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Where is it?
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 2:36 pm
by Mark
Looks great fun, but where is it?
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Re: Where is it?
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 3:31 pm
by sam
Fun! I think it'll only be fun watching from the rocks. Sweden, I believe a short cut used by some during a race, not sure where exactly though.
Re: Where is it?
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 5:13 pm
by claymore
Yes - Sweden
2 boats meeting their Waterloo........
Re: Where is it?
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 11:51 am
by Telo
Mark wrote:Looks great fun...........
Errmm, not too sure about that. Mind you, beats anything we've done.
Yet.
Re: Where is it?
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 7:22 pm
by Arghiro
It must be Idiot Central.
Are they Americans?
Doesn't anyone know how to read a chart/ tide table or understand that you can't win a race if you don't finish.
Re: Where is it?
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 8:34 pm
by Silkie
You can embed PB clips too.
Re: Where is it?
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 8:39 pm
by aquaplane
I'm sure I have seen that before.
It looks like the sort of place you should be careful to enter with a lot of margin for error and under full control, or maybe not.
Re: Where is it?
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 8:41 pm
by aquaplane
claymore wrote:Yes - Sweden
2 boats meeting their Waterloo........
I thought Waterloo was in Belgium, or is this the ABBA Waterloo?
Re: Where is it?
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 11:06 pm
by Alan_D
aquaplane wrote:I'm sure I have seen that before.
I'm pretty sure it was posted in TOP a year or so back, but I haven't been able to find it. I seem to remember some discussion about it being a short cut in a Swedish yacht race.
Re: Where is it?
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:21 am
by claymore
Benny and Bjorn's Waterloo
Re: Where is it?
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:41 am
by Mark
Alan_D wrote:I'm pretty sure it was posted in TOP a year or so back, but I haven't been able to find it. I seem to remember some discussion about it being a short cut in a Swedish yacht race.
Thanks, found it. It was Sweden's version of the RTIR, the Tjorn Runt (round Tjorn Island).
Re: Where is it?
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:11 pm
by Arghiro
Ahh, so they are not Americans . . .
. . . . they're even dafter, they are racing sailors, explains a lot.
Re: Where is it?
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:39 pm
by Alan_D
According to Wikipedia:
Tjörn Runt is an annual long distance sailing competition that takes place in Sweden around the island of Tjörn. The race has been held on the third Saturday of August every year since 1964. About 1,000 sailing boats sail the 28 nautical miles (52 km) around Tjörn each year.
With 1000 racing helmsmen there are bound to be one or two whose ambition exceeds their competence.
If you google for "Tjörn Runt" you find a number of videos of maritime mayhem.