Originally Posted by
jamottep
. . . It sounds like this is all going to come down to: steer straight to HI ...
Well, for a displacement cruising boat like mine, I think that's right, but with one very big caveat: Steer straight to the finish line ONLY AFTER crossing the ridge of the SE lobe of the EPAC High. Figuring out where to make that crossing seems to be the outcome-determining strategic decision of the race. After that, if you're in a sport boat, make decisions whether to sail more miles for better wind. In a displacement boat, it's the rhumb line from that point on.
That's my take-away from Skip's document and from other SHTP and Pac Cup presentations. There's a video of a Stan Honey presentation on the Pac Cup website, for example, that goes over all of this. My conclusions from all this could be wildly wrong, and if someone with actual experience weighs in to say so, that would be welcome.
Also, I am told that in 2016 some weather/race guru came to the skipper's meeting the day before the race to give an in-depth analysis of the then-current forecast. I'm hoping that will happen again this year. Does anybody know if or who?
Last edited by AZ Sailor; 04-23-2018 at 07:25 PM.
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