About Us
Our Capabilities
Race Recon is an international venture capital firm that invests in high-risk high-speed athletes and expeditions. We are a team of experienced finance, risk management, marketing and extreme sports professionals that have a hands-on approach and assists in building world-class athletes and expedition teams, like Crossing the Ditch.
Case Study - Crossing the Ditch
Day 1 - 13 Nov 2007
Expedition Analysis
Welcome to Race Recon's expedition analysis overview of Crossing the Ditch. This series of updates will take you behind the scenes to see some of the technical aspects of planning a world first. For more information or the opportunity to discuss the analysis, please go to our Crossing the Ditch Forum or visit our brand new Facebook Page.
Crossing the Ditch have started out with a plan of attack to cross the ditch based on the latest meteorological and oceanographic intelligence. Ten waypoints have been established to help guide the crew of Lot 41 amid high seas and strong currents.
The image below shows Lot 41's location 8 hrs into the expedition. The drift SSW started when the team stopped to report in on their evening sked and demonstrates how strong the current is pulling them SSW.
Finally, the image below is an overlay of Lot 41s current position in comparison to the planned way points, overlayed with the CSIROs sea surface currents. This overlay gives a better example of why the planned route ventures SE before heading directly for NZ.
The forecast for the next week is as follows:
Wind across the region bounded by 32.5-34.0S and 153-155E
WED 14 N-NNE/10-15; N/1
THU 15 N/12-15; N/2
FRI 16 N-NNE/12-16; N/2
SAT 17 N-NNW/14-18; N/2
SUN 18 NE/10-14;
MON 19 E/12-15;
TUE 20 NE/16-20;
End of analysis
For further questions and discussion, please go to our Crossing the Ditch Forum or visit our brand new Facebook Page.
- Navigation