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12-23-20, 09:30 PM
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12-23-20, 09:45 PM
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12-23-20, 10:37 PM
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12-24-20, 04:58 AM
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Happy Boxing Day.
12-24-20, 04:59 AM
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12-24-20, 05:10 AM
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I’d say you got it right. These teams all have weather routers ashore and navigators onboard whose job is to find breeze and sail it at the perfect angle. In the ocean races I’ve done, we have paid for proprietary current and wind predictions and strategic routing before the start and then relied on publicly available weather and current info to update onboard computer modeling customized to the boat’s characteristics. The rules in those races have prohibited private outside assistance during the race in order to prevent the arms race that happens at the level we’re discussing here. You can’t even call up your spouse on the sat phone and ask for the leaderboard.
12-24-20, 05:12 AM
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You can stop, you just can’t tie up to land or receive assistance from shore. Boxing Day is the 26th, isn’t it?
12-24-20, 05:47 AM
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12-24-20, 06:25 AM
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I’d say you got it right. These teams all have weather routers ashore and navigators onboard whose job is to find breeze and sail it at the perfect angle. In the ocean races I’ve done, we have paid for proprietary current and wind predictions and strategic routing before the start and then relied on publicly available weather and current info to update onboard computer modeling customized to the boat’s characteristics. The rules in those races have prohibited private outside assistance during the race in order to prevent the arms race that happens at the level we’re discussing here. You can’t even call up your spouse on the sat phone and ask for the leaderboard.
That doesn't make sense. If you want to stop at an exotic port-of-call, to go scuba diving, you should be allowed to. Just as you can stop at a coffee shoppe during RAAM if you want to.
12-24-20, 06:38 AM
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Reminds me, when I was a kid I thought "Boxing Day" was a day where people would put on thick mittens and punch each other.
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45° and just starting to shminkle out there. Sad!
12-24-20, 06:46 AM
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So you could ask for an update in a thread at OceanCurrentsForum.Net (public), but you can't do so in a DM (private)?
That doesn't make sense. If you want to stop at an exotic port-of-call, to go scuba diving, you should be allowed to. Just as you can stop at a coffee shoppe during RAAM if you want to.
That doesn't make sense. If you want to stop at an exotic port-of-call, to go scuba diving, you should be allowed to. Just as you can stop at a coffee shoppe during RAAM if you want to.
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Nobody stops to check out the Eiffel Tower during the TDF races. Winning comes first. Plenty of time to be a tourist later.
12-24-20, 06:57 AM
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(Best Velo Vol voice) What if...?
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12-24-20, 08:33 AM
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Correct. But they wouldn't be disqualified if they did. Thank you very much.
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