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Forum: General Sailing Forum 10-01-2016, 03:06
Replies: 389
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Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Just a sad note to add to this thread; The owner of Wild Oates XI, Bob Oatley (87), died today.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 28-12-2015, 03:47
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

That's makes sense to my (unracing) mind.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 28-12-2015, 03:23
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Well done Comanche :thumb:
First to Hobart and done in 2D 8H 58M.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 28-12-2015, 01:12
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Ragamuffin down but not out - Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2015 (https://www.rolexsydneyhobart.com/news/2015/day-3/ragamuffin-down-but-not-out/)

Ragamuffin demonstrates a "proper" competitive...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-12-2015, 21:53
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

How does that work???

Pushing hard enough to blow out mainsail into strong southerly when you are in the lead is OK but carrying some sort of jury repair and pushing on at a slower speed is...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-12-2015, 21:37
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

I dunno what media Factor was referring to but I heard on tellie and read somewhere on a website in the evening of the 26th that both WOXI and Comanche had retired. Clearly someone got it wrong!
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-12-2015, 23:53
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Prolly Haspa Hamburg!
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-12-2015, 23:37
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

More silly super maxi questions!

Would it be usual or unusual to have more than one mainsail aboard?

Can these supersized sails be hoisted in say 25 kts?
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-12-2015, 16:14
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Dunno but it wouldn't be from lack of $$$$ :smile:

From what others have posted, I reckon it is just the same old story as occurs in every race.

There is a balance between pushing harder to...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-12-2015, 15:13
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Hey RC, we are on the same page, maybe just reading different paragraphs :smile::flowers::thumb:.

And yes, back to the race!
Did you take a captain cook at some of the archival footage from...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-12-2015, 07:18
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

As you may notice, I know very little about hands on sailing of super-maxis so a question - is it possible de-power to really slow these boats down in heavy weather to limit potential damage?

This...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-12-2015, 07:02
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

I do mean it and I'd be surprised if at some level, you did not agree with it also. For the very large part, the Australia society (in line with most of world) accepts it.

While this is thread...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-12-2015, 06:34
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

I see I was misleading - totally unintentional - sorry. I used the inverted comas around "the state" to indicate the term was being used in a generic sense rather than a governmental sense. As in a...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-12-2015, 06:28
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

And here some from '56 which shows how to deal with a torn mainsail (somewhere around the middle of the clip).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxCPdvHXFdI
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-12-2015, 06:25
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

As always, this boat race is about the first to get to Hobart, clearly some competitors have over estimated their ability to complete that task. This does not take anything away from them except of...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-12-2015, 03:45
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Rolex might consider the race to be a commerical undertaking!
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-12-2015, 19:51
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

'98 was special in the number of fatalities and the weather was extreme. It was also outstanding in the rescue of so may entrants. Never had the limited rescue facilities being so overstretched as in...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-12-2015, 19:36
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Yep, me too and almost no coverage of the main part of the fleet. Zip - nada - nothing :banghead:

I suppose the money talks… :(:(:(
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-12-2015, 19:33
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

I guess I disagree :)

Over the 70 old year history of the race, most if not all boats can handle the conditions between Sydney and Hobart. Some will handle bad conditions by withdrawing (this is...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-12-2015, 19:19
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

You are of course correct that this is only my opinion but I suggest the way it is now is not an improvement or advancement of boating - both racing and cruising. I fear that such "control" by "the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-12-2015, 18:41
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Re the heavy weather aspects of the SH, plenty is written about 1998 but let's not forget that other years were just as bad (apart from the fatalities). 1993 was just as bad weather wise, 104...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-12-2015, 18:24
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Yep, Comanche "won the first leg" :)
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-12-2015, 18:06
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Great start by WOXI and kudos for being willing to cross the fleet on a port tack and being successful.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-12-2015, 17:43
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

I have stayed out of this thread for a couple of days as posters like Factor, Jim C. RaymondR, Mirage G and Cruising Cat have voiced my exact thoughts way more eloquently and concisely than I can and...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-12-2015, 01:39
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Wotname
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Let's not get sidetracked about the additional power source being diesel or electric. If the main purpose of the power source is to make the boat go faster than using wind alone, then the vessel is...
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