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2013-11-07 10:25:20 - Leapfrog 1 - Race Report from karriv



After enduring a long wait due to the weather conditions unsuitable for the fleet of IRL ocean-going midgets (we virtual sailors prefer our wind heavy), we set sail for Castillo de San Hose on a Tuesday morning. The fleet headed out to the Bay of Biscay, and quite soon we saw the fleet split across the ocean, not to be rejoined before the finish line. The varying forecasts made room for very different strategies early on.

By the time we reached North Atlantic, the fleet was over 200 nm in width and the race open for anyone to win. The WX gods threw us curve balls one after another putting our navigators in a stress test topped only by the European Central Bank.

From my perspective, one important turn in the race happened on Saturday evening when I decided to sail deeper downwind to get south as fast as possible. This move gave me a very thin advantage in wind angle over the rest of the fleet, and as it so often happens, this advantage gradually built up to a lead that in the end turned out to be decisive. But before the WX gods helped me along, the situation varied, one WX saw the west front leading, the next gave the advantage to the eastern boats. In the end, the WX gods did what they do so well, first closed the door for the western boats and then slammed it hard on the east front. The last couple of days it was more covering and avoiding mistakes than really making moves of my own.

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2013-11-14 16:04:05 - Re: Leapfrog 1 - Race Report from karriv
Please, don't miss to set a start for Leapfrog 2 !
Thanks.
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2013-11-17 13:15:36 - Re: Leapfrog 1 - Race Report from karriv
when when???
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2013-11-17 15:45:12 - Re: Leapfrog 1 - Race Report from karriv
mardi... 1400utc :-)

Regarder svp the Homepage. Happy to open Leapfrog 2 for practice :-)
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2013-11-17 16:09:07 - Re: Leapfrog 1 - Race Report from karriv
OK,
We'll leave the "proto" ahead.
We'll race with "series", they are the fundations of this great race, the Mini Transat.

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