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Board » Flag Officers » Races » The Tall Ships Races 2011 -

Posted by AGage Posts 411 Registered at 2008-12-27 10:31:57	2011-06-30 08:00:49 - Re: The Tall Ships Races 2011
	Most off them are here >AIS =========================== Also if you follow this link, and zoom quite close in on Waterford (until the race starts I guess?), you will see many off the vessels showing as pink diamond (anchored yachts) - you can select 'Show Names' on the left and hover over the icons for names, click on a boat and you get more info, and a pic. Below the pic is a link 'Ship Photos: X' (where X is the number of photos - often upwards of 100!) For example chack out the MIR That is ONE IMPRESSIVE VESSEL! Waterford muyst be an amazing place to be this day - with so many beautiful tall ships in port ---------------- edited to shorten link and grab it for the Useful Links in the first post! --- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2011-06-30 09:19:08 --- I help develop the client interface for the best online ocean racing sim there is... __/)/)_/)__
Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2011-06-30 09:17:50 - Re: The Tall Ships Races 2011
	I have been looking for webcam links and found this one. The constant refresh is annoying so I emailed the site and got a pleasant acknowledgement so hopefully someone will fix that!! --- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2011-06-30 13:47:49 ---
Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2011-06-30 18:21:24 - Re: The Tall Ships Races 2011 -
	AHOY SOLers - please be aware that due to changing weather conditions the race course we start on Sunday MAY be changed to go E from Waterford and up the Irish Sea. SOL has advised the organisers that we would need due notice of any change to allow everyone around teh globe to adjust accordingly. We therefore hope to have plenty of advance notice!
Posted by NZL_PaulR Posts 311 Registered at 2008-07-22 12:21:30	2011-07-01 23:39:53 - Re: The Tall Ships Races 2011 -
	Really interesting SoL race. Perhaps we could repeat the first race at a later time but with the provisio that 1). You must choose a different class boat 2). We could make a series of 5 races (or one race in each class of boat) with the series points for BEST TALL SHIP RACER, allowing dropping of worst score. My humble thoughts. If it breaks, it's not strong enough!
Posted by spackel Posts 23 Registered at 2008-11-01 14:11:10	2011-07-02 07:58:25 - Re: The Tall Ships Races 2011 -
	This is nice, I actually sailed Tall ships back in 89 from Hamburg to Malmö on Atene. First we had so much wind so the race was postponed and we were stuck in Cuxhaven. Then around Skagen there was no wind and we were swiming and trying to tow the boat with the dingy.
Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2011-07-03 09:42:10 - Re: The Tall Ships Races 2011 -
	and the first ship appears on the Dunmore E webcam!! Who is she? Can anyone recognise her? --- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2011-07-03 09:46:51 --- Attachments FirstTallShip.png (123.3 KB)
Posted by 76Trombones Posts 362 Registered at 2009-08-03 18:04:56	2011-07-03 13:50:49 - Re: The Tall Ships Races 2011 -
	TCF (time correction factor) based on Wx at race start. As class A is the overwhelming choice she'll serve as scratch. TCF 03/07-14UTC AL 1.000 AS 1.219 B 1.254 C 1.240 D 1.059 Corrected time is elapsed/TCF. Example: The Class A(large) leader finishes in exactly 24h. If you are sailing Class B, your time to beat is 24/1.254=30h 5m 46s I'll try to update the ratings if there is a significant change in weather, and again at the finish for final/most accurate numbers.
Posted by NOR_Jawik Posts 70 Registered at 2008-08-31 20:55:18	2011-07-04 09:04:20 - Re: The Tall Ships Races 2011 -
	I am a bit disappointed that we can not take into account the current and wave motion in this race. High tide and low tide every six hours should be possible to put into the polar regions. It could have given us some real challenges from reality.
Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2011-07-04 09:20:01 - Re: The Tall Ships Races 2011 -
	Hi Jawik - interesting question. My first thought is that it would be impossible to create any sense of genuineness. The tides/currents around the British Isles (let alone the rest of the world) are so complex, as you know, that each area produces constantly updated charts. If it is impossible for the marine authorities to maintain currency then how could SOL try to do it? OK, you may argue that we could put in generalised currents for an area, and that, I suppose, is not something to be ruled out. The only snag I personally see there are the limits already imposed on SOLers by their network connections...it might make SOL too much for slow, 3G or dialup connections where commands already can take minutes to execute. It would also be fake and the one thing SOL does attempt to do is provide a genuine navigational sail-racing simulation. Anyway, I look forward to reading the input from those who understand the technicalities of SOL and ocean currents better than I do! --- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2011-07-04 09:24:08 ---
Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2011-07-04 09:29:33 - Re: The Tall Ships Races 2011
	Here is some more information about "constructive finishing" in the real race: If a vessel has not crossed the Finish Line (FL) by the time of the Time Limit, it submits its distance from the FL at the Time Limit. A Corrected Time is calculated for it and it has a place in the results list. (On several occasions the race has been won by a ship that never ever crossed the finish line.) What happens is shown in paragraph 32.3 of Racing & Sailing Rules The reason for this is based on the fact that the young crews who, in some cases, may have raced across the Atlantic Ocean or some similar distance, really don’t want to see just “Did Not Finish’ in the Results List after all their efforts. The formula was invented by a young crew member in one of our races in 1976 (a trans-Atlantic race). For the current race the Time Limits are: 201900Z July, 201930Z July, 201945Z July & 202000Z July --- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2011-07-04 09:30:00 ---

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