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2012-07-03 12:22:04 - The Tall Ships Races 2012
For a second year, SOL is buddied with The Tall Ships Races. This year we are sailing a Class A Tall Ship, a 90m Barque, so the races will be run as a full series.

The real event comprises three races and one Cruise-in-Company where the boats don't race. Because SOLers don't know the meaning of not racing, SOL's Cruise in Company will be ranked for SYC purposes but will not be included in the series ranking.

Later in August there will also be an Irish Sea Tall Ships Regatta from Dublin to Liverpool.

This thread is for all links, information and other useful gen. that we can share with each other.
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USEFUL LINKS:

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Current Entry List
Definition of a Tall Ship
Tall Ships Database
Names of Sails
AIS Tracker
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ST MALO

St Malo Tall Ships website
Events List
St Malo Info
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LISBON

Lisbon Tall Ships website
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CADIZ

Cadiz Tall Ships website
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A CORUNA

A Coruna Tall Ships website
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DUBLIN

Dublin Tall Ships website
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IRISH SEA TALL SHIPS REGATTA

Irish Sea TSR Website

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2012-07-04 19:18:32 - POSE A QUESTION TO THE FORMER RACE DIRECTOR
SOLer John Hector is the former Race Director of Sail Training International and has had many years experience of sailing and sail-training both there and with other organisations.

John Hector is the main link between SOL and Sail Training International these days and he has very generously set up a dedicated email account where SOLers may ask any Tall Ships / sail-training related questions.

If you would like to take advantage of this amazing opportunity to quiz one of the leading exponents of tall ship sailing then please feel free to send your email here:

john_hector_sol@hotmail.com

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2012-07-04 19:29:32 - Re: The Tall Ships Races 2012
Ha, great oportunity !

Too sad Mr. Hector did not invite us to actually sail on a tall ship !

Cheers, Roland
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2012-07-05 03:15:58 - Re: The Tall Ships Races 2012
How about:
http://www.squidoo.com/sailtallships

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2012-07-05 15:15:36 - Re: The Tall Ships Races 2012
Sorry, 'twas me. I got my login muddled.
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2012-07-09 22:47:56 - Re: The Tall Ships Races 2012
The start of the Tall Ships race from St Malo to Lisbon is unusual but not unique. Square-rigged ships are very vulnerable when sailing along a lee shore and the North Brittany coastline is potentially hostile. It was therefore a wise choice to allow the ships to claw out of the English Channel and into the Western Approaches by using their engines if needed, and getting themselves into a more favourable wind pattern.

The accuracy and availability of the GPS system has made a race organiser’s job much easier in that Waypoints can be used as course markers rather than having to rely on fixed navigational marks.

I remember having to start a race after thick fog had descended on the fleet while they were maneuvering for a start. I took a similar action and directed each class to pass through a mythical ‘box’ delineated by waypoints.

Competitors always have to take their own Finish Times so this crossing of an 'imaginary' Start Line and recording their Start Time requires a similar code of honesty.
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2012-07-10 12:44:46 - Re: The Tall Ships Races 2012
Why are there a few boats that are WAY out in front of the pack so soon after the start? It can't be explained by sailing a better course since the pack is clearly sailing a wide range of angles. Something isn't right.
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2012-07-10 12:54:58 - Re: The Tall Ships Races 2012
The "gold" boats in the SOL client are the real ships being tracked. Due to the wind direction, the real race shifted the start to a "virtual" location offshore, that SOL is using as well.

The real fleet have a (virtual/gps) 5nm wide starting line that they were allowed to cross anytime between 0600 and 1800, keeping a note of when they officially start.

So not only are the gold boats different from we are racing this leg (MIR and Dar M. are 20% longer and set 50% more sail), but they got a head start ;-) We should catch some of the others though.

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2012-07-10 12:58:02 - Re: The Tall Ships Races 2012
ahousten - they are six of the real tall ships whose tracks we have hooked into the SOL race screen. I don't know if you have read into English chat at all but if not, click on the Homepage link to the real Tracker and you will see how tracks match up!

The real boats are listed in SOL's Boats Tab with the prefix "@".

The real boats sail with us but don't finish with us so any ranking throughout the race disappears at the end so that they don't grab a ranking from a SOLer.

:-)
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2012-08-21 14:55:14 - Re: The Tall Ships Races 2012
AHOY SOLers!

I have just been reminded of the original announcement regarding the Tall Ships race series:

The real event comprises three races and one Cruise-in-Company where the boats don't race. Because SOLers don't know the meaning of not racing, SOL's Cruise in Company will be ranked for SYC purposes but will not be included in the series ranking.

Despite having reviewed the series set up before now, for some reason I still hadn't got it right.

SO... the series has now been adjusted so that it will be, as advertised before the series started.

The new results should be available overnight.

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