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2009-05-13 03:27:51 - cruising
Hey, New here but this looks great. I was wonderingg though, is there something like this where someone could log in anytime and cruise virtually? This would be a neat addition to racing. Any thoughts?
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2009-05-13 06:53:55 - Re: cruising
Well, you can always choose to "cruise" instead of "race" but we do not have special arrangements for cruisers but If you have ideas please share them :-)
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2009-05-13 12:31:05 - Re: cruising
What I am picturing would be a dedicated server (whatever you use to run the races) just to depict the world and weather as it is right now. A user could log in and set their position by lat lon and start their voyage to where they would want to go. It would be a great voyage planning tool and just fun. For example, I could sail right now from Boston to Spain to whatever port I wanted. An additional feature would be to have different yacht profiles, fuel, water etc. It would appeal to an entirely new crowd of people in addition to racers. There is quite a bit of talk on the internet about wanting something that allows armchair sailors to cruise using realtime weather data, etc. Just some thoughts.
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2009-05-13 12:38:21 - Re: cruising
Cool idea. We will put it on our list. Thanks!!
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