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Volvo Leg 2 standings: 21-Nov-17 at 19:31
By: skipper7 Date: November 21, 2017, 1:31 pm
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Hi Skippers,
1 . . . . .B9FUN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +1206.24nm
2 . . . . .Lockkeeper7. . . . . . . . . . . . . .+413.7nm
3 . . . . .Inspector Gadget . . . . . . . . .+1086.1nm
4 . . . . .Huckleberry Finn . . . . . . . . . +1106.9nm
Roland in B9FUN is storming ahead - awesome and my cunning plan
seems to have gone west or should that be east, O well ;-)
I need to watch out for IG & HF behind.
Yesterday
1 . . . . .B9FUN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +1698.21nm up1
2 . . . . .Lockkeeper7. . . . . . . . . . . . .+143.7nm dn1
3 . . . . .Inspector Gadget . . . . . . . . .+826.6nm
4 . . . . .Huckleberry Finn . . . . . . . . . +852.3nm
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Re: Volvo Leg 2 standings: 21-Nov-17 at 19:31
By: RobH Date: November 21, 2017, 4:34 pm
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Great going B9. Looks to me that the only faint hope for IG and
HF is that the ante-cyclone carrying B9 east peters out and we
hook into a depression coming up from the SW. Not looking
hopeful. Looking messy as leaders approach Capetown though.
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Re: Volvo Leg 2 standings: 21-Nov-17 at 19:31
By: B9FUN Date: November 21, 2017, 4:44 pm
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It's been fun surfing across the South Atlantic. Can I mess it
up from here as I did in the Clipper? I hope not.
The weather looks not too bad for me going into Cape Town. A
gybe tomorrow night and that should do it. It will get a little
close reaching toward the end - I may even have to put in a
couple of tacks but looks OK.
However the wind appears to die soon afterward - but on VR it
never seems to drop below 4 knots and these Volvo yachts do
>7knots with the wind on the beam.
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