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2011-01-19 12:08:29 - Race Starting Times
There was some discussion in the Tour Down Under chat today about the relevance of start times on SOL.

The rule so far has been to have races start (1) with the real start time when SOL is mirroring a real race (2) at the time chosen by the SOLer designing the race, and (3) to have an appropriate time local to the location of the race start.

(3) is the tricky one. Obviously it is impossible to have a start time that is convenient for everyone, but if the SOL race calendar reflects a range of races from around the globe, then we will all be inconvenienced the same!

So we shall be trialling a change to (3) so that the start time will be the UTC equivalent of 1000hrs local start time for weekend races and 1800hrs for races starting Mon-Thu.


--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2011-01-20 13:03:14 ---
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2011-01-20 11:23:36 - Re: Race Starting Times
This is/will remain an eternal subject. Someone is likely to gripe whatever the solution. I'll sail on the terms of the NOR's. Great work RC
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2011-01-20 11:24:17 - Re: Race Starting Times
Sorry, "sol" is me NOR_svein
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2011-01-23 09:01:52 - Re: Race Starting Times
Nor_svein said @ 2011-01-20 11:23:36:
Someone is likely to gripe whatever the solution.
I'll sail on the terms of the NOR's.
Great work RC
Agree...
With all 3 points...

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