El Toro 97 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Ok I'll clarify a little, 15 mates and 5 promo girls...... Have been feeling quite smug about how I managed to pull this off..... and I dont want rain!!!!! Thread drift over... Link to post Share on other sites
B00B00 310 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 not looking good for you Thomas...... Always wanted to know what 56kts looked like on windguru! Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Yep, looks a lot worse than last year, at least there aren't as many boats to accommodate in New Plymouth, got a bit crowded last time. I suspect Pelagian is hoping for some fast reaching before the sh*t hits. Sure hope everyone keeps there Rigs this time and that forecast moderates somewhat. Link to post Share on other sites
Justuts 0 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 The models still aren't converging. I've seen one that shows the centre of the low going north of Cape Rienga, in which case they will be good. It looks like they should all be able to get a few hundred miles Sth or SSE on the board between now and tomorrow night, as the breeze fills in through tonight. I'm thinking everyone will get south of trouble before this low, but it is looking like there is a possibility that the tail enders may hit the next one off fiordland early next week, a far scarier proposition (It's a long way back to Nelson). Hopefully everyone will be tucked up in half moon bay ahead of it. Right now I'm glad to be watching from the comfort of home though. I reckon Pelagian will be back in the hunt this time tomorrow as the fleet gets headed off the Rhum line. Link to post Share on other sites
splashprincess 17 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I better warn the Naki locals to be on standby for boats seeking shelter then. Although with the forecast not looking great for the RPNYC Island Bay race on Saturday, another road trip could be on. Link to post Share on other sites
Murky 1 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Couple more boats showing definite "bail out to sea" intentions on the tracker now. Someone's gonna be right... Fair to say that it will be a long time till a track looking like Pelagian's is seen again though. Link to post Share on other sites
Duty Free 2 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 hi Splashprincess, All harbour masters and coastguard units have been notified of the race and to expect visitors (in heavy weather ) --hopefully they all read their e-mails !!!!! The SSANZ committee expect to be in stewart island to support the locals who have agreed (enthusiastically ) to support the race on Saturday so we hope the boats at least wait till we are settled in !!!!! Its all looking great and these trackers from Yellow brick are fantastic Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 hi Splashprincess,All harbour masters and coastguard units have been notified of the race and to expect visitors (in heavy weather ) --hopefully they all read their e-mails !!!!! The SSANZ committee expect to be in stewart island to support the locals who have agreed (enthusiastically ) to support the race on Saturday so we hope the boats at least wait till we are settled in !!!!! Its all looking great and these trackers from Yellow brick are fantastic SSANZ have done a great job organising this and stewart island are going to turn it on for the teams. I posted a message that the island sent the teams and they are going to feast like kings while people fix there boats. Link to post Share on other sites
Megwyn 2 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Has there been any reports on what is happening to Jon on Danaide? I note he turned around an hour or so ago, and was doing 0.5kt, and now his heading looks homeward bound at 4.1kt. Two of the other boats also slowed right down around 4am our time - but are underway again now (Vingilot and Coppelia), although Coppelia looks like it is heading for Cook Strait and is only doing 2.4kt. Have they suffered damage? The winds out there have been around 30-35kt. M Link to post Share on other sites
1paulg 17 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Thought there may have been a few more updates on SSANZ 's site ...news from sched reports etc ... Tracker is great tho... Must be fairly solid out there at the moment... Link to post Share on other sites
markm 30 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Suspect the wind has gone way south looking at the courses. Surreal now in the theoretical lead and noted the Cav45 snuck in with the best 24hr distance between 7am yesterday and today. Link to post Share on other sites
Ed 143 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Has there been any reports on what is happening to Jon on Danaide? I note he turned around an hour or so ago, and was doing 0.5kt, and now his heading looks homeward bound at 4.1kt. Two of the other boats also slowed right down around 4am our time - but are underway again now (Vingilot and Coppelia), although Coppelia looks like it is heading for Cook Strait and is only doing 2.4kt. Have they suffered damage? The winds out there have been around 30-35kt. M Looks like he going in the right direction again, backing up to clear some weed meybe? Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 197 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Panther could be having trouble now. They are reaching off to the west. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 SSANZ probably doesn't have much more information to post given the location of the boats and the conditions, I doubt there will be any cell range and even making the scheds in those conditions aint easy and general chit chat at sched time isn't encouraged. It's the old 'no news is good news' scenario and tracker is brilliant!! Link to post Share on other sites
Flatkat 1 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Skins says they have been bashing all night and its f**cken windy ! Doesn't look like it will ease up any time soon either... Link to post Share on other sites
Megwyn 2 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I second that Marsh - the tracker is brilliant! Yes it looks like Panther and Coppelia might be in trouble, both limping along at 2-2.5 kts. Danaide is back on course, but turned and headed NNW at 0.5kt for about 1.5hrs this morning. I guess we will know when we know. But I want to know now! Forecast looks like the wind will hold at least another 24 hrs. Not the most comfortable sailing, but not exactly unexpected in RNz. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 How come the leading 3 boats haven't moved on the tracker since 0400 this morning? Link to post Share on other sites
Justuts 0 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 The models still aren't converging. I've seen one that shows the centre of the low going north of Cape Rienga, in which case they will be good. It looks like they should all be able to get a few hundred miles Sth or SSE on the board between now and tomorrow night, as the breeze fills in through tonight. I'm thinking everyone will get south of trouble before this low, but it is looking like there is a possibility that the tail enders may hit the next one off fiordland early next week, a far scarier proposition (It's a long way back to Nelson). Hopefully everyone will be tucked up in half moon bay ahead of it. Right now I'm glad to be watching from the comfort of home though. I reckon Pelagian will be back in the hunt this time tomorrow as the fleet gets headed off the Rhum line. I guess I can retract most of that... Looks like everyone had their hands full last night. Link to post Share on other sites
John B 106 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Hove to , is the phrase that springs to mind regarding some of the boats. Charles and Matt are going well! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Looks like everyones back on track again - Just a break for breakfast Link to post Share on other sites
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