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Tracker Chatter

WRONG again!!! LIGHTSPEED is still heading west. GREEN BUFFALO is home headed for a shower and a nap. He said he looked at the weather and this is not improving out there for several more days and the autopilot doesn't know what to do with no wind so . . . he's fine. He says he's got some radio issues to sort out and that's all so . . . it's cool to have him report to me in person this a.m. while I drink my tea in his in-law unit downstairs. What a gift this is!!!
 
Rick won't give up early - he just dropped the big bucks on a new main.

That's the third boat to report radio issues. We've been having lots of solar activity - I wonder if that's a cause for the radio problems.

GB was your comm boat, right?
 
Yep, and now it's MOUTON NOIR. TEMERITY said in an email either this morning or last night DOMINO is also doing some comm work too so . . .
 
Frustratingly slow and I feel for them! At least something to see - Crazy Rhythm reported a whale nearby!

It's nice to be able to track their creeping progress!!

What mileage number did the trackers count down from?

Is there a reason why the transponders are transmitting at differing intervals?
 
J88 Vintus moving at 6 knots around 11:45ish a.m. I think they might be on the left end of the diverging fork with NE light winds and chute up!
 
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Green Buffalo

[Q GREEN BUFFALO is home headed for a shower and a nap. He said he looked at the weather and this is not improving out there for several more days and the autopilot doesn't know what to do with no wind so . . . he's fine. What a gift this is!!![/QUOTE]

I have been crewing on GB in OYRA races for a while now. When the wind dies and the boat ain't moving, Jim gets bored real quick ;-)
 
Submarino said:
J88 Vintus moving at 6 knots around 11:45ish a.m. I think they might be on the left end of the diverging fork with NE light winds and chute up!
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VENTUS is a new J/88 and very well set up. I know Chris has a reacher in the inventory. If he can get off the breeze much at all, he's gone.

The J/105 is racing in OD trim. David on TEMERITY probably has his genoa up and is staying right with them.

The J/120 is in good nick and is well-sailed. He was the first monohull to finish in the SHF, correcting out to third. Keep your eyes on him.

The J/92 is looking forward to a LatePac.

That's your mid-day LongPac J/Boat report . . .
 
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If Bob is gonna give a noon J report, well, I'm not about to be outdone by a J/92 that's . . . So this is your PRO noon report a little late. I left Jim's roughly at 10:30, now in Alameda, shopped Target, the Dollar Store, All the More to Love, now at home and then headed to Costco.

Oh, finally got a comms report this a.m. late from SV MN and his excuse was something called no wind, a bad night, running (not literally) into all sorts of creatures at the Farallones and something about Moses. Do we have a boat out there with crew named Moses? I don't see a boat named Moses so . . .


If Bob is .
 
J88 down to 1.5 kts. Maybe the 6 kts was a fluke or just short chute up. Gosh, I would be going batty out there SH. At least the DH'ers can joke with each other.
 
As far as the tracker leaving a trail for each boat, hitting "replay" and being patient will eventually draw a trail to each boats current position....for those like me who couldn't figure it out...
 
+1 Justin.

For LatePac we need a "be ready by" date and then we hang out and wait. Or just go when you're ready - I went out by myself in 2005. Best sail I ever had.

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I have to admit I would have quit by now if I was able to get out there. Looks like patience will win this one. Cheers to those hanging in there!
 
Submarino said:
Gosh, I would be going batty out there SH. At least the DH'ers can joke with each other.
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Really? Just the opposite for me. I would be staring balefully at my crew's hateful face*, hoping he didn't feel the need to speak ... hoping I didn't feel the need to speak. SH I think I could stay relatively mellow.

*Not thinking of anyone in particular, honest!
 
Same here. I found racing doublehanded harder than racing singlehanded. I did not expect this.

Edited to specify "racing." I'd rather cruise doublehanded (stating the obvious).
 
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Notice Randy Leisure is still out there. That man is patient. Probably cooking something good, and biding his time comfortably. Waiting for wind in a Westsnail is a whole lot different than sitting around on a sled. Monday wind is supposed to be 15-25 out there, right? What are the chances the deadline might be extended? The sailing instructions read:

"If 50% of the boats that started have not finished by the time limit, it may be extended at the discretion of the Race Committee."

This may be a race of attrition.
 
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