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To Rainbow Chaser:---As per promise, here is my design for the New AC 72 contender with "Ballasters" to keep it upright on one main foil and a rudder foil, both controlled, of course, to give a fixed 'ride height'.
I am uploading this as a test of the system.
If it breaks, it's not strong enough--if it doesn't, it's too heavy.
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AHOY SOLers - the racing engine has been restarted. The DevtDudes are investigating the cause of the stoppage. Please keep an eye on race chat for more current updates.
Hello SOLtesters ...
I can register my boat in to the two races, but didn't charge the wind and the bottom window doesn't load images ... (cache cleared, Mac restarted, etc.. etc ...).
See you ...

Carlo Alberto
SCARA - sorry you had to chase by email, I was away from my computer for a while!

Please would you try this (written by WIN yesterday):

QUOTE
PROCEDURE FOR ANTICIPATING DNS RESOLUTION WITHOUT WAITING FOR ISP TO RECYCLE

VALID FOR WINDOWS USERS !!

1) open program NOTEPAD with admin rights

2) open going through following path :

windows
system32
drivers
etc
hosts

3) add following text lines at bottom of text file :

144.76.111.8 sailonline.org
144.76.111.8 www.sailonline.org
144.76.111.8 race.sailport.se

4) save file keeping same name (overwrite previous )

Note : some of the above lines may be redundant ...but it works.;))))

Piero
UNQUOTE
Thanks Joanne,
I have a MAC, I entered the new DNS with the application TERMINAL but still does not work ... I'm sure in the next few days the problem will be resolved ...
FW all.
SCARA - hopefully someone with a Mac will come up with a suggestion for you. Sorry I can't be of more help.
OK PROBLEM SOLVED ... (I'm a little hacker ...)

For MAC Users:

Step 1 - Open the Terminal.app

Either by start typing Terminal on the Spotlight, or by going into Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal.

Step 2 - Open the hosts file

Open the hosts by typing on the Terminal That You have just opened:

$ Sudo nano / private / etc / hosts

Type your user Password when prompted.

Step 3 - Edit the hosts file

(DELETE the old DNS Sailonline, if present
97.107.135.234 sailonline.org
97.107.135.234 www.sailonline.org
97.107.135.234 node1.sailonline.org)

add following text lines at bottom of text file:

144.76.111.8 sailonline.org
144.76.111.8 www.sailonline.org
144.76.111.8 race.sailport.se

Step 4 - Save the hosts file

When done editing the hosts file, press control-o to save the file.
Press enter on the filename prompt, and control-x to exit the editor.

Fair Wind ....
Wouldn't it be easier to just clear the DNS cache?
Flush DNS
Includes instructions for windows also.
After that just restart browser.

--- Last Edited by Jack Watson at 2013-09-21 17:54:39 ---
"clear the DNS cache" didn't work (I have the old OSX 10.5.8) ...
Clearing DNS cache won't work if you have hard-coded the sailonline server IP addresses during one of the DNS outages we have had during the recent years like apparently Scara has done.

I hope that there is no need to that (I don't have the address hard-coded myself) but we are continuing with the same DNS provider (Loopia) as earlier.

For non-tech people, DNS is sort of global phone book which tells where your computer connects with the address "sailonline.org".

What now changed is the location of the server, thus we had to change our address in the "phonebook".


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