Regarding the sluggish transition of the south atlantic, another few days less seem possible, making an overall of 3x days. But as said before, it...
It will be interesting to see how long they can ride that pressure system.
Well done! A great achievement, but I am under the impression that this Jules Verne Trophy is mainly a lottery with the weather windows - these...
Well, a mono has much weight to accelerate compared to a multi and if you have the time to wait for a favourable weather window, most of the...
The question for a hybrid setup is: How long do you need the engine if you really want to sail? How long takes it to motor into or out of a...
Well, wouldn't it be a more realistic setup to use the wind as primary energy source for transportation and store the additional energy supplied...
If I read (and looked) correctly, the tested configuration is different of the SMG cats since in the test the mono model was equipped with an aft...
At least from these fish one will be sufficient food for the rest of the journey.
Well, Idec can't go into cruising mode - they have only food for 45 days on board (at least was this the information given in one of their...
Since both contestants clearly opted for the west around the high the only chance I see is to gain way over BPV in squeezing between the Canary...
Yes, judging from the rate Spindrift is making good on BPV, they may have the chance of winning the Trophy even with a similar routing. For Idec...
Well said! I think regarding speed a limit for non foiling boats has been reached and the safe speed, without accumulating structural damage over...
Well, as i said before, if they would push their luck and try the hard and stony way against the wind there would be a small chance of beating...
It looks like Spindrift is going to match the route of the record holder and avoid the large strip of high pressure blocking the direct way to the...
Well, looks bad in the moment for both contestants with about one or two days behind respectively, but BPV had made a large detour to the west...
Well, almost equal now... . But Spindrift has more wind (although on the nose) and Idec a high pressure area in front which is hardly to avoid. It...
Now it gets interesting: Spindrift has a comfortable lead over Idec, but they are using different route options, so it can be getting closer if...
I still don't know nothing, but this detour to the north yesterday could possibly cost the Trophy for Joyon. Spindrift was in the same weather...
Well, looking at the wind forecasts, I would turn ESE since they seem to be in a narrow strip of wind which will (believing the models) connect to...
@coralislander What makes you so sure about the intention of Joyon of not braking the record? I think pushing so hard through the Indian Ocean...
