You popped into the Chatham Islands off sails?

whereupon he dropped anchor in poo bay.

Hold on, didn't Beglee once hint that he was interested in Bush Conservation?

Gameweek 16 Progress.
(Week 4 of Leg 2)

Same download options as last time - a slim version and a fatter one (with models). Network still version coming soon.

Simple

With Models

(Save to Disk and load from there)


The Race
The penultimate week of Leg 2 has the first few boats sailing into Wellington - however the Chatham Islands and the southern tip of New Zealand's North Island have claimed some victims which is sure to disappoint a number of skippers who were set to claim podium positions until misfortune struck.

Pool A
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Eager to be first across the finish line Tevez/Adebayor only managed to sail Special Riders onto the rocks - a mistake that both The Bare Bones and Förbrytarbeteende IK took advantage of by completing the Leg in 1st and 2nd positions. Congratulations to skippers Five long bones and Not our Donna and their crews who can now take a weeks break before restarting again in GW18.

Special Riders isn't out of it yet and now only has 99Nms left to try and secure 3rd spot - ahead of grob's gobsmackers who is the only other boat in this pool whose target is the finish line, although he may have been able to reach it this week had he not stopped sailing with 4 tacks still to go.

A Smoked Cheese Pig comes next - having been blown northwards in mid-week - but now back on track.

Sligos Donkeys are running in 6th but really need to get over whatever physiological problem they have crossing the waylines. Last week was wayline 4 and this week it's wayline 5 and they are gradually being caught by the rest of the fleet - the nearest of which are Doomsday, No-Eye Deer and Bondi Stars, the latter coming in from the north so the Chatham Islands may still come into play for him.

Further back still sees Erins Own, who decided against penguin spotting after all, SMELLY CRAZY SKUNKS and Trigger Happy, who lost Ireland overboard at the end of tack 8. While both Erins Own and SMELLY CRAZY SKUNKS tried to help, without having to alter course too much, neither made it, although Erins Own was only short by some 10-15Nms. The result was that Trigger Happy spent 2 tacks rescuing Ireland from the freezing waters.

At the back Team DDG 2658 and Proverbs Three Five are still trying to come to terms with the difficulties the Southern Ocean presents and it's highly unlikely that either will reach Wellington before the claxon sounds the end of the leg next week.

Pool B
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Close racing at the front saw 4 boats make it across the finish line before the end of the week. First to do this was Cakes North End FC on tack 5 who was duly awarded the 14 points available. Congrations go to Jonathan Cakes for his great seamanship on this leg.

Tack 8 saw both luckysevens.co.uk and The Red Ranger cross the line - but it's luckysevens.co.uk who takes the 13 points by virtue of using less of his tack to achieve the goal. The final boat to be getting a week off is Trumpton Hotspur who finished 2 tacks later. Well done to all those skippers who can now take their time to enjoy the sites of the New Zealand capital.

Smoke City, Getafe King Life and Ardley Athletic are still out at sea but now have their sights firmly set on the finish line although Getafe King Life's crew could also be relaxing in Wellington if they too hadn't stopped racing at the end of tack 11.

Big problems for Mongoose Budvar King who ran aground on the Chatham Islands at the end of tack 9. On restarting he spent a couple of tacks treading water and promptly ran aground again. To the amusement of the local population crewman Miller managed to fall overboard while the boat was beached - a blessing in disguise as no further penalty will be applied as the boat was not racing at the time - although skipper mongoose didn't look too happy with the situation.

Whiz Bang Wallop is approaching waypoint 5 with Nelsons Admirals not far behind - however the latter could well have been further up the field had crewman Yakubu not lost concentration when showing off a new trick he'd learnt with his hat or crewman Green not lost all sense of direction.

Some distance back are The 9 Commandments, Athletic Philbao and leg 1 winner FISO.co.uk who are neck-and-neck, with Roman Villa bringing up the rear.

Pool C
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After a 3rd place finish in leg1 Halfway Up Virginia improved by 2 places to be first to finish this leg on tack 9. Slarty is obviously one of the skippers in form.

Clearly No Way and Busk When It's Xmas take 2nd and 3rd, both on tack 11, with Clearly No Way taking the 13 points.

Well done Slarty, CanaryYellow and flyingkillercob for three great performances.

Crazy Canucks looks set for 4th, unless disaster strikes, as he comes in from the north, with IblameFlyman and Honeyballs in hot pursuit. Unfortunately for the only female skipper in the fleet the first tack of next week will be backtracking to go to the assistance of Sultan Of Barnet FC who lost crewman Miller overboard on the last tack of the week. She will be joined in this rescue mission by Y'all be bad who at least will be staying roughly on course in doing so.

