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Are Lattitude 40 to 50 teams beatable?

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Created by hardie > 9 months ago, 17 Jan 2012
hardie
WA, 4129 posts
17 Jan 2012 12:19PM
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In the last 2 years in Australia The Pit crew Lat 39/40 and Tassie Speedseekers Lat 42, have dominated the Australian GPSTC, and the Dutch Teams Lat 50 have dominated the international gpstc! The first 3 yrs of the gpstc were dominated by SRM from perth, at lattitude 31/32 which suggests yes. Those 3 years were consistently windy throughout in WA, and Tassie hadnt joined yet, and when they eventually did, were just learning and finding new spots and new team members. The 4th year saw the introduction of the Northern Hemisphere teams, who blew us all out of the water!! Obviously the lattitudes 40 to 50 have much stronger winds, and when you see big speeds coming out of Sandy Point, Tassie, Holland< germany, ENgland, ya think no way can we compete with that? Doesnt stop my fun, or comparing like with like, but they just seem unbeatable

buzzy
TAS, 2433 posts
17 Jan 2012 3:24PM
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'what is the answer to life the universe and everything'

AUS1111
WA, 3621 posts
17 Jan 2012 2:58PM
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That's it! Handicaps based on latitude!

Bring on the "Shark Bay Mob"

Kel71
QLD, 65 posts
17 Jan 2012 5:18PM
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No wonder the FNQ Mob carn't dominate the GPSTC! We mainly sail at Lattitude 16!
Nice and warm though

mathew
QLD, 2133 posts
17 Jan 2012 11:41PM
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Smaller lattitudes have longer sunlit days... do we need to ship some cans of it?

AUS02
TAS, 2038 posts
21 Jan 2012 9:04PM
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Latitude 34 seems pretty good at the moment ...

gpsteamchallenge.com.au/sailor_session/show?date=2012-01-21&team=27

buzzy
TAS, 2433 posts
21 Jan 2012 10:51PM
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AUS02 said...

Latitude 34 seems pretty good at the moment ...

gpsteamchallenge.com.au/sailor_session/show?date=2012-01-21&team=27




I think its the sailors... not the latitude

Davage
VIC, 182 posts
22 Jan 2012 7:46PM
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buzzy said...

'what is the answer to life the universe and everything'



42 of course Also remember to pack a towel



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