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2013-08-18 09:18:45 - Longest straight line on the sea?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VpQwuGueeoA

SOL race?

Pakistan to Kamcatcha via the Capes...

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2013-08-18 09:53:43 - Re: Longest straight line on the sea?
This looks interesting! Just the other day 76Trombones and hmm and a couple of others were talking about a long race ... perfect timing!!
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2013-08-18 20:04:21 - Re: Longest straight line on the sea?
How about an AC72 polar:
http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=147158&page=4

22 knots upwind and 44 down ...
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2013-08-30 19:53:29 - Re: Longest straight line on the sea?
when do we start ?
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2013-09-18 14:56:17 - Re: Longest straight line on the sea?
Ha, can't wait for this race :)
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2013-09-27 09:30:23 - Re: Longest straight line on the sea?
Would be a lot less painful to do it at least in part downwind from Russia to Pakistan.

That AC72 polar looks good for this one.
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2013-09-29 18:23:00 - Re: Longest straight line on the sea?
Would be good if someone would take on the responsibility of preparing a kmz or, at a minimum, the coords :-)
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2013-09-30 18:14:11 - Re: Longest straight line on the sea?
here some markers :

From the south coast of Balochistan province somewhere near Port of Karachi, Pakistan (25°25′N 66°25′E) across the Arabian Sea, south-west through Indian Ocean, near Comoros, passing Namaete Canyon, near the South Africa coastline, across the South Atlantic Ocean, then west across Cape Horn, then north-west across the Pacific Ocean, near Easter Island, passing the antipodal point, near Amlia island, through the South Bering Sea and ending somewhere on the east-north coast of Kamchatka, near Ossora (59°38′N 163°24′E). This route is almost 32,000 km (20,000 mi) long.(Map from gcmap)


MAP


And I agree with dana, from .ru to .pk would be nice, windwise.
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2013-10-01 20:40:27 - Re: Longest straight line on the sea?
I think the winds would be more favorable traveling east, from Kamcatcha to Pakistan. There is a reason that most round the world races go west to east.
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2013-10-02 16:56:09 - Re: Longest straight line on the sea?
Would it be ok with this for the route?
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