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The 2022 San Diego to Vallarta International Yacht Race divided the 30 entrants among three start dates on March 10-12 for the 1050 nm course. Here’s the update from March 15, 2022:
As the sun came up today on the 2022 Puerto Vallarta race track, the YB tracker reveals some great stuff. If the Windy.com weather overlay is to be believed, a little river of green with white lines is flowing south out of the Sea of Cortez. That is money! First, the more ‘northerly’ direction the wind, the better for sailors reaching to the east on a port gybe. Second, the green-ish tint indicates wind strength of 10-ish knots.
The wind strength key is across the bottom of the screen, and while it is not a vibrant green (high teens), it is not covered in the dreaded ‘blue bayou’ that indicates wind of 5 kts or less. While the morning 0800 roll calls are reporting a few lulls in the ‘green’ winds, expectations are for the daily thermals to develop and help the fleet stay compressed and on a fast track to the finish…
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