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Board » Practice Racing » OUZO RALLY 1 - PRACTICE RACING

Post annotated by RainbowChaser :
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Between now and 1800utc on Monday, 12 July, practice racers are invited to make their way to:

37.7617 / 23.4170

which will be the start point for tomorrow's practice race!

Please post here all ideas for where we should race tomorrow!! :-D

N.B. The Mark boats are now all heading for the little island at 37.80 / 23.33 so they can take up positions if need be!

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--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2010-07-12 08:58:33 ---
The first practice race of the Ouzo Rally will be held tonight, Monday 12 July.

TIME: 1800utc

START: Mark_1 (37.7617 / 23.4170)

COURSE: Leave Mark_2 to starboard - leaveMark_3 to starboard - Finish

FINISH: Mark_1 (37.7617 / 23.4170)

ALL SOLers ARE WELCOME TO JOIN IN!!

SEE YOU THERE!


Attached pic for ref.
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NOTICE OF RACE AMENDMENT

As requetsed, both marks are being moved a little closer (final positions on same trajects from original) and at request of Pano the finish will also move to 23.429 / 37.749
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FROM THE GUN

76Trombones (CAN)
captjack1942 (USA)
FR Joshua74 Reva (FRA)
FR Masamo Ping (FRA)
NED Pano (NED)
newsartist (USA)
Rainbow Chaser (GBR)
robert1 (SWE)
sassy (SWE)
Tazumaki (GER)
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FINISH - TO 4 DECIMAL PLACES

is 37.7473 / 23.4294
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SECOND ROUNDING

glynnwi 20:00: looked like 1:taz. 2: 76. 3:robert1, 4 joshua
glynnwi 20:03: 5: capt
glynnwi 20:06: 6: masamo, 7 news. 8 pano
glynnwi 20:07: 9: rc
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FINAL RANKING

Ned Pano 20:48: 1Taz 20.32.00/ 2 Robert , 3 FR_ Joshua, 4 76Trombones 20. 32. 50/ 5 Captjack 20. 37 15/ 6 Pano 20. 38.0/ Newsartist 20. 38. 19/ 8 sassy 20.39.00/ 9 RainbowChaser 20.47.37/ FR_masamois finished at the start

--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2010-07-12 20:50:21 ---
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Second Ouzo Practice Race 18:00 UTC Tue July 13.
For the second race we will hold a rabbit start race (also known as a gate start).
Shortly after new weather is posted (apx 17:35~17:50 hours) I will post the course in chat (English...sorry I'm not good at any other language).
At near 18:00 I will leave the start buoy (Mark 1) on a starboard reach. 5 Minutes later I will turn back and reach back to the start mark on port tack (hopefully reaching the start mark at 18:10). At the mark I will haul in and go best VMG upwind still on port. At this point the race is on.
All the boats in the race will start by crossing my stern. They will all be on starboard tack.
I will maintain port tack till I reach lay line to the mark or to clear any obstruction. So if anyone sees any advantage in starting down the line they may do so. After I have tacked the start line is the line from Mark 1 to my tack point (because of the server delay in updating tracks this may appear to move for a couple of minutes).

I will start the course to as close to straight upwind as possible. After that at least one reaching leg, and anything else I can throw in and keep it close to 1.5 ~ 2 hours.

Oh yes:
Rule 18-- (a) No sniveling.

Rule 1 (1) (a)--Have fun.

:-)

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RACE COURSE

captjack1942 17:53: Mark 4 to Port (leave to left)Island @ 37.69 N/ 23.43 E to starboard (leave to right)Mark 5 to starboardFinish on point @37.762 N/ 23.417 E
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captjack1942 19:26: NEW COURSE!!!!! SHORTEN TO: Mark 4 to starboard Finish @ 37.7477 N / 23.4291 E.

--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2010-07-13 19:27:51 ---
Here is a rough pic of the course for tonight's Rabbit Run!

Participating are:

CaptJack (USA) - wabbit and race director

A2 (sol) (USA)
glynnwi (GBR)
matoto (ITA)
newsartist (USA)
RainbowChaser (GBR)
robert1 (SWE)
sassy (SWE)
seawat (GBR)
viktor (SWE)

Tazumaki (GER) started nearly 15mins after everyone else!!

