Transpac announces six-Hour Tracking delay - might other races?

6:59 PM Tue 28 Jun 2011 GMT

'Transpacific Yacht Race'

Transpacific Yacht Race 2011: Inside Transpac, one of the lively conversations of 2011 has centered on position-reporting delays, pro or con. The decision now made to have a six hour delay may cause other long races to consider a similar cause of action, for just the same reason. Given new transponder technologies and the capability at last of real-time reporting at minimal cost, you might think it's a no-brainer to report real-time. However, no less a voice than Stan Honey made a case for the hefty six-hour delay? - even longer than the four-hour delay of 2009 - which after ...

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by Kimball Livingston