pokiloo: lies: Both boats are east of the South Island of New…
lies:
Both boats are east of the South Island of New Zealand, and appear to be taking the northern option across the Pacific. They’re within radar/AIS site of each other (less than 11 NM in the latest tracker update), though that’s with IDEC (still trailing by a skosh) having an additional 2 hours to make up from their earlier start.
IDEC mentions coming within 2 miles of Spindrift 2 at one point (maybe when their tracks crossed back when both boats gybed toward the north?), but apparently they never actually saw each other due to the misty conditions.
The low southeast of them that they’re shooting for at the moment is reportedly moving pretty fast; it’s not clear they’re going to be able to hook into it.
Spindrift posted a tweet 20 minutes ago with a pictures of IDEC, https://twitter.com/spindriftracing/status/676449521933643776
In my mind they will either stop in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, share an apéro (that’s a shame there is no translation for this).
Wow; thanks!
I know they’re both trying to beat the record, but it certainly adds to the excitement to have an on-the-water race. I wonder, too, if psychologically it will help push them both to do better than they otherwise would have.
Realizing, still, that the biggest factor vis-à-vis the record is going to be the weather.
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