RB08 results

[John Kennett]

Results for Bangor to Oban are up. RIBs take 8 of the top 10 places so far, and Goldfish are looking very good with places 1, 3 and 9.

I've put together a spreadsheet for anyone who is interested. It's quite basic, but you can sort by leg/class etc. I'll try to keep this updated for the rest of the race, but if anyone wants to do a more clever version then feel free!

John

[John Kennett]

At this stage of the race, the positions only tell a small part of the story. With four legs still to run, and only six hours between the top thirty boats, a lot can change.

Here are the current placings and the time differences:

1 22 Lionhead Goldfish RIB 00:00:00
2 333 Blue FPT Buzzi 00:13:09
3 33 Gutta Boyz Goldfish RIB 00:23:37
4 55 Braveheart III Scanner RIB 00:37:48
5 4 Hardleys Revenger 00:41:32
6 9 Vilda Dahl RIB 01:03:55
7 80 Seahound V Scorpion RIB 01:07:10
8 12 Birretta Buzzi RIB 01:21:17
9 77 Sealbay Goldfish RIB 01:24:34
10 2 Hot Lemon Scorpion RIB 01:32:39
11 7 Going Lean Sunseeker 01:33:22
12 471 Silverline Buzzi 01:38:37
13 43 Swipewipes.co.uk Phantom 01:57:42
14 96 Mr Mako Pascoe RIB 02:12:51
15 69 The Bandit Hunton RIB 02:22:58
16 343 Carbon Neutral Revenger RIB 02:25:01
17 8 Power Products Marine Phantom 02:26:43
18 5 Northern Spirit Flipper 02:45:43
19 47 Relentless Revenger RIB 03:09:26
20 110 Seafarer Scorpion RIB 03:11:39
21 111 Venturer Buzzi RIB 03:15:51
22 88 Tequila Scorpion RIB 03:26:59
23 16 Team Scorpion Dubois Scorpion RIB 03:41:06
24 3 My Pleasure II Osprey RIB 03:51:05
25 17 TFO Revenger 03:54:57
26 130 Fugitive Shakespeare 04:02:31
27 102 Team Pulsar - Vampire Ribcraft RIB 04:53:53
28 15 Buro Botnia Targa 04:56:24
29 185 GEE Souter 05:54:33
30 101 Team Pulsar - Wolf Humber RIB 05:59:35

[John Kennett]

Looking at the individual classes there are some real scraps coming up:

HC1
1 185 GEE Souter 00:00:00
2 747 Team 747 Fairey 00:19:58

MC1
1 333 Blue FPT Buzzi 00:00:00
2 55 Braveheart III Scanner RIB 00:24:39
3 80 Seahound V Scorpion RIB 00:54:01
4 12 Birretta Buzzi RIB 01:08:08
5 16 Team Scorpion Dubois Scorpion RIB 03:27:57
6 15 Buro Botnia Targa 04:43:15
7 6 Mystic Dragon Scorpion RIB 10:46:56

MC2
1 8 Power Products Marine Phantom 00:00:00
2 5 Northern Spirit Flipper 00:19:00
3 17 TFO Revenger 01:28:14
4 130 Fugitive Shakespeare 01:35:48

RB1
1 111 Venturer Buzzi RIB 00:00:00
2 81 Wettpunkt.com Buzzi 03:27:35

RB2
1 471 Silverline Buzzi 00:00:00
2 69 The Bandit Hunton RIB 00:44:21

RB3
1 22 Lionhead Goldfish RIB 00:00:00
2 33 Gutta Boyz Goldfish RIB 00:23:37
3 4 Hardleys Revenger 00:41:32
4 9 Vilda Dahl RIB 01:03:55
5 2 Hot Lemon Scorpion RIB 01:32:39
6 7 Going Lean Sunseeker 01:33:22
7 343 Carbon Neutral Revenger RIB 02:25:01
8 47 Relentless Revenger RIB 03:09:26
9 110 Seafarer Scorpion RIB 03:11:39
10 88 Tequila Scorpion RIB 03:26:59

RB4
1 77 Sealbay Goldfish RIB 00:00:00
2 43 Swipewipes.co.uk Phantom 00:33:08
3 96 Mr Mako Pascoe RIB 00:48:17
4 3 My Pleasure II Osprey RIB 02:26:31
5 102 Team Pulsar - Vampire Ribcraft RIB 03:29:19
6 101 Team Pulsar - Wolf Humber RIB 04:35:01
7 14 Mud Swell & Beers Picton RIB 04:43:53
8 45 Team Jersey Mannefelt 14:35:13
9 10 Black Gold Scorpion RIB 16:35:13

[John Kennett]

I've updated the spreadsheet so it's a bit clearer, and added the time differences.

John

[Allen]

[QUOTE=John Kennett;254179] At this stage of the race, the positions only tell a small part of the story. With four legs still to run, and only six hours between the top thirty boats, a lot can change.


Listening to the drivers briefing in Bangor yesterday morning there appeared to be dissatisfaction with time penalties imposed on some of the boats for infringing restricted areas. Teams were told that they need not file a protest at that time, but just register their intention to file a protest at a later date.
So it may be a while before any timing changes are revealed.

I think Hot Lemon and Mr Mako (amongst others) were questioning their times.

Good spreadsheet. Much easier to understand than the RB08 site.

Allen

[John Kennett]

I had heard that a couple of boats would be penalised for infringements on day one, but as far as I know that hasn't been confirmed yet. Given that the exclusion areas are clearly defined and all the boats will have a GPS record of their course, there shouldn't be much room for debate.

I hope that the decisions get confirmed one way or another because at the moment an hour looks like it could make a big difference.

John

[Allen]

This was mentioned. The organisers are relying on the Marine Track record but competitors argue that this system does not update often enough to accurately record the track of a fast moving boat.
Agree that it needs sorting quickly, but I'm not sure that it will be because the teams don't actually have to make the detailed protest yet!
Maybe the lay day will give the organisers time to look at it.
Allen

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by John Kennett

all the boats will have a GPS record of their course, there shouldn't be much room for debate.

Except that there may be two versions of the truth.... the MarineTrack plot, and, if enabled, the boat's own GPS plot. If those disputing the alleged infringement haven't got this enabled, they may be kicking themselves.

Originally Posted by Allen

The organisers are relying on the Marine Track record but competitors argue that this system does not update often enough to accurately record the track of a fast moving boat.

It's a fair point, and I hope that anyone using this system as "evidence" understands how it works.... from an observer's point of view it seems to interpolate between plotted points, so if it looses connection, a straight line appears to be drawn between the two known plots. Only the boat skipper and his crew know where they really went between those two points.

[Julian]

Just heard Hot Lemon has had the penaltey overturned and they are now 3rd overall. That should please them.

Not sure what the penalty was for though

Julian

[Paul Beaurain]

Great news for Hot Lemon.

We will have to wait for the full story, I suspect, on this one.

Paul