This is fortunate as Y'all be bad has had a difficult week and really needs to recoup the massive amount of ground he has lose. Tack 7 saw the Ronaldo/Bentley watch run the boat on to the rocks of the Chatham Islands - and on restarting crewman Cole took them straight back to land again. Restarting a second time, from waypoint 5, little headway was made on the three remaining tacks.

Apathetic Thistle comes next followed by Cow Tipping Dwarfs and then Luke's Giants who is one boat who is probably hoping for bad navigation at the beginning of next week as there is land, those Chatham Islands again, in a near direct path to his current target waypoint - waypoint 5.

The final 3 boats in this pool, Lythgoe's Disciples, Kazma United and The Goats bring up the rear but compared to other pools' tailenders are doing fairly well - but unfortunately look set to only pick up consolation points. Still only one more week before the boats get a respray - purple being a colour Lythgoe's Disciples feels may be responsible for his poor showing in this leg after being a winner in the previous one.

Pool D
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Bullys Special Prize is so far the only boat to have finished from this pool. Crossing the line on tack 9 sees them pick up 14 hard won points. Congratulations to Digsby and his crew.

Had Robots in Disguise not run aground on the same tack it would have been a close finish - but as it is Robots in Disguise is now battling for 3rd/4th with Easy Beesy - with CA Vellus Arsefield seeming assured of 2nd being only 39Nms short at the end of the week - although skipper beglee had trouble reinvigorating his crew once misfortune had struck as they only progressed 40Nm in the last 4 tacks after their restart. Will he be able to pull his crew back together next week?

After giving the Chatham Islands a wide berth by going to the north of them The Wyld Ones are taking risks but if all goes well a top 5 placing is on the cards - and is the last of the boats heading for port.

The King Of Kings lies in 6th having recovered from losing crewman Ireland overboard at the end of tack 8. His position was helped by both The Doughboys and Richt's Biscuit's responding to his SOS and reaching him within one tack and therefore saving him from spending too long with his grappling hook in hand. Richt's Biscuit's and The Doughboys, along with Blue Scorpions FC, are a short distance behind him now but the latter two boats could well be on course for the Islands that have caused other boats so much anguish this week. Only time will tell whether they pass them unscathed.

The remaining boats, Naked Pirates, The Drogs, Lokomotiv Croydon, 1086 and Book 'Em Delgetti bring up the rear and while they are all making steady progress it will probably only be enough for the minor points.

The Southern Ocean has severely tested all the crews and 1 weeks racing now remains before the leg 2 is concluded.

Finally a bit of side game success.
What a turn round after the dross of Leg 1 when it was like Pongo and them other old turds in a bathtub out of Last of the Summer Wine.
Roll on Leg 3

I must say sorry to those teams coming to my aid and a hearty thank you as well. Don't know what my crew are up to, that's the second man I've lost in 2 weeks. Must be polishing the decks too much and making it slippery in these rough seas. Either that or they've been sipping too much rum and coke.
Once again Romyn PG well done, great game.

What a disaster!! A guaranteed 2nd place and possible 1st thrown away thanks to crewman Tevez drinking one of our last few bottles of whiskey before his watch and subsequently missing the finish line!
But he wasn't the only one to blame, as crewmen Adebayor, Agbonlahor, Gordon, Garrido, Muamba & Fabregas were all guilty of partying with Tevez, and guzzling up the last of the ship's whiskey supply, and then falling asleep on their watches, so the boat went nowhere after Tevez's gaff!!

If Mr Green somehow manages to duplicate his 11-pt haul of last week, then we should cruise home in 3rd, but it's gonna be a tough fight to secure the points, especially as we've no whiskey left to motivate the crew! But maybe that'll be a blessing in disguise as our navigation might benefit from clear heads

Well, despite losing a total of 3 crew overboard since leaving Buenos Aires, I've managed a 3rd to go with my 3rd from Leg 1 I reckon that out of the boats to have made it home in this leg, Slarty has an amazing 26 out of a possible 28 points, followed by Andybarrell on 25 and me on 24. Possibly there are others that I missed, but 24/28 is good enough for me

Now I'm off to find some more committed crew members

I seem to be doing well in this game of games by being consistently ...err average

Right, I'm off to find me some hot New Zealand girlies for a night on the town

reminds me of nikumarooro island.
of course, heard island would have to be one of my favs.
reminds me of the one where the thunderbirds base was.

Gameweek 17 Progress.
(Week 5 of Leg 2)

Same download options as last time - a slim version and a fatter one (with models). Network still version coming soon.

Simple

With Models

(Save to Disk and load from there)


The Race
The last week of Leg 2 has the bulk of the fleet reaching Wellington - with few incidents to report. All the crews look very tired but they have only a few days to recharge their batteries before the short hop to Sydney.

Pool A
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With 2 boats already in port Special Riders is next to cross the line on the first tack of the week. Relief all round for the crew after their problems the previous week.

