..oVER mASCHIA, aS uSUAL!!

pic via SA

..la Syd-Hob di quest'anno sta rispettando la sua fama..

..clicckando qui la purga effettuata dalla tempesta come ha investito la flotta..

..di seguito alcuni commenti raccolti dalle barche in gara (al momento dei commenti..):

“Good morning from YuuZoo. Not too bad onboard. A bit shell-shocked from yesterday’s mishap with two men overboard. Greg Homann and Will Mueller spent about ten minutes having an unauthorised swim. Both are well and in good spirits.”  

The message continued, “We are waiting for the worst to launch into Bass Strait. We aren’t happy with our boat speed at present, as we are still learning about the new settings. Otherwise all okay onboard.”

If YuuZoo hadn’t had enough drama, Ingvall continued: “We just woke up to the forward compartment being full of water. Log thru-hull fitting has either broken or popped though its fitting leaving a 40mm hole in the bow. We think that we have it fixed, but half a metre of water between the keel and the forward hatch. What drama. Not funny. What on earth have done to deserve this?”"

..ma soprattutto..

"John Hearne, is the navigator on the Nelson/Marek 52 Wot Eva, sailed by the Sydney-based Sailors with disABILITIES organization. At 0530 AEDT Herne reported, “We are currently just south of Batemans Bay, beating into a 20 knot south to south-east breeze. We have the number four headsail up, and one reef in the main. Seas are short and steep. Waves aren’t big, but are uncomfortable. All crew are fine, if a bit wet. The forecast has us punching into the SSW winds with an increase throughout the day.”

On a call a few hours later, Herne added, “We’re just working down the coast a little bit, trying to position ourselves for when this next front comes through, it could come through with almost gale force conditions. So we want to position ourselves so that we can have the boat ready, get some reefs in early, because some of the guys haven’t been through conditions like that.”

quotes via blur.se

 

..delle tante, bellissime foto, che Sergio da Velablog.com ha proditoriamente messo in ordine (visibili qui..) ce ne sono due che secondo me..

 

..questo qui sopra è un Farr40'..

..e quelli sopra il Farr40' sono dei pazzi-scatenati, naturalmente..

..ma mi piaceva perchè decisamente più inquietante, a causa delle dimensioni relative uomo-barca, di quelle che trasmettono le foto dei maxi di 30m, tipo Wild Oats..

.e quella qui sotto..

via velablog.com

..che dice tutto..

..ma proprio tutto..

..sul "perchè" della Sydney-Hobart.