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Does anyone know if he has to cross the equator (albeit briefly) to make the record?

I believe he is going to cross the equator in the Atlantic

www.andylamont.com.au/the-wssrc-rules.html

Passed under Madagascar on his way to the Capes of South Africa, Speed 4.5 Knots @ 264.79 degrees, Position at: 5 Feb 2017 2000 UTC Long/Lat 35 degrees 40 minutes 30 seconds South ; 039 degrees 37 minutes 09 seconds East.

Great work Andy !! Hang in ! That's a great job ! Keep going !!

He seems to have positioned himself perfectly for the Agulhas Current and the wind. Doing 6.0kts in the right direction.He has done an impressive job to this point. Looking forward to watching him continue as he has so far.

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After an extended break in Durban Webb Chiles is rounding the Cape of Good Hope approximately 250 miles east of Andy, it will be interesting to note their speed and route as they head north-west after the cape. Too bad they aren't a little closer together it would make for an interesting race.

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Andy has turned the corner and is heading into the Atlantic. He is doing a fantastic job on this passage.

Andy is going very very well ! Great work !

off the coast of Namibia now heading out into the Atlantic ocean towards St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da cunha Islands, doing well.

He is making incredible progress and seems to magically find the sweet spot in the weather systems.

I am quite surprised how far north he is going.

Is it better to go down the South American coast than hop directly across ?

Or is he planning to cross the equator in the Atlantic ?

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Andrew68 said..
He is making incredible progress and seems to magically find the sweet spot in the weather systems.

I am quite surprised how far north he is going.

Is it better to go down the South American coast than hop directly across ?

Or is he planning to cross the equator in the Atlantic ?

A

He goes into the northern hemisphere in the Atlantic. I believe he will go far enough north to hit a spot opposite his path in the southern hemisphere to do an official circumnavigation.

From Andy's website:

Below is an extract from the Rules
a. RTW - Round the World, eastbound and westbound 21600NM. 2 separate records.
To sail around the World, a vessel must start from and return to the same point, must cross all meridians of longitude and must cross the Equator. It may cross some but not all meridians more than once (i.e. two roundings of Antarctica do not count). The shortest orthodromic track of the vessel must be at least 21,600 nautical miles in length calculated based on a 'perfect sphere'. In calculating this distance, it is to be assumed that the vessel will sail around Antarctica in latitude 63 degrees south.
A vessel starting from any point where the direct orthodromic distance is too short shall pass one single island or other fixed point on a required side so as to lengthen his orthodromic track to the minimum distance.
No starting point will be permitted more south than 45 ? south.

Going great!, looks like near perfect sailing conditions, heading straight for Ascension Is, though doubt he'll want to stop there.
Ascension & Saint Helena are two places in the Sth Atlantic I'd love to sail to.

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nods said..
From Andy's website:

Below is an extract from the Rules
a. RTW - Round the World, eastbound and westbound 21600NM. 2 separate records.
To sail around the World, a vessel must start from and return to the same point, must cross all meridians of longitude and must cross the Equator. It may cross some but not all meridians more than once (i.e. two roundings of Antarctica do not count). The shortest orthodromic track of the vessel must be at least 21,600 nautical miles in length calculated based on a 'perfect sphere'. In calculating this distance, it is to be assumed that the vessel will sail around Antarctica in latitude 63 degrees south.
A vessel starting from any point where the direct orthodromic distance is too short shall pass one single island or other fixed point on a required side so as to lengthen his orthodromic track to the minimum distance.
No starting point will be permitted more south than 45 ? south.

I assumed it would be easier to take an orthodromic track that covers the anitpodes of the Cape of Good Hope and the Northern Pacific, but it looks like he is going to the antipodes of Australia and the Northern pacific.

A

Andy reckons he is sick of the food, he couldn't get warm from Tassie to South Africa, he has to tie his pants up with rope because he has lost so much weight and he found a Mars bar in his rations the other day and it was sooooo amazing onya Andy

In the doldrums but doing great. Agree on the food, you think you will be fine with anything but it gets boring very quickly. Becomes hard to eat the same day after day. The pre prepared stuff all tastes the same because of all the preservatives.

Through the doldrums in quick time. A well planned voyage and a lot of good fortune.

He's not going to sail through the Panama canal is he?

Nope, around the bottom,,, unless he's going to Panama to get a new boat and a pizza

Like most vessels on the ocean , maybe he's registered in Panama, & needs to visit Panamanian waters every once in a while

I think he has to sail north like he is currently doing and then head back south and continue sailing West. Can't remember why exactly the reason for that.

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I think he has to sail north like he is currently doing and then head back south and continue sailing West. Can't remember why exactly the reason for that.

I think he will do an anti-clockwise circuit of the South Atlantic to take advantage of the Oceanic Gyre (giant oceanic current created by the earth's spin). Same giant anti-clockwise current in the South Pacific which delivers Australia's East Coast its warm waters from near the Equator.originating off Peru. The direction of flow is, however, clockwise in Northern Hemisphere oceans, producing the Gulf Stream amongst others, which delivers some warm Carribean water eventually to parts of the UK, along with lots of fog at times. Sorry for the lesson, my innate teacher just got out.back in the box now.

I think he has to go as far north in latitude as he started south....his original plan was to go to the Canary Islands, which is roughly same latitude north as Brisbane is south. Since he has now commenced from Sydney, northerly point??

Why Atlantic to go North? Don't really know - but even though the Atlantic has it's Doldrums, I suppose the much closer and significant land masses give more weather (ie: wind) than the Doldrums in the middle of the Pacific which can go for weeks without much wind.

It seems he needs to sail to some latitude which puts him in the record books for 33,000 nm although it's only 22,000 circumference I geuess the record was originally recorded from the uk. I seem to recall this from other Aussie record breakers the Jessie's!

I can see a couple of issues with the yellow route..

Unfortunately Andy made the decision last week to pull out of his record attempt and head to St Lucia to repair his boat then sail home via the Panama Canal. Bloody great effort and he will still have sailed around the world

Nothing too serious I hope.

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Guitz said..
Nothing too serious I hope.

Self steering and satphone/comms issues making a Cape Horn passage not viable.

Andy will probably be gutted, but fantastic effort, he was going so well.
But silver lining is he can now stop at some wonderful places in the Caribbean & across the Pacific.

Bugger. We were all rooting for you mate. Tough decision, have a great trip home.