They were followed by grob's gobsmackers and A Smoked Cheese Pig a few tacks later - chased hard by Sligos Donkeys and No-Eye Deer who both made it on tack 7 - with Sligos Donkeys pipping the organisers boat by a small margin.

Bondi Stars and Doomsday were next - followed by Erins Own who was the last of the boats to finish this leg on the final tack of the week.

Trigger Happy and SMELLY CRAZY SKUNKS had the finish line in their sights but just ran out of time. Proverbs Three Five and Team DDG 2658 were some distance out with the latter still suffering from an under performing crew.

Pool B
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4 boats had already completed the leg and their crews were off sightseeing and not around to see the remainder of the pool fight for the other points.

Smoke City secured himself 10 on the first tack - followed closely by Getafe King Life on the next. Ardley Athletic then finished behind them in 7th.

Tack 6 brought a minor skirmish between Whiz Bang Wallop and Mongoose Budvar King - but it was Whiz Bang Wallop who prevailed. Nelson Admirals came next to be the last of this pool to complete the leg in the alloted time.

Leg 1 winner FISO.co.uk finished the leg run-aground on the beaches of the North Island - with fatigue setting in crewman Bent fell asleep on his watch and as a result FISO.co.uk has a few repairs to make before limping back to port.

Finally Athletic Philbao, The 9 Commandments and Roman Villa all received the call by radio that the clock had ticked over and that they could turn their engines on to motor into the New Zealand capital to prepare for the next leg.

Pool C
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The first 3 places in this pool had already been decided so it was 4th spot that Crazy Canucks and IblameFlyman were racing for until tack 3 saw Crazy Canucks earn the extra point.

Despite going to the assistance of Sultan Of Barnet FC on the first tack of the week Y'all be bad still finished ahead of him in 6th. The second boat to respond to the SOS was Honeyballs who had to turn around in order to do so and lost vital ground that she couldn't make up and therefore finished behind Sultan Of Barnet FC.

The Southern Ocean had taken it's toll on Honeyballs and skipper cherylhoney has decided that while she loves the sea a more leisurely way of enjoying it needed to be found so has booked herself a 10 day Caribbean cruise around the GW23 mark - just as the fleet will be approaching Cape Town at the end of leg 4. Will she ever want to return

Apathetic Thistle, Cow Tipping Dwarfs, The Goats, Luke's Giants and Leg1 winner Lythgoe's Disciples were the other boats to complete the leg, in that order, as the week progressed with Kazma United being the only boat not to finish - although he was only 74Nm short of the line when the claxon sounded.

Pool D
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Only 1 boat from this pool finished in the previous week so loads of points were still up for grabs.

A hard fought race for 2nd and 3rd saw CA Vellus Arsefield sneak the lead over Easy Beesy on tack 2 - followed in on the next tack by Robots in Disguise who is cursing his misfortune of last week which saw him lose a potential leg win.

The Wyld Ones took 5th - with The King Of Kings just pipping The Doughboys to 6th. Richt's Biscuit's, The Drogs and Blue Scorpions FC complete the list of those that finished in time and all are now in port preparing for Leg 3.

A lack of focus by crewman Forssell on tack 10 meant Naked Pirates changed direction when only a couple of Nms short of the line and headed north - away from the finish line. This was compounded later in the week when, trying to recover, Flamini ran the boat onto the rocks. A miserable end to the leg - but at least they had the chance to offload their booty away from prying eyes. Maybe that was the plan all along

1086 and Lokomotiv Croydon nearly made it but Book 'Em Delgetti was still short of waypoint 5 when it was all over.


Well done to all skippers - one of the toughest legs is now over but there's still 5 more to go.

The draw for Leg 3 will be made shortly and the Overall standings after the first 2 legs will be posted then - although they are already in the GE files behind The Race folder.

My crew seem to get very complacent on the home stretch of these legs! In the 1st leg i was well positioned in 3rd but effed it up and got pipped to the post and only took 4th, and this time around, as Romyn said, i could've maybe taken 1st but ended up coming in 4th again!!

At least im consistent

Hopefully that was just a blip as my ship was pillaged and Keane was taken! I've invested in a couple of Gunners which should keep the opposition away.

Your Samba pirate will be cooling off in the brig for the next leg.

I had him walk the plank

I Must thank Y'all be bad and Honeyballs for thier aid last week and I hope they don't hold a grudge. I will hopefully return the favour at some future date.

i have no idea how i finished that leg.
thanks romyn.


(i hope that monkey will be spent well. )

Dude, our fridge fell off in the sea as we were doing a sharp turn!! So, we were starving in the middle of the sea,,, and therefore I decided to drop out of that hopeless race and go fishing instead,,, it was a pleasant fishing trip though!!