Can anyone recommend a good site to live track the Sydney to Hobart this year?

Many thanks.

Chris,
Here's a good option. A fellow sailor put it together I think, he does a lot of offshore races, its pretty cool for us sailors.

gis.ee/sh/

shaggybaxter said..
Chris,
Here's a good option. A fellow sailor put it together I think, he does a lot of offshore races, its pretty cool for us sailors.

gis.ee/sh/

Mate, that is cool. Thanks.

shaggybaxter said..
Chris,
Here's a good option. A fellow sailor put it together I think, he does a lot of offshore races, its pretty cool for us sailors.

gis.ee/sh/

Thanks, really cool!

Thanks Shaggy thats a very nice tracker. One wonders why the official one is so prehistoric and they couldn't do the same. Amazing to see Comanche doing 34kts for a while too! Whats DTL? Distance to leader?

Been comparing to Marine Traffic web site.
WO1X and Infofrack turned off ais.
www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:151.4/centery:-36.3/zoom:9

Trek said..

Bananabender said..
Been comparing to Marine Traffic web site.
WO1X and Infofrack turned off ais.
www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:151.4/centery:-36.3/zoom:9

Thats right. Very tricky.. Did they have them on before?

Don't think so.

shaggybaxter said..
That's interesting BB, I thought they had to have AIS on as part of the rules, I need to check the SI's when I get home.

It's required equipment, does that mean it must be used?

Trek said..
Thanks Shaggy thats a very nice tracker. One wonders why the official one is so prehistoric and they couldn't do the same. Amazing to see Comanche doing 34kts for a while too! Whats DTL? Distance to leader?

G'day Trek,
All credit for the tracker go deservedly to a gent called forss on SA. Gem of a man, I could kiss him for showing the big boys how good a tracker can be.
Does make the official one look a bit naff doesn't it?

shaggybaxter said..

SandS said..

ChrisD67 said..

shaggybaxter said..
Chris,
Here's a good option. A fellow sailor put it together I think, he does a lot of offshore races, its pretty cool for us sailors.

gis.ee/sh/

Mate, that is cool. Thanks.

that is better than the official tracker .... but on this pc i can zoom in but not back out ...any tips ?

G'day Sands,
not sure why mate, my zoom in and out is mouse wheel and it's working fine ???

thanks Shaggs i,m on the track pad thingo , ill try a Mouse ..

Yeeha! They're in the transition zone, so :
- now is the chance for the 60's and 50's to haul the frontrunners back.
- BJ really needs to get a wriggle on and get back amongst it.
-Oats showing class yet again through the transition. Man that thing is a genuine all rounder.

Overnight will be awesome, its anyones race!

For those of you following the tracker linked above, if you hover over the blue hyperlink at the bottom of the screen you can :
- Fast forward in time to see what the wind prediction looks like.
- Change to Navionics or windyty background.
- Add pressure ,cloud, rain etc. The Isobar map is always a good one to overlay!

Edit: If you advance the timer forward three hours, you can see the a narrow neck form that they're all angling for.
Really really light inshore, and a nasty wind hole a leetle further offshore, this will be a naviguessers nightmare.

shaggybaxter said..
You have to love Ray Roberts, he's about 103 and he and his Botin 40 Team Hollywood are up amongst the 60'ers and the TP52's !
A million dollar 40' sled, it's awesome to watch on the water. Watch 'em for a dark horse placing, they're animals.

Such a dark horse that their entry shows their Botin 40 disguised as a Farr 55 built by Cookson.
www.rolexsydneyhobart.com/the-yachts/2018/hollywood-boulevard/
Might explain their awesome pace?

Trek said..

Bananabender said..
Been comparing to Marine Traffic web site.
WO1X and Infofrack turned off ais.
www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:151.4/centery:-36.3/zoom:9

Thats right. Very tricky.. Did they have them on before?

We were outside yesterday and met the fleet off tamaramma. Turned around and while doing 7-8 knts got passed like we were standing still. Noticed the majority of the bigger boats didn't have there's on. Maybe not wanting real time info of their actual heading.

I was thinking of the AIS requirement. Mebbe it is in reaction to Fish's death in the Southern Ocean?
AIS locator beacons are great, if there is an AIS transponder turned on to hear it.

Yep, you'd think there'd have to be a penalty BB, no point in the rules otherwise.

Alive, the Reichel Pugh 66, are having a blinder of a race, 5th overall behind the 100 footers.