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Board » Flag Officers » Races » Sailonline's Round The World Race 2014

Posted by javakeda Posts 73 Registered at 2013-03-01 03:18:22	2014-05-15 02:10:20 - Re: Sailonline's Round The World Race 2014
	Here is the ranking for the first 25 skippers in the ocean racing series as I write this post" 1 rafa 28 2 ita10267 33 3 outlaw 40 4 rumskib 41 5 Dingo 46 6 nacrr 60 7 RICOTINA 61 8 javakeda 74 9 Neuroman 80 10 Sebensa 86 11 THI Lukmoo 91 12 Dana1 96 13 NZL Scotsman 103 14 DeBilbaoPues 111 15 Hirilonde 115 16 aner59 125 17 DIKKEHENK 147 18 Franci 150 19 SHINBLUE 176 20 SWE_rossy 178 21 MustangMark 181 22 psail 197 23 SCARABOCCHIO 209 24 Henrys 214 25 AXMARIA 215
Posted by javakeda Posts 73 Registered at 2013-03-01 03:18:22	2014-05-15 02:18:52 - Re: Sailonline's Round The World Race 2014
	I will continue to share my long-term weather forecasts and medium term routing WPs in this venue. I ask that other skippers [especially those in the top 25] share similar data. I truly believe that SOL thrives when SOL skippers have more data.
Posted by outlaw Posts 33 Registered at 2012-06-01 13:37:55	2014-05-15 15:51:47 - Re: Sailonline's Round The World Race 2014
	Pre race stuff... First order of business is some much needed sleep, missing any wx updates is not allowed in the southern ocean. Second is to get an idea where the current weather systems are, I am using zygrib and sat images. Third is to check on previous races, this suggests going NE early on, also a late start may be useful. Routing is problematic because BWR cannot handle the dateline. With both sol and zygrib gribs, I have done routes from 'point X' to Cape Horn to get a feel for the race. unfortunately 'point X' is about 36h away from the start, confidence level zero. Routes to CH will continue thru the entire race. The coastal part in NZL is mostly ignored except for some rough time estimates. An all-nighter may be necessary Also ignored is whatever happens after CH. This will be addressed with maybe 3-4 days to go. Beyond that this will be an easy race, just keep up with the low pressure systems, by means of going very fast. Very very very fast. Redshift inducing fast even And that's all. Good night folks. data points: last year's Magnus Olsson Tribute, the original VOR stage that Magnus won, leg 5 of the last VOR and leg 5 of SOL's 2011-2012 World Race.
Posted by javakeda Posts 73 Registered at 2013-03-01 03:18:22	2014-05-16 06:03:49 - Re: Sailonline's Round The World Race 2014
	At this point, my route to the Horn looks like this: [see attached file] Of course, your mileage may vary. Attachments 0430Z_Horn_Rte.jpg (392.1 KB)
Posted by Jawz Posts 154 Registered at 2009-07-21 09:51:19	2014-05-16 06:45:53 - Re: Sailonline's Round The World Race 2014
	Yes Guys This one has been a challenge so far. Because of the midnight start here in SA I sat up waiting till midnight....Then had to stay awake to make sure I got away from NZ without beaching. This morning I got an hours sleep and when my alarm went off at 5:40 to get up for work it took my eyes about an hour to stop scratching ...and today being a workday I see a fading brain happening in my future! Man I love this pain Now. What to do about the routing. Bluewater is not very helpful yet...Oh, wait, I have a plan...Take the average course being sailed by the top ten boats in the overall race ranking and sail that route. LOL. Plan B - Aim for that big purple thing that is going to go screaming past in three days time!
Posted by TravisOfCalifornia Posts 1 Registered at 2013-02-05 05:27:58	2014-05-22 19:44:26 - Re: Sailonline's Round The World Race 2014
	Has anyone noticed how the DTF and ranking appears to be flawed right now? It's almost 1000 miles off for my boat, and I know my current 13th rank is very wrong when comparing actual plotted courses to other boats.
Posted by kroppyer Posts 346 Registered at 2010-02-05 15:25:55	2014-05-22 20:48:48 - Re: Sailonline's Round The World Race 2014
	There are several causes for that. 1. The map projection used by the sol client (mercater projection) is distorted near the poles. What looks like the same distance/size is in reality not the same. If you look at the same area of the earth on a globe, you'll see that the boats south are actually closer to Cape Horn than the mercator projection makes you think. Note that this is only visual, the boats don't move unreal because of the mercater projection. 2. The DTF calculation has (or had) trouble with non flat surfaces. Some of the "lines" used in that calculation are Rhumblines (constant compass course, straight on the mercator projection), some are Great Circle lines ("straight" on a globe, shortest distance). This has caused some weird things to happen near the poles in the past. You can read more about this on hmm's blog over here and here. and of course: 3. DTF is almost always flawed. The shortest way to the finish (DTF) is almost never the fastest way to the finish. So DTF is almost always wrong in predicting who will most likely finish first, or who is leading the fleet. Most important is that DTF does not matter at all in a race like this.
Posted by Jawz Posts 154 Registered at 2009-07-21 09:51:19	2014-06-20 12:33:05 - Re: Sailonline's Round The World Race 2014
	Hi SYC Solers These are my workings for the Round the World race for the first 4 legs. Notes: Only SYC Members Must have done 4 legs to qualify Attachments RTWPlacings.xlsx (45.5 KB) RTWPlacings3.pdf (151.0 KB)
Posted by Jawz Posts 154 Registered at 2009-07-21 09:51:19	2014-06-20 12:36:06 - Re: Sailonline's Round The World Race 2014
	And the last pdf Attachments RTWPlacings2.pdf (264.1 KB)

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