Melbourne Latitude Series (MLS)
Turning eleven.
Happened quite a few years ago for me now, but as the clock goes past eleven, our 11 boat fleet, well most of them anyway, have just done their turning at their designated latitudes. Thus far, this is how they are placed for the drag race back in...
- 1032hrs - Escapade
- 1039hrs - Ninety Seven
- 1040hrs - Beyond Outrageous
- 1044hrs - Chikara Outlaw
- 1044hrs - Tilting at Windmills
- 1049hrs - Yoko
- 1050hrs - Deja Vu
- 1059hrs - Gusto
- TBA
- TBA
- TBA
All of which means we are waiting on Magazan53, Deliverance and Addiction. The latter is interesting, for at the 0835 sked, they were within yelling distance of near sistership,
Beyond Outrageous who turned in third place. Obviously some differing strategies at play there and the result, well.......
This is Addiction under trisail only, as she came home in the recent Melbourne to Stanley event.
Remaining turning times have lobbed in @ 1145hrs.
09. 1116hrs - Addiction
10. 1124hrs - Deliverance
11. 1140hrs - Magazan53
Wind observations from Magazan 53 were "not a lot at all". The Brass now have buyers shock, like when you put the cash down after making your decision to buy a car or whatever. "Hoping we didn't send them too far!? Observations are currently all over the shop, still some breeze at Point Lonsdale, Cape Otway and South Channel, however."
Ed. What they're mostly concerned about is getting the last of them in the Heads, in the very least, before about 1400hrs. The overall current scenario is a bit like a whirly gig, with the epicentre on top of the centre of The Paddock (Bass Strait). Effectively, it's a bit of a waiting game, where you sit it out until something takes on the challenge and delivers a result. With the clear blue skies, my tip would be on the land heating up nice and quickly, so some afternoon localised seabreezes are more than a chance... Out in Bass Strait, it will depend on current and tidal movements as to where patches of water heat up a bit and develop some zephyrs, as a result. The high pressure system that is driving all this stretches from the Tasman Sea to the Indian Ocean at about 1026 to 1028hPa with no ridges anywhere near our are of operation at all...
And voila!
At 1300hrs, we learned that there was around 10+knots ESE and the fleet was doing well.
This is Rear Commodore, Neville 'Nifty' Rose, inside the van and below is where she's situated.
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