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Name	76Trombones
Email Address	matthias_at_borstad.com
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2016-06-12 02:14:30

Re: RIP Yachtyakka - Steve Alloway

Board » In memoriam

Cheers Yakka
2013-08-22 13:40:00

Re: Long race non-Atlantic

Board » Sailonline Race Committee » Race proposals

The next VOR doesn't start until Oct 2014. Class 40 GOR in Sept 2014. BWR (Imoca) Dec 2014.
2013-08-22 00:18:06

Long race non-Atlantic

Board » Sailonline Race Committee » Race proposals

Both the Mini Transat and the TJV are coming up in the fall. We need to do at least one if not both.

In the meantime!

Something in the the Pacific?

A bit like the 50/50 around Cape Horn... Race to start on the North American W coast, finish on the International Date Line (or SOL's "pure" 180E/W version).

I propose Vancouver CAN to a finish at same latitude 3000nm long, to be named "There'll be sun"

If we like it next we can go the other way - "SOL was such an easy game to play"

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2013-07-30 19:24:12

Re: Fleet ID Challenge

Board » General Discussion

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2013-07-30 19:24:12

Re: Fleet ID Challenge

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Wow - two "real" entries are in (sorry kroppyer, I missed the notification on yours) and some excellent boat recognizing!

By my somewhat arbitrary answer key (which I edited, as some of their answers were better than mine):

kroppyer - 51 points! Correctly ID'd almost all of the boats we sail and picked up many of the bonus points for names. Caught a couple of mistakes in the drawing as well I think they're layer issues in the vector original, but 4D has some mast-step/forward beam issues, and 6I should definitely have 3 small oval windows below the sheer.

Tyger - 81 points!!! That's honestly basically a perfect score. The missing points are mainly in some of the "Easter Egg" boat of various SOLers and a few names of represented boats that nobody but the original race organisers could possibly know.

I'm impressed!
2013-07-29 18:47:53

Re: Fleet ID Challenge

Board » General Discussion

Wow - I believe we have a new leader! When you're ready, send me your answers and I'll total the score. Maybe give the rest of these laggards something to shoot for.

Tyger is correct - Jubilant was added after most of the work on the poster was finished, though I do have a tile for her. There are a few more recent boats missing, and a couple of extras that we don't race (yet)/aren't soler's boats (4G, for example).
2013-07-27 00:20:25

Re: Fleet ID Challenge

Board » General Discussion

Sigh forum.. 76T who hasn't been logged in as sol for _months_

Go figure...
2013-07-22 15:57:40

Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity

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(Square Rigger racing) Four more for SOL Collected Works :

In Estonia's a guy at the bar who
Made for the fleet some boats that are "new".
Poor sailors been SOL'd.
Boat's 200 years old!
Like crew's age when they get to Pärnu.

We sail a few boats that are bigger.
Though none that upwind need such vigor.
It can't be that hard?
Brace up that yard!
Show who's boss of this ^$%# square-rigger.

O'er the waves sounds a half-muttered chorus:
"This tacking is starting to bore us..."
To windward they're clawing,
the tracks look like drawing
the teeth of a Tryannosaurus!

To starboard and port the ships darted.
These ships are not for the fainthearted.
It's a challenging rig!
See them zag and then zig!
Hoping not to end up where they started...
2013-07-13 16:33:26

Re: America's Cup AC72

Board » General Discussion

A ton of data is going up at http://noticeboard.americascup.com/

They sail in such a limited range of conditions though...
2013-06-29 19:00:41

Re: VOTE for your choice of Tall Ship for the 2013 Season

Board » Sailonline Race Committee » Races

*All three boats are "Class A Tallships".

The original class A/B/C polars do not in any way resemble the performance of the actual boats (or any boats). If we want to sail them because the funky shape is fun, or for nostalgic reasons I say go for it in non-buddied races, but it feels like a disservice to SOL and STI to continue using them when sailing actual events, with tracking, etc.

We describe ourselves as having "super realistic boat performance".

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