Are Lattitude 40 to 50 teams beatable?

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hardie
hardie
WA
4133 posts
WA, 4133 posts
17 Jan 2012 12:19pm
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
buzzy
TAS
2433 posts
TAS, 2433 posts
17 Jan 2012 3:24pm
'what is the answer to life the universe and everything'
AUS1111
AUS1111
WA
3621 posts
WA, 3621 posts
17 Jan 2012 2:58pm
That's it! Handicaps based on latitude!

Bring on the "Shark Bay Mob"
Kel71
Kel71
QLD
65 posts
QLD, 65 posts
17 Jan 2012 5:18pm
No wonder the FNQ Mob carn't dominate the GPSTC! We mainly sail at Lattitude 16!
Nice and warm though
mathew
mathew
QLD
2174 posts
QLD, 2174 posts
17 Jan 2012 11:41pm
Smaller lattitudes have longer sunlit days... do we need to ship some cans of it?
AUS02
AUS02
TAS
2042 posts
TAS, 2042 posts
21 Jan 2012 9:04pm
Latitude 34 seems pretty good at the moment ...

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

buzzy
buzzy
TAS
2433 posts
TAS, 2433 posts
21 Jan 2012 10:51pm
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
Davage
VIC
182 posts
VIC, 182 posts
22 Jan 2012 7:46pm
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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