Kommentarer till • Route Of Gold part 2 (b)log

Av: Laiska

Laiska — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:44:18 +0000

Yes Jepsom, almost.

You only missed the 20th spot by some 14 hours / 140 nm? Better luck next time, I’m sure u will get another win sooner than u think.

But, these long races are easier with software. In races like Kallavesj, they give u no advantage. Likewise, St.Malo will be decided on how u judge when to start.

Av: Jepsom

Jepsom — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:50:33 +0000

At last…

Crossed the line 05:22 UTC this morning and it feels so great! For me the race starts well and after about 24 hours I was in the very front. But then this ”divings”… I lost down to #306 for a while and took a big chance diving deep south, but it was to deep…
I crossed the finish line as #23:rd and I´m real happy with that. Last 48 hours was really fun and exciting.
AND, I almost keept my promise to Laiska….”redo your list – I will make it to top 20″…almost…

Thx all fore this race and I hope to see you all i the English channel…

Av: Niklas

Niklas — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:36:01 +0000

SWE54 take the lead at friday , so six days in the lead. That is okey

Av: woodi

woodi — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:07:13 +0000

WD everyone!

Impressive sailing from SWE54. How many days in the lead?

Fun experience with such a long race, even if it was a little bit to long imo. Its tough to motivate family why I have to spend so much time infront of the computer. But as I said, very fun and entertaining race!

Cheers!

Av: Laiska

Laiska — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:31:25 +0000

Just recieved the latest weather. This looks most intresting. We are into a very exiting night. Even SWE54’s win is not perhaps secure!

Av: Laiska

Laiska — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:02:48 +0000

I have now claimed back some 50 nm on SWE54 in about 30 hours. At this rate, I would only need some 20 hours more to reach the 1st position ;-).
So, the only problem is that this race is too short.

Av: Laiska

Laiska — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:24:54 +0000

No Tango, I’m not following you. I am LEADING you.
Seems u are now some 1.8 nm behind

Av: Laiska

Laiska — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:59:53 +0000

Puuh!
Actually, I have to be at least relieved.
The calm-wind-action-zone is now passed, and although woodi emerged through a little better than me. cruzist jibed perhaps a bit early, and now we are almost even. The easterners: mac fell a little behind, and mediterrados + Janne feel almost in reach (only some 20 nm away ;-). The real winner was however SWE54 (who else) who got through first, and pulled another 20 nm. He is now in lighter winds, so maybe it’s time now for some catching up.
Behind us the calm had more devastating effects: seafly, lefromageII et al were yesterday night actually ahead of me in the leaderboard, and at first it looked like their eastward position would give them an advantage. But, instead, they hit the calm bulls-eye and dropped maybe 100 nm. The fleet is now almost cut in half behind the top 20-25.

Av: Laiska

Laiska — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:38:11 +0000

So we are in to the action zone again. This does not look good. Seems that SWE54 will be through this sh*it first, and soon pulling away from us again… Eastern side looks better now. Pererik pulled a nice move to the center yesterday, captjack1942 was less successful, first up, then down, and now firmly soem 25 nm behind me. The weateher is too messed up for any ”routed rankings” today. Nice that I still have Tango glued to my side, so that I do not need to feel lonely.

Av: Cruzist

Cruzist — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:52:57 +0000

Thanks for the offer Laiska but i was just joking. Like has been said, the ”groove” is a little wide, & I am between J122 and you, so seems OK. Maybe the routing software companies will sponsor teams. Team deckman, with free laptops and software, yes?