KevinS
Senior Insider
The transatlantic sailing race La Transat AG2R La Mondiale takes place every other year, with 2-person crews sailing 33-foot Figaro-Beneteau sailboats between Concarneau in Brittany, and St Barth. For the past few races there has been an SBHOnline contest to predict the winning boat and time. I'll post the contest rules, which have not changed:
The contest is to pick the winning AG2R La Mondiale boat and closest time of arrival as recorded at the official arrival in St. Barth. Each member can pick only one boat and one arrival time in even hours. Once a member picks that boat and time, no member can pick that boat within one hour of the original entry. For example, Tim picks -
LES PERLES DE ST BARTH 14:00 MAY 12, 2018 Tim
JEK could later pick the same boat but only so long as the arrival time was one hour different, e.g. -
LES PERLES DE ST BARTH 15:00 MAY 12, 2018 JEK
Dennis could then pick-
LES PERLES DE ST BARTH 13:00 MAY 12, 2018 Dennis
If LES PERLES DE ST BARTH comes in ahead of the fleet at 13:31 on May 12, Tim wins the grand prize - except that Tim, as a moderator, is disqualified.
The opportunity to pick your winners WILL BE ANNOUNCED when the first vessel is within approximately 1,000 miles of St. Barth. That opportunity will close once the first vessel is within 500 miles of St. Barth. Those parameters should present a window of at least 48 hours in which to choose your winner.
Please note that in the event of any questions, the decision of the site Moderators is final.
The GRAND PRIZE will be a bottle of Veuve Clicquot, donated by SBHOnline site-owner WIMCO to be picked up at the WIMCO SBH office in St Jean. I’ll add to that a Veuve Clicquot St Barth Arrow Tin, usually only available during the Les Voiles Regatta (sorry, the tin will be empty, as I have no legal means to ship alcohol).
Here are some links which are full of race-related information. Most information is in French, so being a bit bilingual or an adept user of http://translate.google.com will help:
The official race site:
http://transat.ag2rlamondiale.fr/
The team pages, listing each boat and the teams:
http://transat.ag2rlamondiale.fr/fr/...1_skippers.php
News Updates from the race:
http://transat.ag2rlamondiale.fr/fr/...actualites.php
The map, showing the approximate positions as of the last update, excepting the overnight blackout period:
http://player.georacing.com/player_ag2r2018/
There is a GeoRacing app in the Apple app store which provides the same or similar map/position information.
You can also find La Transat AG2R La Mondiale on Facebook and Twitter.
You can also find a thread here, with race updates and comments from various people (mostly me, but anyone is welcome to jump in).
https://www.sbhonline.com/forums/showthread.php/93295-La-Transat-Ag2r-La-Mondiale
Good luck to all who choose to enter! I expect that entries will open sometime in the next 2 weeks - earlier if it's a fast crossing, later if not.
Entries are not yet open, and the opportunity to make an entry will be announced when the first vessel is within approximately 1000 nautical miles of St Barth.
The contest is to pick the winning AG2R La Mondiale boat and closest time of arrival as recorded at the official arrival in St. Barth. Each member can pick only one boat and one arrival time in even hours. Once a member picks that boat and time, no member can pick that boat within one hour of the original entry. For example, Tim picks -
LES PERLES DE ST BARTH 14:00 MAY 12, 2018 Tim
JEK could later pick the same boat but only so long as the arrival time was one hour different, e.g. -
LES PERLES DE ST BARTH 15:00 MAY 12, 2018 JEK
Dennis could then pick-
LES PERLES DE ST BARTH 13:00 MAY 12, 2018 Dennis
If LES PERLES DE ST BARTH comes in ahead of the fleet at 13:31 on May 12, Tim wins the grand prize - except that Tim, as a moderator, is disqualified.
The opportunity to pick your winners WILL BE ANNOUNCED when the first vessel is within approximately 1,000 miles of St. Barth. That opportunity will close once the first vessel is within 500 miles of St. Barth. Those parameters should present a window of at least 48 hours in which to choose your winner.
Please note that in the event of any questions, the decision of the site Moderators is final.
The GRAND PRIZE will be a bottle of Veuve Clicquot, donated by SBHOnline site-owner WIMCO to be picked up at the WIMCO SBH office in St Jean. I’ll add to that a Veuve Clicquot St Barth Arrow Tin, usually only available during the Les Voiles Regatta (sorry, the tin will be empty, as I have no legal means to ship alcohol).
Here are some links which are full of race-related information. Most information is in French, so being a bit bilingual or an adept user of http://translate.google.com will help:
The official race site:
http://transat.ag2rlamondiale.fr/
The team pages, listing each boat and the teams:
http://transat.ag2rlamondiale.fr/fr/...1_skippers.php
News Updates from the race:
http://transat.ag2rlamondiale.fr/fr/...actualites.php
The map, showing the approximate positions as of the last update, excepting the overnight blackout period:
http://player.georacing.com/player_ag2r2018/
There is a GeoRacing app in the Apple app store which provides the same or similar map/position information.
You can also find La Transat AG2R La Mondiale on Facebook and Twitter.
You can also find a thread here, with race updates and comments from various people (mostly me, but anyone is welcome to jump in).
https://www.sbhonline.com/forums/showthread.php/93295-La-Transat-Ag2r-La-Mondiale
Good luck to all who choose to enter! I expect that entries will open sometime in the next 2 weeks - earlier if it's a fast crossing, later if not.
Entries are not yet open, and the opportunity to make an entry will be announced when the first vessel is within approximately 1000 nautical miles of St Barth.
