anonsally replied to your photoset:Going their own way Twice since the start of leg 4…I’ll…
I’ll keep my fingers crossed for them!
They’re still going! It’s pretty exciting; this is the first time so far in the race that there’s been this dramatic a split so early in a leg.
It’s a little freaky seeing the “Distance to Lead” number in the tracker suddenly spike up to 130 miles and more, but it’s not real. As far as I’ve been able to find out, there basically are two options for how to handle this part of the course: Stick close to the northern edge of the Philippines, short-tacking along the coast to avoid the strong adverse current that flows through the Luzon Strait, or sail way north toward Taiwan, then cut east and have the benefit of better wind when you finally turn south.
SCA and Brunel are taking the northern route, and we won’t know for a while whether it’s going to pay off or not.
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