TWA would be useful to show when and how long we hit land and how long we sailed dead up wind when we left the boat on CC during extend period of time.

Great stuff.
Thanks again.

Antonio

Would be possible to add TWA, TWS?
Thank you,
Antonio

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Here is another take on this interesting topic:

During the last HOB-SYD race I was the first boat to pass point Raoul and I was leading until we reached the Bass Strait. After a few hours into the Strait I was sailing at TWA 44, close to VMG. My thinking was to clear the tip of Australia without having to tack.

Them I noticed that Winston and the other VIP sailors were bearing away to about TWA 47 or probably 50.
At first I didn’t understand the reason behind that move, BUT, given the fact they are the best sailors around I eased the sheets and sailed at 47 TWA. By then it was too late and I had already lost my lead.

Although I didn’t see the reason early on, I have enough knowledge of sailing tactics to understand what they were doing differently, it became clear that they were sailing on some sort of VMC and were passing me (!) so I changed plans before loosing more places.

I can tell you that if they were in stealth mode I would have kept going higher into the wind sailing VMG and would have lost a lot more place than the 8 places I did loose.

Is this following?
Am I guilt of following?

To me this was a learning experience and that is and should be one of the many strengths of SOL.

Antonio

Hi Pipapepe,

I use a hand calculator to divide the distance by the speed to give me the time.
I know this is not precise because the speed is always changing, but at least gives me an idication.
Another way is to look at the little dots on the predictor in front of the boat. Each small dot is 15 minutes and the large dots are 1 hour apart.
Hope this helps.

(Sorry, I cannot write in spanish)

Antonio

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Dear RainbowChaser,

I am sorry for your loss.
Love your blog and pictures.
You'll have sweet memories of Mr.K.

Warm hug,
Antonio

My temptation is hugging the East coast of Africa including going inside Madagascar all the way up to the first mark.
In SOL we don't need to watch out for the pirates. I suppose the Volvo boats will go East of Madagascar.

Will be an interesting leg.
The light winds at the last days of the leg might be nerve-wracking for the leaders.

Antonio

Check out this site

Regards,
Antonio (zero)

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Cool idea !

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THANKS for the info, Hooded Fang !