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Old 24-06-2015, 12:40   #421
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Re: spot the boatman!

He does seem to have westerlies on the nose all the way today and tomorrow.
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WTF is the forum software doing to the attachments?????
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For a laugh I put in what I guess is his route into the Predictwind weather routing app. The polars are all wrong for him, but anyway, this is what I got back.


I don't really understand the 4 different routes other than I think CMC is some Canadian weather service, GFS is the forecast from NOAA. PWG & PWC I think are Predictwind's routes based on GFS & CMC forecasts but I don't understand why I get 4 choices. I'm stuck in the marina with no mast and only plan day sails, so the summer is when I try to learn how the software works.
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He does seem to have westerlies on the nose all the way today and tomorrow.
The forecast I'm getting indicates that he should be reaching now and he'll be running by early tomorrow morning
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Old 24-06-2015, 13:15   #425
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Hoppy:

Thanks for those details. Very very interesting output.

Should we have any banana bets going on when we think he will arrive:

Gibraltar:
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Making time.
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Old 25-06-2015, 05:51   #427
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Went right past Gib and is at the gate as I speak this. Out out into the Hotlantic.
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whoooot!!! geaux boaty!!!
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spot the boatman!

Follow the green line...have a great trip Phil. That last tack might be a tad optimistic unless there's a 45 degree wind change or the polar is for a Volvo 60. I'm guessing a beat up the coast into northerlies this time if year, or a trip to azores for repairs
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Wookie wookie! GO BOATY! Will be interestin which line he follows.
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My predictwind routing was very optimistic

According to the GFS (Green route) at 22:00 on the 25th Boaty should have been south west of Faro (Portugal). Right now he's probably off Cadiz

Admittedly it doesn't take into consideration Boatys need to sleep and therefore reefing and slowing the him down.
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It takes gutz to pass Gibraltar without stopping. My cousin Schlomo had beers awaiting:

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It takes gutz to pass Gibraltar without stopping. My cousin Schlomo had beers awaiting:

No bloody wonder he didn't stop in Gib. No self respecting sailor would be calling into a port with Fosters waiting for him.
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Ugh, don't mention beer and Gibraltar in the same sentence. I made a major beer shopping mistake there
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Ugh, don't mention beer and Gibraltar in the same sentence. I made a major beer shopping mistake there
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