Gappy 9 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 take a look at the Karmas tracker she is just smoking Link to post Share on other sites
Brien 22 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Bit more comfy out there now as wind abates Link to post Share on other sites
Chewing Gum 17 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 What is link to Karma tracker please Link to post Share on other sites
otto 31 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Go to the SSANZ homepage and it's on the left "karma police" just a pity they can't all be viewed at once. Link to post Share on other sites
Chewing Gum 17 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Brien - interesting correlation between windspeed and baro press Is that graph on the net ? Link to post Share on other sites
Murky 1 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 take a look at the Karmas tracker she is just smoking I see what you mean Gapmeister, that's a lot of ground covered since the restart. Link to post Share on other sites
Chewing Gum 17 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Thanks Otto - knew I had seen it somewhere !! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Brien - interesting correlation between windspeed and baro pressIs that graph on the net ? Yes. It is available from the RPNYC Point jernigham weather station feed. Go to www.rpnyc.org.nz Click on the Sailing tab at the top of the screen. Click on Weather and tides on the left hand menu bar. Click on Point Jerningham summary and graphs Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Whew, what a start (looking at the pics). Remembering a little Business House race in Wellington last year, the start box can be a scary place - well done Deb & Geoff! Excellent updates, watching the whole race from my desk or couch! Go, go, go, Valium! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Well done to Rob and Sally on Coppelia for getting the Kite up and gybing it on the way out of Wellington harbour Link to post Share on other sites
floatsome 0 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Looks like the breeze followed them and kept in. lead boats must be near to entering Bay. What a contrast to the previous two legs! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Bit of a bugger, all the boats that were sending me reports from the water are .............. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Ya gonna say 'broken' Squid? Surely the 'notoriously fragile' and 'arguably the most fragile boat out there', as some posts have said, 930 would have been the 1st to go. Yet the lads are still going and doing it like a low flying missile. Go hard and go fast Team Pepe {edit} and this morning update has them more towards the pointy end of the fleet, nice work boys. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Ya gonna say 'broken' Squid? Surely the 'notoriously fragile' and 'arguably the most fragile boat out there', as some posts have said, 930 would have been the 1st to go. Yet the lads are still going and doing it like a low flying missile. Go hard and go fast Team Pepe {edit} and this morning update has them more towards the pointy end of the fleet, nice work boys. Pretty impressive alright. I'm meeting the boats as they come into Auckland and I'll be the first to pat these guys on the back and apologise for doubting them. Link to post Share on other sites
smithy09 50 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Go the Ross boat!! Good on Pepe.. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Pretty impressive alright. I'm meeting the boats as they come into Auckland and I'll be the first to pat these guys on the back and apologise for doubting them. Being honest, you won't be alone. I didn't expect a big boat failure due to it just being a 930 as such, but I must admit to having some doubts about the 'whole package'. But very happy to be proved wrong, very happy indeed. Shame they won't be in the Nats, as I understand it, I do think the recent changes has made this 930m arguably the quickest one around. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Yes the "whole package" looked wobbly in the lead up. I'm bloody thrilled to be wrong. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Karma Police making good time towards Napier. Averaging 8.6 knots over the past two hours. Appears to be between Akatea and M1 looking at GPS tracking. They can see Cape Kidnappers. Wind is dropping and swinging around to the south. M1 has blown their code zero. Go the Karma.... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Shame they won't be in the Nats, as I understand it, I do think the recent changes has made this 930m arguably the quickest one around. Do you include the crew as part of the "recent changes" KM? What %age of boat vs crew work do you reckon makes the difference in a race like this one? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 I'd say that it's 70/30 crew/boat. If we ever get a one design going in this race we'll prove it. The ability to race efficiently through the night and keep pushing when super tired makes a world of difference. If we all reached everywhere in daylight the fastest boat would win but the RNI has so many variables with effects from headlands and currents and fatigue that the slow boats can do incredibly well. The stand out crews for me are Pepe and Coppelia. You must rate the guys on Karma Police as pretty special as well but their performance is harder to quantify. These are only stand outs in a pretty special bunch of people. Don't forget Valium. Link to post Share on other sites
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