ORCV Melbourne to Geelong (M2G on 11/09/10)

Deliberating Brass.

It would seem the Brass have a small conundrum.

What to do with the fleet. "The weather is looking good for Saturday; upwind, rather than downwind sails, so gunnel bum will have to be guarded against. No rain, so it shall be a good day. A Race Officer's dilemma. Using PredictWind's routing software for Courses Four and Five with a Beneteau First 40 as the benchmark, one course is to short and the other is too long. So what’s better? More drinking time or more sailing time?Something to think about for the next 24 hours..."

Rightey oh then. Let's have a look at it.

PredictWind's models have it at 15-20kn at the start and backing off convincingly after lunch!

Course Four routing.

Course Four summation - Beneteau First 40.

Course Five routing.

Course Five summation - Beneteau First 40.

So there you have it. What will the brass do as a result of their deliberations??? Who can tell, but keeping the boat light and moving as the day gets on is bound to be crucial. Looks like the #1 and the big shute are going back on!

Remember to have your ears on for sign-on and crew updates. See you on the track.

The full MWS results to date are HERE.

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	The Colts (Sydney 38s) are having their own fight within the battle - many thanks to Ullman Sails for providing the prize.
We'll be seeing the team at Geelong, pretty soon indeed.		Thank you to Monica Tonner and Richard Hunter from SYC for ensuring Steb had a ride and we, therefore, have all that imagery, which just seems to go down an absolute treat.
	It is with thanks to our friends at PredictWind that we've been able to supply such detailled information throughout the entire 2010 MWS.