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Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2012-01-25 17:19:17 - Up Helly Aa - Links and Info from 2012 to date
	A-OI!!!! welcome to this year's Up Helly Aa fire festival in Lerwick, Shetland. Buddying with http://www.shetland.org means that Sailonline will be at the heart of events! Check out the following links: Visit Shetland info Up Helly Aa organisation Up Helly Aa Beginner's Guide Fire Festivals VIDEO Shetland Marinas Shetland Webcam Network Lerwick Port Info Please add any pics or others links that you feel will add to folk's knowledge and enjoyment of this year's race! _____________________ --- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2018-01-25 16:28:30 ---
Posted by Tempest Posts 79 Registered at 2009-06-16 17:44:17	2012-01-27 20:36:18 - Re: Up Helly Aa 2012
	Just some pictures taken in my various years working around the shetlands offshore. There no "sailing" pictures but an impression of the area. Attachments Brent_winter.jpg (312.3 KB) Off_Shetlands.jpg (370.0 KB) Invergordon_2.jpg (452.7 KB) Invergordon.jpg (503.7 KB) Margriet_in_Lerwick.jpg (380.4 KB) summertime.jpg (365.9 KB) Tempest_Aberdeen.jpg (443.0 KB) Tempest.jpg (218.3 KB)
Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2012-01-28 12:57:33 - Re: Up Helly Aa 2012
	NOTICE 28 January: Please follow the racing line from Moray Firth to Gruney. I had really hoped that the era of folks trying to sail other than intended was long over but it appears not. It is however possible to approach Gruney from the SE - this is not what was intended. There is ample time prior to a race start for people to spot and highlight potential wrinkles in the sailing line. Sadly the possibility of approaching Gruney from the SE was not noted so all we can do is ask that the racing line is to be followed here. ______________ --- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2012-01-28 14:04:26 ---
Posted by K3 (Bernd) Posts 130 Registered at 2008-08-25 12:34:07	2012-01-28 14:00:49 - Re: Up Helly Aa 2012
	Hi RC, I don't understand this. As long as the WP is rounded properly, there can't be a dsq. ciao Bernd
Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2012-01-28 14:05:20 - Re: Up Helly Aa 2012
	K3 - you are absolutely right and I have now amended my post. Thank you.
Posted by K3 (Bernd) Posts 130 Registered at 2008-08-25 12:34:07	2012-01-28 14:16:24 - Re: Up Helly Aa 2012
	Sometimes it's not so easy to understand how the race is intended. I'm so glad, that I messed it up already last night so I can sleep inside the Shetlands when all the other SOLings are awake. ciao Bernd
Posted by Tempest Posts 79 Registered at 2009-06-16 17:44:17	2012-01-28 15:05:51 - Re: Up Helly Aa 2012
	Rc i am sorry but i have to disagree on this , Gruney can be approached from al sides as long as waypoint is rounded correctly . Gruney is free to pass from all sides , that was and is the basic idea . If i didn't want that possibility i would have added an extra waypoint at papa Stour in the same way as with Hascosay.
Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2012-01-28 15:38:24 - Re: Up Helly Aa 2012
	Tempest - OK!! In that case: CORRECTION: Gruney may be approached from any direction but must be passed for rounding purposes as indicated on the SOL chart. --- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2012-01-28 15:38:34 ---
Posted by K3 (Bernd) Posts 130 Registered at 2008-08-25 12:34:07	2012-01-30 18:03:33 - Re: Up Helly Aa 2012
	And I've seen nobody who came from the "wrong" side. But the points went into the wrong ranking. Counted as week race, although it's declared as a weekender. So everybody who finished on monday gets a DSQ now ciao Bernd (Race history: #1-#145-#69) --- Zuletzt bearbeitet von K3 (Bernd) am 2012-01-31 06:29:38 ---
Posted by sol Posts 296 Registered at 2008-08-14 11:08:14	2012-01-30 19:13:54 - Re: Up Helly Aa 2012
	K3 - overnight the dBase will be corrected to reflect a weekend race. Thanks! Sorry.. that was me, RainbowChaser, replying while in the middle of doing something else.!! --- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2012-01-30 20:47:28 ---

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