Clipper 205 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 From all I have read, JLC did an amazing job of finding the raft. Sounds a bloody awful fold up and lucky escape. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lateral 120 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Superb effort. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 65 Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 Could the same thing have happened to Alex Thomson if he had continued? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 804 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 of course! Anything can happen to any of them. A few engineering issues to work out yet it seems... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 713 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 42 minutes ago, ex Elly said: Could the same thing have happened to Alex Thomson if he had continued? An almost certainty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B00B00 172 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 I think the damage done to Hugo Boss was the first stages of what happened to PRB. Maybe Kevin hadn't noticed the longitudinal in the forward compartment starting to fail? I would think everyone on the Hugo boss team would have been pretty worried about sending that boat into the southern Ocean with the structural damage it had already sustained so the rudder issue might have been a blessing and relief for them.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank 34 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Another one bites the dust ! https://www.sail-world.com/news/233574/Starboard-foil-and-casing-damage-for-ARKEA-PAPREC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 713 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 I wouldn't say 'bit the dust' just yet. He's just got a slight welsh onion. If he can fix that up, he'll be fine. Tack over and keep it out of the water in the first instance. Its a fair way to go until the front falls off... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrWatson 258 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 19 minutes ago, Fish said: I wouldn't say 'bit the dust' just yet. He's just got a slight welsh onion. If he can fix that up, he'll be fine. Tack over and keep it out of the water in the first instance. Its a fair way to go until the front falls off... bit of cloth and some resin, good as new by lunch time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 713 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Foils are going to get damaged. The damage to the foil box is more interesting - water ingress - welsh onion (leaks are bad luck on boats, never say the name) is the primary issue. Should be manageable from a not sinking point of view. Not great for race winning prospects. Any single handed round the world race is always going to be a race of attrition. The Vendee is no different. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sabre 347 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 And another.... [FLASH NEWS] At 1900 UTC Sam Davies (Initiatives Cœur) informed her team that she hit an unidentified object. She is slowly heading north and is inspecting her boat to assess damages. Sam is safe and uninjured. #VG2020 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 713 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Maybe they are all hitting the front that fell off PRB? Shame they couldn't tow it out of the environment 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 65 Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 What will happen to Jean Le Cam? Is he allowed to continue racing with 2 people on board? If so, Kevin will deplete his food, and JLC will starve before the finish! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
muzled 77 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 they said on the morning update that there is a French warship of some description in the area (why of course there is...) and they were hoping to unload him onto that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waikiore 90 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Well done on the transfer - and leCam has some pate and pain du jour to enjoy to make up for the tucker Kevin scoffed! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
muzled 77 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Charlie Dalin in 45kn with triple reefed main and fulred storm sail as it was too windy. Fun times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zozza 135 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Are these modern sleds fairing any better than the GGR "tubs" (as one wag put it) ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 65 Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 It may be a little early to decide, and probably better to wait till they reach Cape Horn. But so far, the foils in the VG are more prone to damage, but the attrition rate was higher in the GGR due to rolling and pitchpoling. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zozza 135 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 5 hours ago, ex Elly said: It may be a little early to decide, and probably better to wait till they reach Cape Horn. But so far, the foils in the VG are more prone to damage, but the attrition rate was higher in the GGR due to rolling and pitchpoling. Any idea of if these VG boats would have a Series Drogue? Or, is the thought of towing a warp to slow the boat just not something done in these types of races? The GGR boats that had drogues worked pretty good from what I read, although one drogue did give way which is why the English lass Suzie something, was pitchpoled. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Huey38 0 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 The leaders of the VG fleet will pass under NZ this weekend. Bestaven leads. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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