FINAL RANKING DECLARED BY CAPTJACK

1. sol (A2)
2. viktor
3. captjack
4. news
5. robert
6. sassy
7. Matoto
8. Taz
9. glynnwi
10. RC
11. seawat

captjack1942 21:02: Ahh yes, one more thing: The winner becomes the rabbit in the next race. :-)))

--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2010-07-13 21:04:27 ---
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This only confirms what I have suspected for some time now, the sol boat is faster than regular boats.

I accept the role as proposed & will preside over the next rabbit start to be held in 1 week on the Chi-Mac course at the usual time. (7/20/2010, 18:00 utc)

This will allow the race to be conducted during local daylight conditions.

The course will be an AC style format,
3 upwind/downwind legs, the distance between the marks to be determined by the available wind to allow the event to be completed in the desired nominal time.

--- Last Edited by Aethereal at 2010-07-13 23:51:48 ---
None so blind
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PRACTICE RACE 3 - Wednesday, 14 July

TIME: 1800utc

START: 37.7477 / 23.4291

COURSE: Leave Mark 4 to Port - Leave Mark 1 to Port - Finish

FINISH: Finish by crossing a line between Mark 5 and 37.7477/ 23.4291

SEE YOU THERE!!

EVERYONE IS INVITED TO JOIN IN!!

Attached pic for reference.

N.B. The course is subject to slight adjustment to allow for wind variations closer to race start.
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RACING FROM THE GUN

captjack1942 (USA)
krimpvrij (NED)
matoto (ITA)
newsartist (USA)
Perenkist (NED)
RainbowChaser (GBR)
sassy (SWE)
Tazumaki (GER)
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RANKING AFTER FIRST ROUNDING

1. Tazumaki (GER)
2. newsartist (USA)
3. matoto (ITA)
4. captjack1942 (USA)
5. RainbowChaser (GBR)
6. Perenkist (NED)
7. sassy (SWE)
8. krimpvrij (NED)
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FINAL RANKINGS

sassy63 20:48: FINAL STANDINGS IN MR: #1 Taz #2 captjack #3 Perenkist #4 sassy # 5 Matoto #6 krimpvrij #7 RC # 8 Newsartist

--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2010-07-14 20:50:28 ---
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PRACTICE RACE 4 - THURSDAY, 15 JULY

TIME: 1800utc

START: 37.7909 / 23.1804

COURSE: Leave Mark_2 to Port - Leave Mark_4 to Port - finish

FINISH: Cross a N/S line between Mark_5 and the shore to the north of it.

See attached pic for ref.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN IN!!
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RACING FROM THE GUN

glynnwi (GBR)
Matoto (ITA)
NED Pano (NED)
Rainbow Chaser (GBR)

apologies rec'd from the rest of the usual suspects!!
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FINAL RANKINGS

After one of the possibly slowest practice races in history (with 0.6kts being experienced and one mark skipped altogether)the results were:

1. NED Pano (21. 25. 27)
2. glynnwi (21. 28. 40)
3. Rainbow Chaser (21. 42. 31)
4. Matoto

--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2010-07-15 22:31:51 ---
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PRACTICE RACE 5 - Friday, 16 July

TIME: 1800utc

START: 37.7909 / 23.1804

COURSE: Leave Mark_3 to Starboard - Leave Mark_2 to Starboard - Finish

FINISH: Crossing the line between Mark_5 and Mark_1 (the red line in the .jpg)

See attached pic for reference

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN IN AT ANY TIME!!!

SEE YOU THERE!!
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RACE NOTICE UPDATE: 1156utc: Mark_3 is moving a little further North as the new forecast has winds a little stronger for tonight.
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RACING FROM THE GUN

glynnwi (GBR)
NED Pano (NED)
newsartist (USA)
NOR_svein (NOR)
RainbowChaser (GBR)
sassy (SWE)
Tazumaki (GER)
WINDEGG (NED)
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newsartist 18:50: At present the eastern group enjoys a wind gradient. The current co-leaders are Glynwii and RC at 3.6 mi from Mark 3. Svein is 3.7, newsartist 4.1. The first western boat is 4.4
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sassy63 19:59: Diving to Mark are in order: Taz 1.1 nm Windegg AND sassy 1.2 nm, glynnwi 1.4 nm, 76T 1.5 nm, news 1.6 nm, RC AND Svein 1.75 nm, Pano 1.9 nm.
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sassy63 21:11: FINAL STANDING IN MATCHRACE: #1 Taz, #2 Windegg #3 sassy, #4 glynnwi, #5 newsartist, #6 Pano, #7 RC. #8 svein (who went to bed long before the finish!).

--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2010-07-16 21:13:33 ---
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