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2 January 2025


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CONGRATULATIONS CriticalHippo !!!
CONGRATULAZIONI RICOTINA !!
CONGRATULAZIONI ita10267 !

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This was an extraordinary race for sure. This traditional Christmas race, normally sailed from east to west, this time in reversed direction though, second time in the history of the X2X. 109 parties sat sail on time and an additional 57 joined in later. 134 managed to reach the finish line (time of writing).

Initially there was 3 different strategies, eventually split to 6 main schemes. Some strategy involved going further away (backwards) from the finish line. Some of the top finishers went as far ‘backwards’ as 300 nm, occasionally with a negative VMC of almost 7 kn, being 1600 nm behind the front runners. This all to seek advantage from ‘the roaring forties’, and also obviously with success.

The most extreme strategies north vs south went as far apart as 5700 nm (N41° vs S54°).
The main strategies’ mutual 'podium’: #1-North, #2-South, #3-West, #4-Northwest. Longest route sailed: #1-North, #2-South, #3-Nortwest, #4-West. The Western route being more or less along the rhumbline, and closest to the great circle, of all strategies.
Longest distance sailed, 8945 nm, finishing #109.
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