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Strong winds and heavy rain lash Auckland Noumea Race - fleet shelters |
With heavy rains forecast for the far north, the 13 boats in thr Auckland to Noumea Race fleet are expected to get very wet as they continued racing north.
Update at 0700hrs:
0700hours - Monday 29 June 2009
REVS has retired from the race, having suffered damage to their mast track. They are heading back to the Bay of Islands, disappointed to pull out when they were doing well.
Several boats have turned south to head for shelter, and missed the morning radio schedule.
Update at 1900hrs Sunday 28 June 2009
Limit and V5 are off the top of the North Island now, with Limit reporting 30 knot wind’s. Lagoon Ozone, a little further back in the fleet are reporting 40 knot winds.
According to the Tracker positions V5 (Simon Hull) enjoys a substantial lead over the Australian yacht Limit (Alan Brierty), however this could be due to the onboard unit not recording properly in the torrid conditions.
Bare Essentials have taken cover under the Karikari Peninsula at about 1530hours today, all is well but their barometer had a significant drop, so they decided to wait to assess the weather that was coming. And Bird on the Wing have also taken shelter in Mangonui Harbour.
Mustang Sally has had to turn around and head for Opua with steering issues, a hydrolic hose has broken. But hopefully should be back in the race by morning.
The rest of the fleet look like they are continuing to head north for the night.
The weather is looking fairly windy tonight, but should swing more to the East by Monday night, giving the fleet a better sailing angle and hopefully a drier ride north.
Tasman Sea situation and wind strength from PredictWind and Expedition as at 1800hrs on 29 June 2009
Quotes from on board:
1900hours - Sunday 28 June 2009
Bird on the Wing is sheltering in Mangonui Harbour, with no reported problems. Limit is the western most boat of the fleet and is into 30kt westerly winds.
1630hours - Sunday 28 June, 2009
Mustang Sally is heading into Opua to fix some steering issues, a hydraulic hose has broken.
1530hours - Sunday 28 June, 2009
Bare Essentials has taken shelter at the top of the Karikari Peninsula. All is well, they are just waiting to see what the depression brings as their barometer has dropped 10mb in the last few hours.
Actual wind readings from Cape Reinga as at 2300hrs on 28 June 2009
 | Actual wind readings from Cape Reinga as at 2300hrs on 28 June 2009 - |
Predictwind prognosis at 1000hrs on 30 June 2009
 | Predictwind prognosis at 1000hrs on 30 June 2009 - |
Predictwind prognosis at 1900hrs on 30 June 2009
 | Predictwind prognosis at 1900hrs on 30 June 2009 - |
Predictwind - five day wind strength and direction prognosis for Cape Reinga and offshore area
 | Predictwind - five day wind strength and direction prognosis for Cape Reinga and offshore area - |
by Sail-World and RAYC
10:21 AM Sun 28 Jun 2009 GMT
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