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2009-07-01 12:17:27 - clipper round the world race
the clipper round the world race starts out of Humber, UK on 9 Sept. It would be great if SOL did a companion race. you can follow their progress here...

http://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/index.php/Home
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2009-07-02 07:01:52 - Re: clipper round the world race
That would be awesome! I wonder if they have any polars for those ships?
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2009-07-02 07:15:31 - Re: clipper round the world race
Looks like a fun race. Polars anyone?
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2009-07-05 09:14:05 - Re: clipper round the world race
That would be amazing!! Jacob - I do hope you find a source for the polars.

Is it not possible to just approach the organisers from SOL in a semi-official way and ask if they have polars they would be willing to share? or am I being naive here?

Having the SOL virtual yachting community sail in the tracks of the real craft would widen the publicity for the event organisers at no cost to them (except the polars).. gotta be a win win for them surely?

As a newbie to SOL, btw, please forgive me if my enthusiasm is out-reaching my helpfulness here!!
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2009-07-05 22:24:40 - Re: clipper round the world race
Perhaps building 2 or 3 different polars (ships) would make the race extra interesting? The real ships are all different and get handicaps to compensate. If we could select one of three at the start and choose tactics accordingly it would be fun.

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One more thing I thought of is the Efficiency percentage. The ships could regain the percentage at different ratings. Big ships get back to 100% a lot slower than small vessels but instead they can sail faster for example.

--- Last Edited by Pierre at 2009-07-06 15:28:52 ---
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2009-07-23 21:39:43 - Re: clipper round the world race
I'm fairly sure that the Clipper yachts are all identical 68 footers...not different at all
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2009-07-24 09:07:03 - Re: clipper round the world race
Great! That will make it easier for the SOL devs :)

I got the Clipper races mixed up with the Tall Ships race where handicaps are given to neutralize the differences between the competitors.
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2009-07-24 09:28:36 - Re: clipper round the world race
Hi,

Gimme a polar and race specifics and I am sure we can do something :-)

1) The coordinates for all waypoints in a list (preferably only using degrees)
2) Race name suggestion
3) Suggested start date and time in UTC
4) Short description (30 words or so)
5) Somewhat longer "invitation" for the SOL front page blog. This might be quite personal and easy-going if you like :-)
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2009-07-24 16:19:28 - Re: clipper round the world race
I'm willing to write them about polars. Do you have any suggestions/official language about your site/org that you would prefer I use?

I will send a list of ports and approximate dates of leg starts. There are 7 legs. they do not have start times posted yet.

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2009-07-25 06:12:08 - Re: clipper round the world race
Great :-) Use the language and words that you like. We do not have any official presentation, sorry.
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