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2010-06-26 18:30:24 - "Weekend races"
It seeems that most of the weekend races of late have been in very light wind, so therefore take untill about Tuesday or Wednesday to finish.
I thought we were having weekend races to accomodate the members that cant get online much during the week.
Is there any reason why the weekend races cant start on a Friday evening (UTC)so we might have a chance of finishing before Monday morning. and if it turns out that the wind has dropped or is going to drop during the race can there be a course change or an alternative back up course to be done with enough time so all will know.
If you look at the numbers of entrants in each race, this is a big drop on a year ago and maybe having races that gives everyone a chance of being able to finish before work time, might get some back.
Also the short Auckland race is a good idea but!!! the problem I can see with it being widweek is... Its 48 nm so it needs constant attention so you may not get many from the northern hemispere because of the time difference and work the next day. and also some of the southern hemispere sailors will have work and wont be able to sail.

Just another 2 cents worth :-)

--- Last Edited by victory at 2010-06-26 18:30:47 ---
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2010-06-26 19:22:33 - Re: "Weekend races"
I fully agree with the idea of friday afternoon / evening starts for weekend races.
I do not favour course changes during races. If a race takes longer due to light winds so be it.

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2010-06-26 19:30:19 - Re: "Weekend races"
I meant a course change before the start say 24 hours or so..As we will know by then what the wind is likely to be during the race.
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2010-06-26 19:46:55 - Re: "Weekend races"
I am sorry Victory I misunderstood that. As long as it 24 hrs before a race i have no problems.
However i do not know how much of a strain this puts on SOL admins and/or resources to make it possible.
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2010-06-27 09:28:03 - Re: "Weekend races"
Good discussion victory and Tempest - going forward the calendar will definitely try to make sure that weekend races are raceable within a weekend.

There are some short IRL races coming up but perhaps rather than sail them as the same time as the IRl race, we could just do them on a weekend close-ish to the real date(s)?

By focusing on getting races set up and ready, my eye went off the "race in a weekend" ball.

A Friday evening in Europe start is probably no bad thing as it has the added benefit of being a Saturday morning on the other side of the globe, and is Friday midday-ish in the Americas.

As for changing a race at the last minute, I have confirmed that it is definitely possible to shorten a course so long as the race itself hasn't started. Those on the course practising need only refresh their browsers to reload the amended course.

Key for accomplishing this,though,will be an evident agreement in chat that a change is needed PLUS a post in this Forum confirming that the decision to change/shorten the planned course has been discussed/accepted.

Thanks guys!!

--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2010-06-27 09:30:53 ---
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2010-06-27 10:31:16 - Re: "Weekend races"
Thanks RC Keep up the good work.
The Auckland race might not work out to bad after all. Some half decent wind so should take to long!!!! :-)
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2010-06-29 09:46:54 - Re: "Weekend races"
victory - I just had a thought. Do you happen to know of any short-ish races offshore UK that would work for a weekend SOL race? Even if you haven't the time to creat the GoogleEarth .kmz file, just suggesting routing would suffice and others can do the rest!! :-)
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2010-06-29 10:44:44 - Re: "Weekend races"
RC Its not that I dont have time its that I just dont know how ;-(.
Any way how about this...Falkland Islands from Port Stanley to Sea Lion islands and back. Its about 140 nms.Always windy there!!!!
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2010-06-29 16:42:12 - Re: "Weekend races"
victory - that sounds like fun!!! I shall look into it.

Meanwhile, if you use Google Earth at all, and would like to find out how to create race files, then using Incog's guide to setting up races is how I learned. If you click on the .pdf file attached here all will be revealed!

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Edited to add a rough .kmz file (missing full description) for your inf.

Also.. what boat-type should we use??

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