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Board » Flag Officers » Races » SOL World Race leg 3 course

Posted by seafly Posts 8 Registered at 2008-02-12 12:19:57	2012-01-05 04:11:45 - SOL World Race leg 3 course
	May I respectfully submit a request that the course for Leg 3 have the stipulation that boats pass to the SOUTH of Dondra Head (lat:555'09.35 N ; Long:8035'14.49 E ) on Sri Lanka. The Palk Strait is limited to depths of 1 metre at the shoals of Adam's Bridge, so it's pretty obvious that VO70 yachts could not be navigated through this area. I recall in the last SOL World race this was allowed and boats gained an advantage. In the interest of realism perhaps this could be accomadated? Carry on Regardless
Posted by AGage Posts 411 Registered at 2008-12-27 10:31:57	2012-01-05 06:47:39 - Re: SOL World Race leg 3 course
	As Jeroen is 'in charge' of this series I will see your request is forwarded to him. I help develop the client interface for the best online ocean racing sim there is... __/)/)_/)__
Posted by sol Posts 296 Registered at 2008-08-14 11:08:14	2012-01-05 07:35:57 - Re: SOL World Race leg 3 course
	Hi Seafly, Thanks for your request. I already had a look into that and will likely add the extra mark at Dondra. Its already set up but not included atm. Thanks for the reminder and a excellent point. Jeroen
Posted by NZL_PaulR Posts 311 Registered at 2008-07-22 12:21:30	2012-01-06 02:29:21 - Re: SOL World Race leg 3 course
	WHAT????? No chance to sail into a bridge and be dismasted?? How else is 50% of the fleet IRL going to be eliminated, as per Leg 1 results!! LOL!! If it breaks, it's not strong enough!
Posted by AGage Posts 411 Registered at 2008-12-27 10:31:57	2012-01-06 06:58:31 - Re: SOL World Race leg 3 course
	LOL - seems Jeroen sometimes makes the same mistake as me when checking races prior to reg opening - and making forum posts... --- Last Edited by Aaron Gage at 2012-01-06 07:00:01 --- I help develop the client interface for the best online ocean racing sim there is... __/)/)_/)__
Posted by Pierre Posts 66 Registered at 2009-06-27 15:48:03	2012-01-08 20:51:47 - Re: SOL World Race leg 3 course
	I'm not getting it to load up the map. Gets stuck in the blue loading screen.
Posted by captjack1942 Posts 239 Registered at 2008-01-18 03:24:03	2012-01-09 03:33:54 - Re: SOL World Race leg 3 course
	pierre, Some reasons for race not loading: Not being properly logged in. Very slow internet connection. *Old version of Flash Player. I have also noticed some chat about client problems after a recent Mozilla FF update. Maybe try a different browser...chrome, IE9, Opera... I have no problems with chrome even on a 3G mobile connection. --- Last Edited by Jack Watson at 2012-01-09 03:35:21 ---
Posted by Jawz Posts 153 Registered at 2009-07-21 09:51:19	2012-01-09 07:52:56 - Re: SOL World Race leg 3 course
	Interesting!!! I was having problems the past month so loaded Firefox as an alternative browser and my loading issues disappeared! George
Posted by Pierre Posts 66 Registered at 2009-06-27 15:48:03	2012-01-09 16:49:50 - Re: SOL World Race leg 3 course
	Cheers, I'll try FF if it doesn't load up tonight. Flash is up to date but my inet connection is abysmal.
Posted by 76Trombones Posts 362 Registered at 2009-08-03 18:04:56	2012-01-12 19:18:16 - Re: SOL World Race leg 3 course
	You thought we have it tough navigating the Strait... IRL boats have two exclusion zones to deal with, and some pretty narrow gaps to hit (not to mention ship traffic). They have to activate their AIS between longitudes of Pulau We and Horsburgh Lighthouse, so we should be able to watch them dodge tankers pretty much realtime Attachments VOR_Leg_3b.kmz (2.3 KB)

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