ORCV Melbourne to Vanuatu (M2V)
David.
Is most famous for that effort with Goliath. Bill Feore and crew may be a on a smaller vessel than the others near them, but they keep having a crack at Goliath and as of this morning, hold second spot by about 7nm over the 51st Project.
Race leader, TevakeII are now some 245.4nm (454.5km) WSW of Port Vila, showing 7knots of boat speed, a heading of 072deg and positioned at 18.548S and 164.092E. In summary, they are 1658nm down the track with 226nm to go.
The Tracker image below is for Turbo (gold), 51st Project (green) and TevakeII, who are over the top of Noumea.
By way of contrast, The Secretary is 150nm (277.8km) SSW of Noumea, also doing 7knots, heading 050deg. Position 24.715S and 165.859E.
So then, this morning's boards are, firstly, overall standings (line honours) with Tevake a clear 150nm out in front of Turbo. Samskara continue to chip away at The Secretary:
| TEVAKE II (H101) | M2V10 | L/H | N/A | 88.0% | Wed 08:18:46est. | 236:48:46est. |
| TURBO (H602) | M2V10 | L/H | N/A | 80.0% | Thu 08:11:34est. | 260:41:34est. |
| 51ST PROJECT (SM51) | M2V10 | L/H | N/A | 79.6% | Thu 09:26:18est. | 261:56:18est. |
| THE SECRETARY (6107) | M2V10 | L/H | N/A | 79.1% | Thu 11:09:20est. | 263:39:20est. |
| SAMSKARA (H6110) | M2V10 | L/H | N/A | 77.1% | Thu 17:58:32est. | 270:28:32est. |
| GARISENDA (H624) | M2V10 | L/H | N/A | 72.8% | Fri 09:50:43est. | 286:20:43est. |
| SLINKY MALINKY (H777) | M2V10 | L/H | N/A | 72.4% | Fri 11:26:42est. | 287:56:42est. |
| MIRRABOOKA (B429) | M2V10 | L/H | N/A | 72.2% | Fri 12:06:37est. | 288:36:37est. |
IRC looks like this. Most interesting aspect here is Tevake's efforts yesterday have catapulted them into second...:
| TURBO (H602) | M2V10 | IRC | 1.0470 | 80.0% | Thu 08:11:34est. | 272:56:43est. |
| TEVAKE II (H101) | M2V10 | IRC | 1.1860 | 88.0% | Wed 08:18:46est. | 280:51:36est. |
| THE SECRETARY (6107) | M2V10 | IRC | 1.0900 | 79.1% | Thu 11:09:20est. | 287:23:04est. |
| GARISENDA (H624) | M2V10 | IRC | 1.0220 | 72.8% | Fri 09:50:43est. | 292:38:42est. |
| SLINKY MALINKY (H777) | M2V10 | IRC | 1.0200 | 72.4% | Fri 11:26:42est. | 293:42:14est. |
| 51ST PROJECT (SM51) | M2V10 | IRC | 1.1310 | 79.6% | Thu 09:26:18est. | 296:15:08est. |
| SAMSKARA (H6110) | M2V10 | IRC | 1.1100 | 77.1% | Thu 17:58:32est. | 300:13:40est. |
And PHS is as before (Talking Heads): -
| TURBO (H602) | M2V10 | PHS | 0.8800 | 80.0% | Thu 08:11:34est. | 229:24:35est. |
| THE SECRETARY (6107) | M2V10 | PHS | 0.9050 | 79.1% | Thu 11:09:20est. | 238:36:30est. |
| GARISENDA (H624) | M2V10 | PHS | 0.8500 | 72.8% | Fri 09:50:43est. | 243:23:37est. |
| SLINKY MALINKY (H777) | M2V10 | PHS | 0.8500 | 72.4% | Fri 11:26:42est. | 244:45:12est. |
| MIRRABOOKA (B429) | M2V10 | PHS | 0.8600 | 72.2% | Fri 12:06:37est. | 248:12:17est. |
| TEVAKE II (H101) | M2V10 | PHS | 1.0500 | 88.0% | Wed 08:18:46est. | 248:39:12est. |
| 51ST PROJECT (SM51) | M2V10 | PHS | 1.0700 | 79.6% | Thu 09:26:18est. | 280:16:26est. |
New PredictWind charts (thank you team) will be here a bit later in the morning for all us armchair sailors, so we'll get to see who's the smartest Naviguesser of us all then. And won't that be fun...
Please remember, that if you want to find out where everyone is in the chase for the container of humanitarian aid that APC Logistics sent to Vanuatu for us, then please go HERE. Sked times are 4.30am and pm EST.
By John Curnow
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