Are you going to Charleston Bermuda Race to get daily updates? The Race Updates there are quite interesting and informative. For example, I now know that there is a difference between a Rhumbline and a Rumba Line.
The most recent entry was actually good news to me. At first, I looked at Yellowbrick tracking and was heartbroken to see that Yanosha and Gratitude have passed Spirit of Juno, and the Spirit of Minerva was gaining on the Spirit of Juno. But it's not as bad as it looks. The Race Update commentary reassures us that they are not pulling ahead in the race. They are almost certainly using their motors and thus, have essentially dropped out of the race. Whew.
That just means that Tucana is really the only boat ahead of the Spirit of Juno. However, Tucana is only 106.7 nm away from the finish line, while Spirit of Juno is 143.4 nm out. That's a lot of distance to make up before the shores of Bermuda! Can Stephen and crew do it?
I think Stephen has some grand plan that will get him to Bermuda first. He just has to give himself the Colbert Bump.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
The Teams
It just dawned on me that I should mention the Teams for the Race. You can see them if you track the race with YellowBrick. The teams are, in no particular order except alphabetical, Eagles' Wings, First Light, Gratitude, Halcyon, Pied'a Mer, Santosha, Solarus, Spirit of Juno, Spirit of Minerva, Tucana, and Yanosha.
I did a little bit more poking around at the YellowBrick tracking screen and clicked on YellowBrick down at the bottom of the screen. Then I clicked on their Gallery of Photos and found out that YellowBrick is actually, sort of, a yellow brick that you can put on your bike or boat or car and track its location and progress.
I'm having a flashback to Dorothy and the Munchkins singing "Follow the Yellow Brick Road." Oh, if only Dorothy could have had YellowBrick tracking where she was. She might have been able to avoid the Wicked Witch completely and get back to Kansas much quicker.
I did a little bit more poking around at the YellowBrick tracking screen and clicked on YellowBrick down at the bottom of the screen. Then I clicked on their Gallery of Photos and found out that YellowBrick is actually, sort of, a yellow brick that you can put on your bike or boat or car and track its location and progress.
I'm having a flashback to Dorothy and the Munchkins singing "Follow the Yellow Brick Road." Oh, if only Dorothy could have had YellowBrick tracking where she was. She might have been able to avoid the Wicked Witch completely and get back to Kansas much quicker.
Two Beautiful Places. One Ocean Challenge.
I've been talking about the Race, you know, the Charleston Bermuda Race. You can track the progress of the race by clicking on "Tracking" under the "Participate" button. Then just click on the link that says: "Click here to track your favorite all the way to the finish line!"
All boats will be equipped with YellowBrick trackers. It's fun so you really should check it out at least once before the race ends, which will be any day now. You can see all the boats heading east to Bermuda with Spirit of Juno typically in 2nd place. You can zoom in on the boats, and find out the names of the boats along with their current speed and distance left to travel. You can also replay the race so far. Just fool around with the toggles and arrows at bottom of the screen.
You can see one spot where Stephen's boat was doing some crazy maneuvers. My fear is that he said something like, "Hey, what's that big fish over there?" And then maybe they went off course to look at it. Or, since everyone seemed to be having trouble staying on course, perhaps someone broke the wind.
Maybe there's time to catch up. But I think it's time for Stephen to start taking some heroic action. He should put on a life preserver, tie a rope to his waist, jump in the water in front of the boat and start swimming. With his weight off the boat, and with his paddling and kicking, that should be just enough to gain the advantage. If that fails, when they get close to the finish line, he needs to point away from Bermuda and holler over at the Tucana, "Hey, look over there! It's a Pirate Ship loaded with treasure."
All boats will be equipped with YellowBrick trackers. It's fun so you really should check it out at least once before the race ends, which will be any day now. You can see all the boats heading east to Bermuda with Spirit of Juno typically in 2nd place. You can zoom in on the boats, and find out the names of the boats along with their current speed and distance left to travel. You can also replay the race so far. Just fool around with the toggles and arrows at bottom of the screen.
You can see one spot where Stephen's boat was doing some crazy maneuvers. My fear is that he said something like, "Hey, what's that big fish over there?" And then maybe they went off course to look at it. Or, since everyone seemed to be having trouble staying on course, perhaps someone broke the wind.
Maybe there's time to catch up. But I think it's time for Stephen to start taking some heroic action. He should put on a life preserver, tie a rope to his waist, jump in the water in front of the boat and start swimming. With his weight off the boat, and with his paddling and kicking, that should be just enough to gain the advantage. If that fails, when they get close to the finish line, he needs to point away from Bermuda and holler over at the Tucana, "Hey, look over there! It's a Pirate Ship loaded with treasure."
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