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Forum: General Sailing Forum 28-12-2015, 01:03
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Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Entry fee is in the notice of race.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 28-12-2015, 01:01
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

The media you mentioned in your post.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 28-12-2015, 00:58
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Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

I am a semi professional rally co-pilot and I couldn't disagree more, and Ari Vatenan, who could drive a bit, would also strongly disagree. And the reason is that you never know what will hap[pen,...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-12-2015, 12:40
Replies: 389
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Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Well said Jim. What I was trying to say, far more eruditely expressed. Imagine the alternative, getting in a day after the leaders or two, standing on the dock saying "well we made it, sometimes...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-12-2015, 02:24
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Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Yep, I recall seeing them with a 1 or 2 knot boat speed as well, so drifting appears correct.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-12-2015, 21:01
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Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Well done to Comanche, who would have thought that if you heard one boat tearing a main and one damaging a rudder it would be the rudder damage boat that would stop, fix it and then battle on. Wild...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-12-2015, 11:35
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Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Indeed the traffic legislation in much of the country actually recognises the trade off between efficiency and safety

See for example: sect 4 Transport Operations Road Use Management Act
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-12-2015, 11:29
Replies: 389
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Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Nope, Ain't gunna happen.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-12-2015, 04:07
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Views: 71,197
Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

40 knots according to news reports quoting from the crew, so I guess we now know what the limit for these boats is, - 40 knots and they have to pack up and go home.

On another matter the tracker...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-12-2015, 03:58
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

The "oldie but goodie" is the stated reason for the retirement, they are going bloody quick with a broken main.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-12-2015, 03:52
Replies: 389
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Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Perhaps their engine stopped?

Seriously, they are heading north at 17 knots, so doesn't appear to be a significant gear issue?
Forum: General Sailing Forum 26-12-2015, 03:36
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Not quite, the event requires an aquatic event permit issued by NSW Waterways, conditions of the issue of the permit revolve around, amongst other things, the RRS category of the race and the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-12-2015, 21:05
Replies: 389
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Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

I am a bit over the hardest ocean race in the world dribble, surely the boats going round the world in the deep southern ocean drake passage etc have it a bit tougher, and no weather forecast can...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-12-2015, 22:17
Replies: 389
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Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

In any event Boxing day looks fine and the overnight is 25 knot southerly coming in - hardly anything to get exited about. But still a few days out.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-12-2015, 22:09
Replies: 389
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Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

I also read where the BOM was held to have committed gross errors in communication and understanding of how their information was received.

But what is your substantive point.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-12-2015, 21:46
Replies: 389
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Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

You are getting a bit strident here and that does no one any good service. I have read it, many many times, I use it and the Coronial Findings on the Malu Sara incident as bases for advising firms...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-12-2015, 21:42
Replies: 389
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Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

No and No. Most coroners are either equivalent of a magistrate and the state coroner is the equivalent of a and most are appointed as a, District Court Judge. Their findings can, and are,...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-12-2015, 21:30
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

I have
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-12-2015, 10:48
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Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

6 people died, and I don't think the CYCA had much to do with it one way or the other. 3 died in a life raft after there beautiful old timber boat sank, they were in a long keel heavy displacement...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-12-2015, 10:43
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Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

So the supermaxis as well as being motorboats aren't safe to put to sea in conditions that supertris are belting round the world at 30 plus knots. Says a lot really. CYCA gave up the unsafe...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 17-12-2015, 13:02
Replies: 389
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Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Yep, bad weather multis can't handle Bass Strait, yadda yadda yadda. I have been across bass strait a few times, in fact many. I have never sailed across Drake passage but have crossed it by ship,...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 17-12-2015, 12:28
Replies: 389
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Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

I dunno where that one came from, plenty of space in Hobart, maybe not at constitution dock, but the entire hobart fleet couldn't park at one time now. Anyway if big tris were in the race they would...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 17-12-2015, 00:25
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Its not my chart, its from a peer reviewed paper published by harvard. Read the paper, The point being that NSW is not the most litigious place in the world.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-12-2015, 13:57
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

And on another matter, any boat in the S2H that uses rubber bands on wool wraps on their Spins, and plenty will is committing an offence under NSW law. I trust the organising committee will seek to...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-12-2015, 13:36
Replies: 389
Views: 71,197
Posted By Factor
Re: Sydney To Hobart 2015-2016

Oh so wrong. Who would have thought the mainstream media was so unreliable.

See some comparative stats in the attached table which is drawn from a peer reviewed paper available here

Dry...
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