ScottiE 174 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Boom! The boss sneaks into 1st! Does his foil package have the edge over the Frenchmen? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 From Sailing Anarchy's Mr Clean on the foils "Short answer: Alex's foils are closer to the surface and develop more lift, therefore they are better in less sea state than the deeper running foils. In more messy seas, Alex will be ventilating more. Alex told me when the speeds are right and the angle right, sometimes the whole foil becomes a planing surface rather than a lifting surface. Here's a crazy bit I learned from designers over drinks last night: The ideal angle of boat heel for the french foilers is an astonishing 35 degrees...Alex's is closer to 25" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Thomson has gybed a few hours ago - looking to hug the coast to keep away from the Azores High. Perhaps also looking for the flatter water to stay on the plane. If nothing else he's gonna keep chuckling these little demons at the others. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 HB gybed back out again, looks like he's staying close for now though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarkMT 68 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Interesting, is that AIS? Neither the official tracker nor the HB one (I guess they're the same data) shows that yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 marinetraffic.com, I think he is close to going out of range again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battgirl 23 Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 There's a free vendee globe app which is quite nice. Conrad's got good speed and is 15th or 16th at the moment Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 the app has crashed on Android and I think they must be having tech issues because they are 2 scheds down on updating the tracker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 and their tracker has just caught up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Wow - gotta say Armal Le Cleach is having a blinder. Only one gybe so far - not sure what Alex Thomson is up to seems to be enjoying the punishment! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Absolution 7 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Wow - gotta say Armal Le Cleach is having a blinder. Only one gybe so far - not sure what Alex Thomson is up to seems to be enjoying the punishment! ...and how about Vincent Riou in the non-foiling PRB who is only 7.9NM behind! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Yeh - both he and mielhat are going very well. Mostly down to staying west as it's worked out which is what the boss is trying to do now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 So what I want to know is what sort of routing software these guys are running cause the Frenchmen have done a far better job than the Anglo-Saxon! Just wtf was Coleman upto round the volcano - sightseeing - rock sampling?!? And Thomson should know better by now! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smithy09 50 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Hugo Boss on the charge now. Big gains! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 In the lead now that cleach gybed out. It's bloody fascinating! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Absolution 7 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Hugo Boss definitely seems to have had a speed advantage in the drag race over the past 24 hours. The reliability of all the boats seems to be far better than the previous boats too... now someone will drop their rig just to prove me wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted November 14, 2016 Author Share Posted November 14, 2016 Thompson barely missed a beat through the doldrums, now out to a 90 mile lead which looks to increase over the next little while. Nice tracker here http://gis.ee/vg/ which has a windy.tv overlay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 323 Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 That's the best tracker so far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Battgirl 23 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Willow That tracker's cool with the wind on it. What a fascinating watch this race is and to have 28 boats still racing after 10 days is a great tribute to all the hard work that has gone into them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Romany 162 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 interesting Edmond now second on distance to leader, better vmg, and slightly higher - could we see a leader change or is Hugo gonna gap it - seems he is heading toward a favourable wind change and a foot on the escalator to the east. Cool tracker with the ability to 'look' forward in weather terms at least Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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