Just received text from Pegasus:
"We are motoring the last bit. Will be fine for leg two. Nearly in St Petersburg. Will be there tomorrow."
Thursday, 9 July 2009
First leg - Race Facts
Reported positions:
| Date | Time | Position Overall | and in class | Current Position | Distance to go | Average Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July | 0500 | 44 | 4 | 55.14N 18.38E | 2.08 | |
| 6 July | 1600 | 23 | 8 | 56.17N 19.31E | 327.02 | 4.08 |
| 7 July | 0500 | 20 | 7 | 57.47N 20.43E | 229.04 | 5.31 |
| 7 July | 1600 | 26 | 10 | 58.35N 21.22E | 177.43 | 5.16 |
| 8 July | 0500 | 31 | 9 | 59.13N 22.17E | 130.00 | 4.84 |
| 8 July | 1600 | Retired | 59.22N 23.24E | - | - | |
Broken Gaff. Fixed at sea but decided not to risk further damage.
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
Retired from this leg
Just received this text from Amy:
"Hi everyone! We have retired from this leg of the race because of a rubbish weather forecast and a broken gaff but we are all OK, very tired but looking forward to Russia. We are in Estonian waters now but can't really see anything! Foggy and a bit overcast. Ho hum!"
"Hi everyone! We have retired from this leg of the race because of a rubbish weather forecast and a broken gaff but we are all OK, very tired but looking forward to Russia. We are in Estonian waters now but can't really see anything! Foggy and a bit overcast. Ho hum!"
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
2 days out...
No direct news from Pegasus.
Caz reports:
"According to JL, the wind has now dropped – very light from aft which is rubbish for us, a bit better for the square riggers but nonetheless the front end of the fleet will be slowing right down. Maybe Pegasus and others a bit further back will keep the wind for longer, I don’t know! All I know about Pogoria is that she lost all three masts but no-one was hurt, and she’s being towed to Finland. JL reported lots of squalls today – wind from 5 knots to 30 knots in seconds, and then back again, so it could have been that, or gear failure – I really have no idea. Just amazingly lucky to have no injuries."
Caz reports:
"According to JL, the wind has now dropped – very light from aft which is rubbish for us, a bit better for the square riggers but nonetheless the front end of the fleet will be slowing right down. Maybe Pegasus and others a bit further back will keep the wind for longer, I don’t know! All I know about Pogoria is that she lost all three masts but no-one was hurt, and she’s being towed to Finland. JL reported lots of squalls today – wind from 5 knots to 30 knots in seconds, and then back again, so it could have been that, or gear failure – I really have no idea. Just amazingly lucky to have no injuries."
Monday, 6 July 2009
Pictures of the Event
You can find pictures of the event on www.sailtraininginternational.org
Thanks again to Caz for providing the link.
Thanks again to Caz for providing the link.
Tracking the race progress
After the first check, the Pagasus is lying 4th in class. With little wind, progress is very slow. The engine cannot be used during the race itself. They report a speed of 2.08 knots. We were running up to 6 knots with the engine during the voyage out; she can do up to 11 knots with a good wind.
You can follow the race progress using the links below. The explanation is from Caroline (Caz) White of the Ocean Youth Trust. Their boat is the John Laing.
You can follow the race progress using the links below. The explanation is from Caroline (Caz) White of the Ocean Youth Trust. Their boat is the John Laing.
"Positions on handicap are here:
http://www.tallshipsraces.com/balticresults/.
I suggest you choose "Sort order - position by class" as the Class B's are generally the slowest in the fleet so they come an awful long way down the overall list. Pegasus is actually doing well in class. Though the handicapping system doesn't really give a fair reflection of performance for all of us anyway - it takes into account things such as length overall, biggest headsail size and vessel age, but doesn't include vessel weight. So John Laing - being steel and weighing 55 tonnes - actually has to give time to modern composite vessels of the same size which may weigh 20 tonnes less. You may imagine that in light winds this is pretty disastrous for us, hence currently 29th in class and 72nd overall!
http://www.tallshipsraces.com/balticresults/.
I suggest you choose "Sort order - position by class" as the Class B's are generally the slowest in the fleet so they come an awful long way down the overall list. Pegasus is actually doing well in class. Though the handicapping system doesn't really give a fair reflection of performance for all of us anyway - it takes into account things such as length overall, biggest headsail size and vessel age, but doesn't include vessel weight. So John Laing - being steel and weighing 55 tonnes - actually has to give time to modern composite vessels of the same size which may weigh 20 tonnes less. You may imagine that in light winds this is pretty disastrous for us, hence currently 29th in class and 72nd overall!
The other page to look at is http://www.tallshipsraces.com/baltic/, which shows position on the water. It's a bit unclear at the moment as the fleet is pretty bunched up, but it gets easier as people spread out; and, again, you can select a vessel or a class to look at.
Both pages get updated twice a day - the radio schedules are normally at 0500 and 1700 but they say to allow 3 hours to do the calculations and put things on the web so you have to wait a bit."
Sunday, 5 July 2009
The Race has begun
5th July 2009, 18:50 BST, England
The Pegasus is now somewhere out in the Baltic, heading towards St Petersburg, and out of contact for probably most of the week.
I left at 7am local time for the airport. While waiting for my flight, there were two pieces on the local TV news about the event. They showed the ships leaving port for the Parade of Sail, focussing on the large 3 masters.
The link below shows a birds eye view of the main basin. Pegasus is in the top left corner. The white boat is Sorlandet from Norway and the green one is Alexander von Humbolt from Germany.
http://zagle.miasto.gdynia.pl/en/component/content/article/105 The Pegasus is in the middle of the second raft down from the top. You can recognise her by the green boom cover.
This is the site for St Petersburg: http://www.tsr2009.ru/en/
This is the site for Turku: http://www.tallshipsrace.fi/en/
If anyone finds any other links with information about the race then please can you put a reference here as a comment?
The Pegasus is now somewhere out in the Baltic, heading towards St Petersburg, and out of contact for probably most of the week.
I left at 7am local time for the airport. While waiting for my flight, there were two pieces on the local TV news about the event. They showed the ships leaving port for the Parade of Sail, focussing on the large 3 masters.
The link below shows a birds eye view of the main basin. Pegasus is in the top left corner. The white boat is Sorlandet from Norway and the green one is Alexander von Humbolt from Germany.
http://zagle.miasto.gdynia.pl/en/component/content/article/105 The Pegasus is in the middle of the second raft down from the top. You can recognise her by the green boom cover.
This is the site for St Petersburg: http://www.tsr2009.ru/en/
This is the site for Turku: http://www.tallshipsrace.fi/en/
If anyone finds any other links with information about the race then please can you put a reference here as a comment?
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