Expedition Navigation Software / Sydney-Southport Celestial

**Posted by DuncanR** 8/02/2018 3:34 am

All, on Sailing Anarchy is our latest contribution to Art at Sea, look for Southport 2018. After an early unwise choice saw us deep, we got back to 4th on IRC, not bad for 2008 TP52.

**Posted by Ernie M** 8/13/2018 5:13 am

Duncan,
Couldn't find anything on Celestial on SA, whats the url?
Well done on the 4th!
Cheers,
Ernie

**Posted by ZeeZee** 8/13/2018 9:52 am

Indeed, couldn't find the story either.

"we got back to 4th on IRC, not bad for 2008 TP52"
So you suggest that IRC favors the latest generation TP52's over the older generations?

**Posted by DuncanR** 8/13/2018 3:28 pm

TP52s are an arms race. The newer ones (i.e. generally later than 2012/13 are lighter, stiffer and wider. Even allowing for IRC we cannot stay with them. Ichi Ban gives us a princely 1.7 minutes an hour ...

**Posted by ZeeZee** 8/13/2018 10:12 pm

Maybe time to shift to ORC...... then at least a scientific approach is used to calculate the handicap ;-)

**Posted by DuncanR** 8/14/2018 3:35 am

Zee, look at the article on this year's generation of TPs in Seahorse mag online .... and maybe Aus is peculiar with so many TPs racing offshore, but the size and config just seems to have a sweet spot among owners here.

**Posted by ZeeZee** 8/14/2018 7:22 am

You are fortunate to have all these nice toys over there. Enjoy them while you can Duncan!

**Posted by Ernie M** 8/18/2018 9:19 am

Duncan,
I stumbled on this news piece... you guys are getting a lot of well deserved press!
Cheers,
Ernie

https://www.doylesails.com/news/chutzpah-claim-irc-overall-win-in-noakes-sydney-to-gold-coast