Overall standings.
Fountain 99
Osg 88
GBN Gibellato 60
Lucas 77 with Wes Wyatt and Nigel
Pignolo 53
Cranesfield wines 66
The Fantastic 1 10
57
69
76

pat W

[QUOTE=sharkeymarine;2583873]yeah u r right, I still think the boat with the most potential is GFN Gibellato
that boat had disaster starts and manged to come 2nd from way last in few occasions, yesterday they had air problems in the engines still managed to go 5th, but u had to see it on Saturday it looked always growing the more the tank got empty, I think some better race strategy and starts can make the boat go far this season

Indeed, Mr.Panatte,rented the last years Metamarine from Mr. Pennezi for the next two races.
This most probably because of the fact that his new italcraft boat is not ready yet.

Fountain 99 was very lucky to make it for the saturday race
During testing they nose dived and took a lot of water through the cockpit flood tubes. Result : lots of water in the cockpit and Craig and James almost had to use their breathing devices Nice team work btw in order to get the boat ready.
They went through some quick repairs, took all the water out and only few minutes before start of race , they made it for the line up.

I think there is some error with the points on the official site

as 60 GFN Gibellato has 250 on the official P1 site, I think that should be more then that having 210 before the start of the weekend
they took 80 points with the second place on Saturday and 40 for the fifth, total 330.

[QUOTE=sharkeymarine;2583873]Exept for the fact that in P1 there is NO telemetry system
Telemetry is no the same as data logging.

[QUOTE=vipermax;2585880]Yeah, yeah,

That's what I meant... DATA LOGGING....

Whatever you choose to call it, it seems to collect information as the boats are racing.

