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Board » Flag Officers » Race proposals » Fresh water sailing without routers

Posted by Rod Posts 392 Registered at 2010-06-24 22:30:48	2013-06-08 16:25:51 - Fresh water sailing without routers
	There seem to be two chains of lakes in Finland, running approximately N-S, extending for 170-190 nm with no straight line course of more than 10-12 nm. Would not these courses be a bit of a change of pace for SOLers? No routers, no sleep, timed at a weekend to include the daylight hours of 'most' of the world?????? --- Last Edited by Rod at 2013-06-08 16:26:07 --- If it breaks, it's not strong enough--if it doesn't, it's too heavy.
Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2013-06-18 09:23:23 - Re: Fresh water sailing without routers
	That sounds fun - please come up with a proposal and we can get that set up. Checkout how to make a proposal here and, if GE is not your forte, just post into this thread: 1. Race Description (info to go on RH side of homepage) including name of race, description of race and choice of boat from SOL boathouse. 2. Course - start/finish/course waypoints with their coords in decimal degrees AND geographic names (not WP1, WP2 etc). 3. If you want a piece centre-column on the Homepage, then draft that too.
Posted by JakeS Posts 18 Registered at 2012-09-25 16:23:40	2013-06-18 09:35:04 - Re: Fresh water sailing without routers
	There is IRL race at lake Päijänne in 20.-21.7. Lake Paijanne Race URL _____________ edited to make link out of url to keep columnn from overlapping --- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2013-06-18 11:10:36 ---
Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2013-06-18 11:11:54 - Re: Fresh water sailing without routers
	Rod and JakeS - please will you cooperate with each other then to prepare the information needed to set up a suitable race and when its ready, pop it into this thread? Thank you... kiitos! PS I've just realised, Rod, that you aren't an SYC member so JakeS will need to make the "official" submission for a race proposal. --- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2013-06-18 11:13:49 ---
Posted by Rod Posts 392 Registered at 2010-06-24 22:30:48	2013-06-18 14:59:19 - Re: Fresh water sailing without routers
	JakeS:- I have drawn up the two proposed courses on the SOL map. On Google Earth, the courses are not so clear as many of the channels are narrower in reality than in SOL. The Western chain of lakes is about 157 nm, from a start at 25.5800 E, 61.0200 N to a finish at 25.3300 E 63.0500 N. The Eastern lakes extend 196 nm, from the start at 27.9320 E 61.0713 N, to the finish at 27.0078 E 63.4971 N. As it would need to be you who makes the formal proposal, I can only leave the rest to you. I would suggest that there be no other marks of the course than the Start and Finish, to give a more relaxed and individual experience than we usually have. I can send you a map of the proposed courses if needed, but I think the above description is all that you will require. If it breaks, it's not strong enough--if it doesn't, it's too heavy. Attachments Proposed_courses_for_Finland_lake_race.JPG (112.3 KB)
Posted by JakeS Posts 18 Registered at 2012-09-25 16:23:40	2013-06-18 15:49:46 - Re: Fresh water sailing without routers
	Rod: That sounds good to me. That's IRL race on a route is not possible because of Sol's map does not show sufficient detail of all islands and narrow passes. If you can send maps / routes to me; jarkko.sepp @ hotmail.com. And I check is there any need to change. Winds at summer time comes usually from s - sw . . .
Posted by JakeS Posts 18 Registered at 2012-09-25 16:23:40	2013-06-18 16:42:03 - Re: Fresh water sailing without routers
	West side lake (called Päijänne) would be more comfortable to me cos our cottage is located (61.06N 26.07E) from starting line 6nm to north and the route bypassing the cottage 2 nm ) East side lake (called Suur-Saimaa) could run maybe later from north to south? On the other hand the Suur-Saimaa Lake route have more comfy little islands. . . )
Posted by Rod Posts 392 Registered at 2010-06-24 22:30:48	2013-06-18 21:29:56 - Re: Fresh water sailing without routers
	JakeS:- Your e-mail address was rejected by my server as not existing--could you repeat here, or email me directly at rmharle@rogers.com P.S problem was two blanks on either side of the "@". These computers are SO fussy!!!! --- Last Edited by Rod at 2013-06-19 16:06:46 --- If it breaks, it's not strong enough--if it doesn't, it's too heavy.
Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2013-06-21 13:50:34 - Re: Fresh water sailing without routers
	Rod and JakeS have now collaborated to create Rod's Midnight Sun Run... this race is now available for sneak preview and in a few days' time will be archived until we race it. This is what the two of them have cooked up!! I LOVE it hehehe To preview it, just log in as the sol boat USERNAME: sol PASSWORD: sol and then click here _____________
Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2013-06-24 18:18:29 - Re: Fresh water sailing without routers
	Am now closing the preview until we run the race and now adding the excellent kmz file provided by JakeS _____________ --- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2013-07-05 17:46:43 --- Attachments Rods_midnight_sun_Adventure.kmz (4.2 KB)

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