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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:5*55'09.35 N ; Long:80*35'14.49 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
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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... __/)/)_/)__
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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
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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!
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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 ---
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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.
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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 ---
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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
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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.
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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 :)
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