dollythelw Posted August 6, 2008 Author Share Posted August 6, 2008 thems the rules Pete, but you can use any width you like though so feel free to grab some 36" wide flotation tyres the entry forms are out, ours is in prologue is a 10 hour 20km stage, leaving the fastest with a maximum of 51 hours to get on with the rest of the greenlaning should you win the prologue.. 12/13 day tour from the UK, maybe less if (when) it all goes badly wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martins Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 True and true. About to or not to go: I was on the Ladoga 2007 (btw - met there some guys from UK, in the closing event together we painted the head of my hairless pilot with green spray paint, if somebody remebers that - hi! ). Ladoga is fun for the whole family! This is piece of cake. Ladoga format - one day race, after that go to camp, there are mechanics etc, the team repairs your car (we went with Defender, and there were some more). Even if your team fails to attend (our did, for one or other reason, and all reasons were searious), you can go only two, if you can arrange somedy to move your support car. Grand Tourism, Tourism, TR1, I think even Tr2 will be evacuated, and even not so - the closest road, or something close to road usually is some 10-20km away. Vepskij Les is different story. 3 days, now you have to sleep for 4 hours (the car should not move) or something like that, but even that is sooo little, and no help at all. This is harder. Last year the ATV team from Latvia at about middle of the race changed from competing mode to survival mode, just to get their gear out of the woods. And the woods are muuuch more without any possibility of transportation. The amount of mud - it depends on the weather. Ladoga 2007 was dry (even then I found on some LR boards some posts like "tourism in Ladoga is like hardest tracks in UK"). One track we went as first, we completed it in some 40 minutes. In 2006 the same track took about 36 hours. Another thing - there is a class, called Open. It was born in Latvia some years ago, the reason - many poeple had something in their yards and sheds, and that something did not fit in any class. So Open is kinda open, there are the usual "no tractor parts" etc limitations etc. The most significant - tyre size and ground clearing I suppose (have to read it). Last week came a message from Jurij Offchinjikov, Open in Vepskij Les will be organized by Latvian regulation, it should be published anyway (if any problems - please ask, will try to help). Why the tyre width, "all original" etc regulations: trophy raid in Russia has become a play field for millionaires, sometimes there are seen even two TR3 cars actually working for one TR2 car to win. These regulations are part of trying to make the game more or less even for all competitors. So if your tyres are too big, there always is the latvian way for correcting it (pic from my Ladoga 2007 album): http://martini.pudele.com/galerija/v/Troph...ageViewsIndex=1 Myself - still trying to decide about Vepskij Les, to go or to go next year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uazvet Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Hi All The vepskii site has loads of info about specs and regs etc, but nothing about location of base camp - anyone got gps coordinates? Thinking about visiting and cheering youse all on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollythelw Posted September 3, 2008 Author Share Posted September 3, 2008 Martins - I cant work out how you get 1 or 2 Tr3 cars onto a Tr2 course to help a car when the courses are many Kms apart and the satelite tracking fitted to the cars reports any deviation of more than 50 metres from the course...? maybe at another Trophy but not at Ladoga I think this year was dry also but yes I was there racing proto in 2006 proto and it got a little damp fingers crossed next year the rain will come and we can all enjoy some deeper water and wetter journeys Uazvet - camp is at N60 30 000, E34 29 200, it would be good to see you - bring red bull!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollythelw Posted September 4, 2008 Author Share Posted September 4, 2008 A week of rain... Oh good the water level is up by a metre... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lansalot Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Room for a "cameraman" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollythelw Posted September 5, 2008 Author Share Posted September 5, 2008 Russian visa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6cyltdi Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 A decent camera and a steady hand wouldn't go amiss too Andrew.... Help fund finishing of mine and you can hide in the back.... Or co-drive if Alex is competing next year aswell.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lansalot Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 OK, I just got a crappy lovely Sony CD player off ebay, you can have it for free for travelling-tunes. Deal ? Will be practising my steady-hand technique at Brahan on Sunday if you're about (Just read that last bit back - all sounds a bit worrying...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollythelw Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 Time to load up and head North - see ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ced Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 good luck over there !!! Keep us posted and don't freeze your balls off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 one day... one day we will join you guys! good luck and kick some ass! and as Ced said, keep us posted! rgds H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Just had a call from Jez, they made it to the ferry at Harwich with 15 mins to spare, and the ferry to Helsinki an hour late however, after some alcohol-based bribery they were ushered onto the ferry as the ramp was being raised by the sound of things. Next stop, Finland. There's supposed to be an online rolling blog of Vepsskii but I can't for the life of me find it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ced Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 what is it with them and ferry's ? Do they ever be in time for there boats ? Anyway, good luck and have fun ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Do they ever be in time for there boats ? A second early is a second wasted Unfortunately due to the Eurotunnel fire and all the chaos that caused, the boat to Holland was an hour late, which meant they were an hour late getting to Travemunde. You can't really make up time in a 300TDi disco with a 3.5 ton trailer on the back, it was 4th gear all the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 ...a 300TDi disco with a 3.5 ton trailer on the back... Phew, hasn't broken yet then... My life won't be worth living if it doesn't make it there and back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Phew, hasn't broken yet then... My life won't be worth living if it doesn't make it there and back... Does the extended warranty cover the possibility of towing them back from Harwich docks in 10 days time? If so, it saves me a job (Oh and they managed to leave the spare wheel bearings behind, let's hope they don't need them!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSD Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Wish I'd realised it was *this* weekend they were setting off... I've still got the HOFS satellite phone in bits on my bench! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Dave - don't worry, what's the worst that can happen? A couple of updates via text message: Tyres are cut, heading 2 kims, 1 small water leak (fixed) about 2 hours work 2 do. Koope loves team dvd and credits :-) he wants 2 sell it in his shop. Ello mista- we in russia heading fnr st p. Nothing as yet today, I suspect they're either busy or out of mobile coverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escape Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Best of luck to the team, looking forward to the updates and pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbocharger Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Never mind the event, sounds like Jez & crew are the only people stupid enough to be importing vodka to Russia... Good luck team HOFS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrfun Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Any news or pictures from russia???? I want to see some new mudporn pics. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Apart from the occasional text message, I don't think we'll see or hear much until they finish and are back in civilisation. Assuming they finish of course there are a couple of TR1 guys "looking out" for Jez & Kim if they need help, but a TR1 car wouldn't even get near a Proto if it was in real trouble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Update: Had a call from Jez, they've done the prologue and are on their way to the start with the "press lap". They've suffered from a bit of water ingress which is causing issues, but hopefully will be sorted with a bit of drying out. For obvious reasons I couldn't stop and chat to Jez for ages, so more as I get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Another update, I can't quote Jez directly but he says Vepsskii is "gosh darned tricky" They sorted the earlier issue and are still going OK at the moment, the attrition rate is massive apparently. Mouse is taking a beating (just for a change) but still fighting. They're stopping for the mandatory rest/sleep stop now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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