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1 May 2023


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GRATTIS sassy63!!!
CONGRATULATIONS 4242!! GRATULACJE WRmirekd!

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The fourth Timed course of the year saw us at Belle Isle, which is shorter than the previous Timed courses this year in distance and expected time. One benefit is that it's more likely for a run to be completed within a single Wx, thus reducing the potential unpredictability of the run's success. An exceptionally lucky SOLer could, at least theoretically, set all the DCs at the start and finish with a competitive time. Of course, there are offshore marks that are easily missed and overshooting a mark can mean a much less favourable wind angle to the next mark and hence a slower time. As usual, several attempts were ruined when marks were rounded on the wrong side.
The 16 day window saw a total of 285 successfully completed runs from 101 skippers, which can be viewed here. The course regularly saw attempts down to around 3.5 hours long, but wind conditions that enabled breaking that barrier were considerably more scarce. In fact, the best winds were found in the afternoon/evening UTC of 23 April; 53 of the 54 runs under 3 hours long started on 23 April UTC. The fastest run was set by sassy63 with a time of 2:41:07, with 4242's and WRmirekd's best attempts being 42 and 49 seconds slower, respectively. Notably, 4242's run landed them their debut podium on Sailonline. However, it wasn't quite fast enough to beat the winning time set in 2020. But there's always next time, isn't there? :-)

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