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captjack1942


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2011-02-28 17:41:53 - start of leg 5 of IMOCA Challenge
I had thought that the start of the legs were to be 48 hours after the top finish crossed the line in the previous leg. Has this been changed now? As the post of the start for leg 5 is only 24 hours after the first boat finished leg 4.
I would think that the start of leg 5 would be March 2 @ 16:00.
Also the lead boat in the BRW race is still over 1100 mi from the Cape and apx 60 hours out at this time.

One other little thing: To me the chart is a bit too limiting. Seems to me we should have the whole south Atlantic to play with. This year the St Helena hi has been really weird, hanging more to the west and south. It actually might be possible to start east and south to catch the trades off South Africa to get to the Cape Verdes sooner than beating in light air up the coast of Brazil.

--- Last Edited by Jack Watson at 2011-02-28 18:32:09 ---
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2011-02-28 18:33:12 - Re: start of leg 5 of IMOCA Challenge
Update on the RACES list...

New start 1600 2nd March...
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2011-02-28 19:48:40 - Re: start of leg 5 of IMOCA Challenge
Hi all

Sorry for the confusion - the start is definitely 48hrs after the winner arrives - so the system has been corrected and the homepage NOR is showing the update.

Thank you for being alert!!

As for the map/weather extension eastwards, I have made an amendment which should take effect from the next weather update this evening.

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