{"id":306,"date":"2012-04-30T12:09:53","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T12:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/?p=306"},"modified":"2012-04-30T12:09:53","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T12:09:53","slug":"heading-left-on-the-chessboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/heading-left-on-the-chessboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Heading left on the chessboard"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The last 24 hours have been incredibly frustrating, the whole day we
\nnegotiated the passage of many rain clouds which played havoc with the
\nwind, on average we had a lot less than predicted by the forecast and
\nafter each downpour we hoped things would stabilise but the never ending
\nsequence of squalls followed by windholes kept going on and on. Even more
\nannoyingly, we found an average of 1.5 knots of adverse current, only
\nafter midnight the counter flow seems to have started decreasing.<\/p>\n

The total effect of all the above has been dramatic on our advantage over
\nPhesheya, the miles have evaporated faster than the cold sweat over my
\nforehead at the thought of being overtaken after all this hard work. We
\ndropped more than 40 miles of advantage in just one day. The forecast is
\ninequivocable, being on the left side of the chessboard is an advantage at
\nevery point from here to the finish and we’ve been waiting for every
\nopportunity to inch west and close the lateral separation to Phesheya.<\/p>\n

Tonight after sunset, stuck under a windless cloud bouncing around in a
\nmessy sea and just 10 knots of wind we decided that it was time to bite
\nthe bullet and head west, or rather south west, as that’s the best we can
\ndo, almost like a bishop unable to move sideways but forced to go
\ndiagonally… the goal is to go an cover Phesheya whilst hopefully also
\ngetting out of the adverse current, i’m not sure this is the fastest way to
\nCharleston but once we are in front of them and pretty much in the same
\nwinds they will have a much tougher time overtaking us than if we leave the
\ncorridor to our left unsupervised. Ocean racing boils down to match racing
\nonce again, Cessna is too far ahead for any chance to catch them so the
\nonly meaningful priority is to make sure we position ourselves between
\nPhesheya and the finish line. Sec.Hayai is out of the game with a 24 hour
\npenalty for their pit stop in Fortaleza.<\/p>\n

Our advantage will have dropped dramatically by the morning but i’d rather
\nswallow my pride now than live in denial of the fact that staying here is
\njust too risky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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