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RBIR Day 10, Fantastic 24 hours
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
'Playing Around Logic' is now well and truly up the leader board. The team has had a great 24 hrs, and the boat has stormed up the rankings into eighth place overall. The boat is ahead of 'British Soldier' on handicap, and we are hoping beyond hope that the team can stay in second place (or better!) and keep 'British Soldier' in third.
All is well onboard 'Playing Around', and the team now have the bit between their teeth. Skipper Peter is treating each day as an inshore race, so the crew are working extremely hard concentrating on boat speed, boat speed and boat speed. The wind is a little fresher than yesterday South-Easterly 15-20 knots. Class leader 'Encore' is sailing an exemplary race, and seem to get better every day.
The majority of the remaining race fleet are now at various points along the west coast of Ireland, and all are experiencing similar conditions. The weather systems are very static at the moment which means that there are no major developments in the weather forecast for at least the next 48 hours. This means unfortunately there is little opportunity to tactically do something different from the others and take a gamble. However, as mentioned previously, over a long race such as this, even half a knot difference in boat speed can make a huge difference in mileage over 24 hours, so there is still everything to play for. At current speeds, a rough estimate of eta for 'Playing Around Logic' is the early hours of Saturday morning.
All is well onboard 'Playing Around', and the team now have the bit between their teeth. Skipper Peter is treating each day as an inshore race, so the crew are working extremely hard concentrating on boat speed, boat speed and boat speed. The wind is a little fresher than yesterday South-Easterly 15-20 knots. Class leader 'Encore' is sailing an exemplary race, and seem to get better every day.
The majority of the remaining race fleet are now at various points along the west coast of Ireland, and all are experiencing similar conditions. The weather systems are very static at the moment which means that there are no major developments in the weather forecast for at least the next 48 hours. This means unfortunately there is little opportunity to tactically do something different from the others and take a gamble. However, as mentioned previously, over a long race such as this, even half a knot difference in boat speed can make a huge difference in mileage over 24 hours, so there is still everything to play for. At current speeds, a rough estimate of eta for 'Playing Around Logic' is the early hours of Saturday morning.
posted by Hyde Sails at
03:06
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