A breakdown discription of a course on Telemetry Systems

Introduction to Telemetry Systems

Types of telemetry systems
Basic radio telemetry system
Radio Frequency (RF) Link
Components of telemetry system
Antennas
Near-Earth and Deep Space Applications
Telemetry standards
Understanding dB
Decibels
Power Ratio
Voltage Ratio
dB Conversions
Sensors
The Ideal Transducer
Mechanisms and Measurands
Strain Gages
Accelerometers
Linear Variable Differential Transducer (LVDT)
Pressure Sensors
Potentiometric Transducers
Temperature Sensors
Thermomechanical Effects
Ultrasonic, Microwave, etc.
4-20 mA Loop
System Operating Range
Linearity and Non-linearity
Hysteresis
Environmental Effects
Case Strain or Base Strain Effect
Mounting Effects
Filtering
Analog vs. Digital filtering
Square Wave Frequency Domain
Bandpass filters
60 and 400 Hz problems
Filter characteristics
Signal Waveforms and Fourier Analysis
Square Wave
Pulse shape of a Square Wave
Complex Waveform
Addition of Sine Waves
Time and Frequency Domain
Signal Sampling
Shannon/Nyquist Theorem
Shannon's Theorem
Critical signal component
Aliasing: examples, demonstration
Telemetry Techniques: Frequency Modulation (FM) and Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM)
Carrier Modulation
Amplitude and Frequency Modulation (AM and FM)
FM:
Ground Station
Demultiplexing Stages 1 and 2
Frequencies
Techniques
Modulation Index Spectra
Guard Bands
FM Channel Mixing
Signal Sampling
Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM)
PAM Ground Station
Miscellaneous Encoding
Digital Signals, Binary Arithmetic and Analog/Digital Conversion
Numbering Systems
Signed Magnitude
2s Compliment
Comparisons
Summing numbers
Data formats
Fixed Point
Floating Point
Parity Math
Gray Code
Binary Coded Decimal (BCD)
Endians
Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog Conversion
Output Waveform of DAC
Telemetry Techniques: Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)
PCM Encoder
Airborne Instrumentation
CAIS Sources
PCM Ground Station
Bit Sync
Decommutator, Example
Optimal Frame Sync Pattern
Sample Rates vs. Bit Rates
Sub-Commutation
Frame Encoding
Formats
Super-Commutation
Super-Sub-Commutation
Sub-Sub Commutation
Discrete Inputs
Sample Plans, Exercise
Parity Bits
Receiving System Setup Issues
Receiver Settings
Bit Sync Settings
Decom Settings
Module I/O
Digital-Analog Output Module I/O
Data Bus
ARINC-429
MIL-STD-1553
IRIG-106, Chapter 8 (1553 and 429)
Recent Updates
MIL-STD-1553 Future
Other Buses
Bit Encoding
Digital Data Formats
Common Codes
Bit Syncs
Noise in the Data Stream
Viterbi and Reed-Solomon Encoding
Convolution Encoding Examples
1/3 Rate
1/2 Rate
Reed Solomon
Interleaving
Special PCM Formatting
Embedded Asynchronous
Embedded Video
Variable Word Length
Fragmented Words
Format Changes
Independent Subframes
Tagged Data Format
Burst Mode
Data Class 1 & 2
Sample/Hold
Encryption
PCM/FM
Time Codes
System Timing Information
Internal vs. External Time
Typical Time Codes
Resolution
IRIG-B
Reading Serial Code
Time Code Nomenclature
Embedded Microseconds
Is Accuracy Important?
Desktop time
Range Telecommunications
Multi-Sourced Data
Architecture
Carrier Types, Strengths and Weaknesses
IP Data Transfer
Merging File (Data) Sets
Best Source Selectors
The Computer and the Telemetry System
Data Words
Data Transfer Mechanisms
PC Computers
Getting Data to Disk
Buffer Servicing—CVT vs. Data Driven
Bus Standards
PC Systems
PC Software
Environment—Portability and Ruggedness
Buses
ISA, PCMCIA (PC Card)
PCI, VME
USB, FireWire (IEEE 1394)
SCSI (Internal), Fibre Channel
ATA and Serial ATA
RAID and Networked Storage
Networking Growth
Ethernet: Rates, Components, Physical Medium
Fiber Connectors
Software Protocols
UDP vs. TCP
Data Flow Down
Display Devices
Graphics Display Engines: Tabular, Bar Charts, Strip Charts, Alarm Pages, Quick Look
IADS
ILIAD
LabView
MatLab
Global Majic
Quinn Curtis
DataViews
Parameter Databases
Telemetry Attribute Transfer Standards (TMATS)
"Hard" Programming (Patch Panels)
Strip charts
System Processing, Testing, and Specifying
Needs for a Processing Engine
IRIG Time Testing for Processing Engine
Data Driven vs CVT Testing
System Specifications
Exercise: System Testing
Data Compression and Storage
ZFN
Data Storage
Analog Recorders: Ground, Airborne
Digital Recorder Technology: Tape, Disk, Solid-State
Digital Solid State Disk Drives
Data Recorder Technology Comparisons
Digital Recording: Rates, Video, Ethernet, CVSD, Multiplexers
IRIG chapter 10
Recording Media and Duration
Watch What You Record !!
IRIG Time Testing for Recorders
RF Transmission
UHF Bands
Digital Signal Transmission
Popular Modulation Types
Antennas
Bit Error Rate (BER)
System BER Testing
Future Visions…JTRS
Mission Planning and Data Mining
Mission Planning
Work Breakdown Structure
Mission Support Process
The Next Challenge (Data Mining)
Data Mining Tool Requirements
Three Solutions

It was good to see John Tomlinson in the race and doing what he does best...

finally news about this in the official P1 site
Panatta will be using the old Metamarine again in Tunisia, as his new hull is being prepared for a record breaking to Venice-MonteCarlo route, classic race
new boat should be used in Spain in Vigo if all goes well

championship points are still not fixed but as Metamarine and OSG should be head to head at 330 as is on the VS site
Offical Site - Virtual Spectator
OS - VS

430 - 430 FWW
340 - 330 OSG
250 - 330 GFN Metamarine
220 - 210 Lucas Oil
200 - 180 Pignolo
170 - 170 Cranefields
160 - 150 Cig Fantastic 1
130 - 130 Centurian
60 - 60 Honeyparty
30 - 30 Italcraft

hope this gets fixed

youre right liam
But theres a bit of controversy about the points
Yo're right the bianautica hull is being used for V-M-V and it is expected to be runnung at it's best in Spain. They couldn't settle with engine settups.