Vendee Globe 2020

[B00B00 170]

Those boats are going to get a hiding overnight. Gusting over 50kts. Wouldnt be suprise to see some damage in the morning.

Really quite a volatile week of weather in the northern Atlantic! 

[splat 35]

39 minutes ago, B00B00 said:

Those boats are going to get a hiding overnight. Gusting over 50kts. Wouldnt be suprise to see some damage in the morning.

Really quite a volatile week of weather in the northern Atlantic! 

Already 26 knots (1.00pm our time) with 4.0m seas in the west - Charlie Dalin was doing 16 knots in 3.0m seas further east than the western bunch such as Tripon, Escoffier, AT and co who were doing 12-15 knots in 4.0m seas! Very hard to compare even as boats are stil relatively close together.  Intersting that vendee globe site had Hugo Boss as fastest average speed last 24 hours at 10.7knots

[muzled 74]

Alex Thomson looks like he's wired for everything.  Speed/bow height/heel angle/g-force/HR/calories and on and on.

https://www.alexthomsonracing.com/the-hub/alex/

Sleep makes for some interesting reading, a grand total of 15 minutes so far.

Data recorded by a custom-built health sensing device, optimised for Alex and worn around his upper arm at all times during the race. Data is sent directly from the device and displayed exclusively on The Hub.

In order to detect sleeping intervals, Nokia Bell Labs combine data from the health sensing device (specifically heart rate and motion) with information about the boat’s motion. An algorithm has been developed using data collected during training, as well as on-shore periods in order to identify patterns characteristic of sleep in terms of heart rate and motion relative to the boat.

 

 

[ex Elly 51]

Looks like Charal (Jeremie Beyou) is heading back to port.
He must be gutted, as he was the favourite to win.
Broken rudder and backstay apparently.

 

[Fish 595]

Bugger, my favourite boat, mainly cause Charal is a brand of premium steak... (or meat, my French is a bit marginal)

You couldn't possibly get a better sponsor.

[vic008 11]

Amedeo repairs a hairline crack at masthead. Does he go up every day to inspect?

[180S 16]

I’ve been following Jean Le Cam, he’s holding his own against the new boats. There’s a good piece on him on the Vendee globe site.

https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/19915/yes-he-cam

Seems like the Eastern fleet didn’t loose too much by heading south early

So when do the foilers have the advantage ?
 

Edited November 12, 2020 by 180S
Slow to realise the tracker is not real time

[2flit 23]

On 11/11/2020 at 8:26 PM, muzled said:

Alex Thomson looks like he's wired for everything.  Speed/bow height/heel angle/g-force/HR/calories and on and on.

https://www.alexthomsonracing.com/the-hub/alex/

Sleep makes for some interesting reading, a grand total of 15 minutes so far.

Data recorded by a custom-built health sensing device, optimised for Alex and worn around his upper arm at all times during the race. Data is sent directly from the device and displayed exclusively on The Hub.

In order to detect sleeping intervals, Nokia Bell Labs combine data from the health sensing device (specifically heart rate and motion) with information about the boat’s motion. An algorithm has been developed using data collected during training, as well as on-shore periods in order to identify patterns characteristic of sleep in terms of heart rate and motion relative to the boat.

 

 

I listed to a video post he made on FB yesterday where he said that he was 'nodding-off' occasionally (sounded like very brief periods of time where he just fall asleep and suddenly re-awaken) but the sleep tracker was not recording these periods as "sleep" because his pulse rate was still around/above 90 bpm. I think his max heart rate was above 170 during sail changes.... the guy is amazing

[Jon 144]

Jean Le Cam is showing sailing smart is more important than foils, at this point anyway.

[180S 16]

Seems the foils are all about downwind sailing, up and planing. Boss is doing a consistent 2-3knts on Cam. Would be interesting to know how much of that is attributable to foils.