…and he’s better than before. Ali kako že pravijo… Mislim, da mu kar koristi tole vaše povpraševanje, komu pa ne bi godilo vedeti, da je nepogrešljiv. Jure, čeprav mi prirejaš prevajalske maratone, vedi da brez tebe tale stran (tako kot ekipa Adria4ocean) ne obstaja Hvala ti!

Torej:

Najprej se oproščam za daljše obdobje tišine na tem mestu, a obljubim, da se v naslednjih dneh beremo zopet bolj pogosto. Veseli me, da smo na mesto komentatorja uspeli pridobiti tudi strokovnjake in prijatelje iz tujine, Guillaume, iskreno hvala za tvoje komentarje in vroče navijanje za naše fante!

„Pot au Noire“, „Doldrums“, ITCZ (Intertropska konvergenčna cona), pas ekvatorialnih tišin, to so vse imena za področje, kjer se srečajo severovzhodni pasati s severne poloble in jugovzhodni pasati z južne poloble. Edino, kar zraku sploh še preostane, je dviganje v višine in glede na to, da je zrak vlažen, gredo zraven obvezne nevihte. Če pogledamo časovni razvoj vremenskega dogajanja v „črnem loncu“, se nam zazdi, da celotno področje ves čas diha z neko nepredvidljivo dinamiko, saj se ponekod oba pasata skoraj zaletita drug v drugega, včasih pa se naredi obsežno področje brez vetra.

In kaj pokaže pogled na Črni lonec danes? V področju, kjer je čelo flote danes, je močna nevihtna aktivnost, ki pa se umika in že čez dan bodo prvi zapeljali v jugovzhodne pasate. Glede na to, da so sedaj prvi sorazmerno blizu drug drugemu, lahko računamo, da bodo prvi (med njimi tudi Kristian) dobili vetrove ob približno istem času, kar nam potem v naslednjih dneh obeta obilo navijaških užitkov. Seveda je to vse bolj ali manj samo pobožna želja, saj se lahko zgodi tudi povsem obratno. Vendar, pustimo se presenetiti in upajmo vsaj na kanček sreče, ki si jo projekt Adria4ocean po vseh nesrečnih pripetljajih v letošnjem letu tudi zasluži.

Najbolj razveseljiva novica današnjega dne je, da se je Andraž rešil 19. mesta in da je napredoval na 17. Še bolj je razveseljivo, da se je njegova razdalja do vodilnih zmanjšala. Zaradi dejstva, da bodo prvi dobili jugovzhodne pasate že danes, tisti od zadaj pa kasneje, se bodo verjetno razdalje zopet pričele povečevati.

Kristian se je po nekaj slabih trenutkih v prejšnjih dneh, ko je njegova razdalja do vodilnih povzpela preko 100 milj zopet pobral in za prvim zaostaja že za manj kot 50 milj. Dejstvo, da je zopet najbolj zahodno, ne pove veliko. V prvem delu, ko bo zaradi JV pasatov potrebno voziti sorazmerno ostro v veter, bo imel nekoliko slabši kot, vendar razlika v hitrosti zaradi tega ne bi smela biti prevelika.

Če povzamemo: prvi bodo verjetno že danes zadeli v JV pasate, ki jih bodo prisilili v vožnjo ostro v veter. Verjetno se bodo s tem že dokončno rešili Črnega lonca, lahko pa jih še preseneti kakšna nevihta. Že jutri lahko računajo z vetrovi preko 20 vozlov, s tem pa bodo vstopili tudi v jadralsko gledano zadnjo tretjino poti, ko bodo skoraj prvič na poti od La Rochella jadrali v močnih vetrovih v veter.

Jure

..and he’s better than before. I think this begging of yours is doing him a lot of good. Well, who wouldn’t be glad to see how irreplacable he is. Jure, even though your writing means a hell of a lot of translating for me, I think it is becoming more and more obvious that this website (aswell as the team Adria4ocean) is nothing without you Thanks!

So here’s what he has to say:

First of all sorry for not writing anything the last few days, but I promise to keep you updated in the next days. I’m glad we have some expert opinions from abroad, Guillaume thanks for your coments and for your support to our guys!

Pot au Noire, Doldrums, Intertropical Convergence Zone, these are all the names for the area where NE trade winds from the northern hemisphere and the SE trade winds from the southern hempisphere meet. The air has no other choice but to rise and since the air is humid, ofcourse storms are a constant. Looking at the development of the weather in the Pot au Noir it almost seems as the whole area is oosing an unpredictable dynamics, this is due to an almost collision like meeting of both trade winds in some points and a vast area of calm at other points.

So what’s in the Pot au Noir today? The area where the head of the fleet is, there are going to be a lot of storms, but dissapearing towards the evening. During the day, the leaders will reach the SE trade winds. Since the head of the fleet is relatively close together we can safely assume that they will all (Kristian among them) reach the winds at approximately the same time, so prepare for cheerleading in the next few days. Again this is just an estimate – as we all know things can take a completely different turn in any given moment. Let’s see what happens and hope for an ounce of luck for team Adria4ocean – I think the guys deserve it after all the bad luck they had this year.

The news of the day is Andraž has finally gotten rid of 19th position and is now 17th. And what’s more he is now only 109 miles behind the race leader. But ofcourse the leaders will get the wind sooner so expect to see a larger gap in the next few days again.

Kristian had a few bad moments yesterday, his gap was over a hundred miles, but now he’s doing well again – just 50 miles behind Le Blevec. There’s not much to say about his western position. In the first part oafter the Doldrums he will have a slight disadvantage regarding the sailing angle, but he shouldn’t loose too much of his speed.

To sum things up: the leaders will reach the SE trade winds today which will force them in to beating upwind. This will most likely be the end of the Doldrums for them, minus a few possible storms. Tomorrow morning they can count on 20 knots of wind. Speaking from a sailors point of view this is the third and most difficult part of leg two. For the first time since La Rochelle they will do some heavy upwind sailing.

Jure

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