to post Share on other sites
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