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Forum: Cruising News & Events 30-01-2019, 06:19
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Posted By Polux
Re: The GGR race, discussion and news

He finished in great physical shape. Amazing! Not much time later he was singing and he is a man of many talents: not bad as a singer too LOL

73 years old? difficult to believe LOL
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Forum: Cruising News & Events 30-01-2019, 06:15
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Views: 129,431
Posted By Polux
Re: The GGR race, discussion and news

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Forum: Cruising News & Events 22-01-2019, 14:30
Replies: 1,209
Views: 129,431
Posted By Polux
Re: The GGR race, discussion and news

Except that he changed his mind and tried to tourn around the anticyclone to the left, as Jean-Luc had done, but he should have done that days ago.

Now Slats is going to lose a lot, find weak...
Forum: Cruising News & Events 16-01-2019, 09:17
Replies: 1,209
Views: 129,431
Posted By Polux
Re: The GGR race, discussion and news

Yes I agree even if I find that having very contemporary routing advise (allowed by the rules) is a nonsense when what this race is about is to replicate the conditions of a historical race and on...
Forum: Cruising News & Events 09-11-2018, 12:51
Replies: 1,209
Views: 129,431
Posted By Polux
Re: The GGR race, discussion and news

Apology accepted, I am sure you did not know that that category is just a small part of monohulls racing.

On Sydney hobart they have access to meteorology and the race is an coastal race. If you...
Forum: Cruising News & Events 08-11-2018, 11:34
Replies: 1,209
Views: 129,431
Posted By Polux
Re: The GGR race, discussion and news

I hope that comment is not intentionally misleading but is born out of ignorance regarding that race. The boats that are referred on that "new" regards, as it is clearly stated, the RHUM MONO CLASS...
Forum: Cruising News & Events 07-11-2018, 10:25
Replies: 1,209
Views: 129,431
Posted By Polux
Re: The GGR race, discussion and news

The yacht that capsized on Route du Rhum was a multihull not a monohull and has capsized due to breakage on one of the amas. This year they had 60k gusts and with the wind on the nose, not downwind....
Forum: Cruising News & Events 06-11-2018, 11:43
Replies: 1,209
Views: 129,431
Posted By Polux
Re: The GGR race, discussion and news

I was feeling a bit lonely in finding that this race was madness and that these boats, this size,are not safe to sail on the Austral ocean on big latitudes.

I thought that from the beginning but...
Forum: Cruising News & Events 07-10-2018, 12:35
Replies: 1,209
Views: 129,431
Posted By Polux
Re: The GGR race, discussion and news

Thanks, Yes that makes sense. on the first video, due to the angle, the boat seems to go fast but on the second video it is clear that the boat goes about that speed.

Those boats are really slow....
Forum: Cruising News & Events 06-10-2018, 12:47
Replies: 1,209
Views: 129,431
Posted By Polux
Re: The GGR race, discussion and news

It is possible to use the engine on this race?

Nice video. the boat seems to go very quick on the light wind. Any informed guess about the wind strength and boat speed?
Forum: Cruising News & Events 03-10-2018, 14:55
Replies: 1,209
Views: 129,431
Posted By Polux
Re: The GGR race, discussion and news

Philippe Peche is also French and a professional sailor now semi-retired (57 years of age). He is not a solo sailor but a top professional crew and navigator.

His biggest accomplishments was the...
Forum: Cruising News & Events 03-10-2018, 11:24
Replies: 1,209
Views: 129,431
Posted By Polux
Re: The GGR race, discussion and news

The French have more professional solo races that all other nations put together but there are also many good professional solo racers from other countries and almost all of them, if not all, would...
Forum: Cruising News & Events 17-09-2018, 00:58
Replies: 1,209
Views: 129,431
Posted By Polux
Re: The GGR race, discussion and news

As on other races with similar boats it is not about the boats but about the racer.

Jean-Luc an old retired ex racer with 73 years leads the race with almost half ocean advance.

Their 3...
Forum: Cruising News & Events 02-09-2018, 13:07
Replies: 1,209
Views: 129,431
Posted By Polux
Re: The GGR race, discussion and news

Yes you are right, somebody else lost a mast, Philipe was put out of the race because he talked with is girlfriend by telephone (sat).
Golden Globe Race: Golden Globe Race: continuano i ritiri e gli...
Forum: Cruising News & Events 01-09-2018, 06:40
Replies: 1,209
Views: 129,431
Posted By Polux
Re: The GGR race, discussion and news

I would say that it is all very previsible: one of the most recent designs, a Rustler 36 (from de 80's) is dominating the race as well as the two Frenchmen with really experience in solo racing.
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