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Alachua, FL | Fricken sweet...........  At least you can get some sleep now Karl, or build some cabinets!
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South Carolina | I now have a tenuous hold on that low coming across in the roaring 40's. Making good speed and really hoping that I can stay on the leading edge of the low. I don't think the game takes sea-state into account so falling off the incoming air trough shouldn't be TOO bad. Every ounce of speed is so important to get engaged with that low that I set an alarm every three hours last night so I could tweak the heading!
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Looking for a Job, I got credi... | I now have a tenuous hold on that low coming across in the roaring 40's. Making good speed and really hoping that I can stay on the leading edge of the low. I don't think the game takes sea-state into account so falling off the incoming air trough shouldn't be TOO bad. Every ounce of speed is so important to get engaged with that low that I set an alarm every three hours last night so I could tweak the heading! Looks like I'm not deep enough into the edge of the system on the rhumline around 26/23:37s and so need to dive deeper into the system to hope to catch it up later.
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Florida Suncoast, Dunedin Caus... | Every ounce of speed is so important to get engaged with that low that I set an alarm every three hours last night so I could tweak the heading! LOL. I slept soundly all night. 
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South Carolina | I now have a tenuous hold on that low coming across in the roaring 40's. Making good speed and really hoping that I can stay on the leading edge of the low. I don't think the game takes sea-state into account so falling off the incoming air trough shouldn't be TOO bad. Every ounce of speed is so important to get engaged with that low that I set an alarm every three hours last night so I could tweak the heading! Looks like I'm not deep enough into the edge of the system on the rhumline around 26/23:37s and so need to dive deeper into the system to hope to catch it up later. Man, I thought I had 24 hours before I fell off the leading edge of the air entering the low but BAM, just slipped off it. Now I'm trying to figure out if I keep fighting east or dip down to ensure I catch the 90 degree angle at the trailing edge of the low...
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Florida Suncoast, Dunedin Caus... | Funny thing about that low was yesterday right at 6:59 am I was positioned right in front of that low waiting to get the leading edge. At 7:00 am the winds were updated and I found myself at the back edge of it. The leading edge moved like 200 hundred miles in a minute.
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+31NL | If I didn't get addicted to video games so easily I might play along. Jake- setting an alarm every 3 hours? Anyone interested in an intervention?  Thats nothing! I sleep in my drysuit and hose myself down with freezing water every hour.  Gotta end this post now though, freeze dried food is getting cold Who picked Ericsson 4 as winner of this leg? I picked Telefonica Azul but they are not doing too well. | | | Re: Anyone playing the Volvo Ocean Race Game?
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South Carolina | Funny thing about that low was yesterday right at 6:59 am I was positioned right in front of that low waiting to get the leading edge. At 7:00 am the winds were updated and I found myself at the back edge of it. The leading edge moved like 200 hundred miles in a minute.
Yeah, I noticed that too...I thought I was going to be able to hang in there for a while and it just jumped!
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Looking for a Job, I got credi... | Funny thing about that low was yesterday right at 6:59 am I was positioned right in front of that low waiting to get the leading edge. At 7:00 am the winds were updated and I found myself at the back edge of it. The leading edge moved like 200 hundred miles in a minute.
Yeah, I noticed that too...I thought I was going to be able to hang in there for a while and it just jumped! Remember the +12 forcast is exactly that; when the clock ticks over, you get the current wind picture for the next 12 hrs.
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South Carolina | Funny thing about that low was yesterday right at 6:59 am I was positioned right in front of that low waiting to get the leading edge. At 7:00 am the winds were updated and I found myself at the back edge of it. The leading edge moved like 200 hundred miles in a minute.
Yeah, I noticed that too...I thought I was going to be able to hang in there for a while and it just jumped! Remember the +12 forcast is exactly that; when the clock ticks over, you get the current wind picture for the next 12 hrs. I had always assumed that it was a snapshot of the predicted wind 12 hours from the current situation. As it relates to the low, I believe it's "wobbling" and it's hard to see it in 12 hour snapshots. The leading edge trough, while it jumped dramatically last night, has hardly moved this afternoon. I gybed back out to try and reengage with the leading edge.
Jake Kohl
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Looking for a Job, I got credi... | Funny thing about that low was yesterday right at 6:59 am I was positioned right in front of that low waiting to get the leading edge. At 7:00 am the winds were updated and I found myself at the back edge of it. The leading edge moved like 200 hundred miles in a minute.
Yeah, I noticed that too...I thought I was going to be able to hang in there for a while and it just jumped! Remember the +12 forcast is exactly that; when the clock ticks over, you get the current wind picture for the next 12 hrs. I had always assumed that it was a snapshot of the predicted wind 12 hours from the current situation. As it relates to the low, I believe it's "wobbling" and it's hard to see it in 12 hour snapshots. The leading edge trough, while it jumped dramatically last night, has hardly moved this afternoon. I gybed back out to try and reengage with the leading edge. Nope; I believe it is the snapshot of expected at the next "change" that happens at midnight and midday UTC
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South Carolina | you're right. I just noticed that the top of the screen shows "wind charts from: " and lists a date and time...wow, that would have been nice if I had noticed THAT earlier! ;-)
GYBING!
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Looking for a Job, I got credi... | Got a horrible feeling I am going to fall off the back of this depression. Next wind change will be critical. I'm hoping to get enought south to get back into it.
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South Carolina | I don't think it's possible to stay with it - it's definitely out running me. Then again, I didn't have a good entry into it and I fumbled when I was thinking I the wind forecast was live.
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