Scarborough Skipper Picks up Speed

Tuesday, 10 January 2023 06:00

By Matthew Pells

The Scarborough skipper taking part in the Golden Globe round the yacht race has logged the 24 hour distance record this week.

Guy Waites sailed more miles in 24 hours than anyone else in the fleet.

Guy is desperately trying to get to the cut off point in Hobart before the January 31st deadline, after a barnacle infestation slowed his progress before Christmas.

Since removing the barnacles in port at Cape town, Guy says he is making much better progress.

Of the nine remaining sailors, Guy is currently in last place, playing catchup after his slow progress due tot he barnacles.

Guy has until the end of the month to reach the stage cut off point in Hobart in Tasmania, he says getting there on time is going to be close.

Pos	Name Handicap	Start time Last pos received	DTF Dist sailed	VMG 24h DMG	(Est) Finish time (Est) Elapsed time	Corrected elapsed
1	Simon Curwen 1.000	04 Sep 14:00 09 Jan 12:00	11122 NM 16455 NM	5.0 knots 142 NM	12 Apr 21:15 220d 7h 15m 56s	220d 7h 15m 56s
2	Abhilash Tomy 1.000	04 Sep 14:00 09 Jan 12:00	11922 NM 16443 NM	4.7 knots 25 NM	25 Apr 04:46 232d 14h 46m 40s	232d 14h 46m 40s
3	Kirsten Neuschafer 1.000	04 Sep 14:00 09 Jan 12:00	11935 NM 16478 NM	4.7 knots 26 NM	25 Apr 09:53 232d 19h 53m 10s	232d 19h 53m 10s
4	Michael Guggenberger 1.000	04 Sep 14:00 09 Jan 12:00	12687 NM 15358 NM	4.4 knots 68 NM	08 May 08:08 245d 18h 8m 29s	245d 18h 8m 29s
5	Jeremy Bagshaw 1.000	04 Sep 14:00 09 Jan 12:00	13595 NM 14085 NM	4.2 knots 86 NM	25 May 23:43 263d 9h 43m 28s	263d 9h 43m 28s
6	Ian Herbert-Jones 1.000	04 Sep 14:00 09 Jan 12:00	14083 NM 14518 NM	4.0 knots 97 NM	05 Jun 13:12 273d 23h 12m 18s	273d 23h 12m 18s
7	Elliott Smith 1.000	04 Sep 14:00 09 Jan 12:00	15307 NM 13246 NM	3.6 knots 107 NM	06 Jul 05:42 304d 15h 42m 29s	304d 15h 42m 29s
8	Guy Waites 1.000	04 Sep 14:00 09 Jan 12:00	16803 NM 11163 NM	3.1 knots 84 NM	23 Aug 13:08 352d 23h 8m 42s	352d 23h 8m 42s

In his daily assessment of the competitor progress, Race Chairman, Don McIntyre, is predicting Guy will find some favourable winds over the next 48 hours.