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27 May 2024


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CONGRATULATIONS gryhrt !!!
FELICITATIONS TarassBoulba !! CONGRATULAZIONI Siaki !

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It's a long way to Tipperary, about 10,000 nautical miles from Melbourne, but not in a First 40, as that route takes you across the Himalayas, and you'd do better going in First Class. It's only half that distance to Osaka, and yes the First 40 gets you there without too many detours. However, it will take you quite a while, as our competitors in our Melbourne Osaka prelude to the planned 2025 real-life race began to realise when after two weeks of sailing they found themselves wondering where to now as they drifted about in the equatorial doldrums, with at least a further two weeks to go, if they could only find some steady breeze.

Perhaps they mused, perhaps First Class might have been a more practical way to get there, and if air travel is ruled out, then by passenger liner! They're called cruise ships these days, and for the price of a molded 3D Mylar No. 1 one will take you to Japan in more comfort and less time than a First 40. Alternatively, being a sailor if you wanted a more spartan experience, you could get a passage on a container ship for half the money, say the price of an electric outboard for your rubber dinghy.

Reflections over, the fact is that 100 sofa sailors, aka SOLers departed Melbourne in their virtual First 40s on the 20th of April, and before the time limit ran out on May 27th, 75 had got to Osaka, led in on May 17th by gryhrt from the United States, who remarkably put more than 4 hours on his nearest pursuers, How that happened, the report by 3rd place finisher Siaki under the rising sun above gives you an inkling, but no more than that. So thank you Siaki, and a grand hoorah for gryhrt!

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