Facebook

Login

Support Sailonline

If you haven't already - join the SAILONLINE YACHT CLUB!

Please also consider making a donation - all amounts are greatly appreciated!

Board » Flag Officers » Races » Up Helly Aa - Links and Info from 2012 to date

Page: 1 2 Next

Posted by
RainbowChaser


Users avatar

Posts
2656
Registered at
2009-06-14 09:44:50
2012-01-25 17:19:17 - Up Helly Aa - Links and Info from 2012 to date
A-OI!!!! welcome to this year's Up Helly Aa fire festival in Lerwick, Shetland. Buddying with http://www.shetland.org means that Sailonline will be at the heart of events!

Check out the following links:

Visit Shetland info
Up Helly Aa organisation
Up Helly Aa Beginner's Guide
Fire Festivals VIDEO
Shetland Marinas
Shetland Webcam Network
Lerwick Port Info

Please add any pics or others links that you feel will add to folk's knowledge and enjoyment of this year's race!

_____________________

--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2018-01-25 16:28:30 ---
Posted by
Tempest


Users avatar

Posts
79
Registered at
2009-06-16 17:44:17
2012-01-27 20:36:18 - Re: Up Helly Aa 2012
Just some pictures taken in my various years working around the shetlands offshore. There no "sailing" pictures but an impression of the area.
Attachments
Posted by
RainbowChaser


Users avatar

Posts
2656
Registered at
2009-06-14 09:44:50
2012-01-28 12:57:33 - Re: Up Helly Aa 2012
NOTICE 28 January: Please follow the racing line from Moray Firth to Gruney.

I had really hoped that the era of folks trying to sail other than intended was long over but it appears not.

It is however possible to approach Gruney from the SE - this is not what was intended.

There is ample time prior to a race start for people to spot and highlight potential wrinkles in the sailing line.

Sadly the possibility of approaching Gruney from the SE was not noted so all we can do is ask that the racing line is to be followed here.
______________


--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2012-01-28 14:04:26 ---
Posted by
K3 (Bernd)


Users avatar

Posts
130
Registered at
2008-08-25 12:34:07
2012-01-28 14:00:49 - Re: Up Helly Aa 2012
Hi RC,

I don't understand this. As long as the WP is rounded properly, there can't be a dsq.

ciao
Bernd
Posted by
RainbowChaser


Users avatar

Posts
2656
Registered at
2009-06-14 09:44:50
2012-01-28 14:05:20 - Re: Up Helly Aa 2012
K3 - you are absolutely right and I have now amended my post.

Thank you.
Posted by
K3 (Bernd)


Users avatar

Posts
130
Registered at
2008-08-25 12:34:07
2012-01-28 14:16:24 - Re: Up Helly Aa 2012
Sometimes it's not so easy to understand how the race is intended.

I'm so glad, that I messed it up already last night so I can sleep inside the Shetlands when all the other SOLings are awake.

ciao
Bernd
Posted by
Tempest


Users avatar

Posts
79
Registered at
2009-06-16 17:44:17
2012-01-28 15:05:51 - Re: Up Helly Aa 2012
Rc i am sorry but i have to disagree on this
,
Gruney can be approached from al sides as long as waypoint is rounded correctly .

Gruney is free to pass from all sides , that was and is the basic idea . If i didn't want that possibility i would have added an extra waypoint at papa Stour in the same way as with Hascosay.
Posted by
RainbowChaser


Users avatar

Posts
2656
Registered at
2009-06-14 09:44:50
2012-01-28 15:38:24 - Re: Up Helly Aa 2012
Tempest - OK!!

In that case:

CORRECTION: Gruney may be approached from any direction but must be passed for rounding purposes as indicated on the SOL chart.

--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2012-01-28 15:38:34 ---
Posted by
K3 (Bernd)


Users avatar

Posts
130
Registered at
2008-08-25 12:34:07
2012-01-30 18:03:33 - Re: Up Helly Aa 2012
And I've seen nobody who came from the "wrong" side.
But the points went into the wrong ranking. Counted as week race, although it's declared as a weekender. So everybody who finished on monday gets a DSQ now :)

ciao
Bernd (Race history: #1-#145-#69)

--- Zuletzt bearbeitet von K3 (Bernd) am 2012-01-31 06:29:38 ---
Posted by
sol


Users avatar

Posts
297
Registered at
2008-08-14 11:08:14
2012-01-30 19:13:54 - Re: Up Helly Aa 2012
K3 - overnight the dBase will be corrected to reflect a weekend race.

Thanks!

Sorry.. that was me, RainbowChaser, replying while in the middle of doing something else.!!



--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2012-01-30 20:47:28 ---

Page: 1 2 Next

Please login to post a reply.

Races

Next Race: 00d 00h 00m

Current Races:

Marstrand to Cowes 2025


We invite you to another race, which will kick off the third quarter of our ARCH series. We'll set off from Marstrand, Sweden, which, along with Skagen, Denmark, marks the line commonly recognised as the border separating the Baltic Sea from the North Sea. The 650nm route will take our Ripitide 50 across the North Sea and the English Channel to Cowes, England. Watch out for the fast ferries crossing the Channel from Calais to Dover 😊.
Race #1935
INFO from brainaid.de
Riptide 50 PARTICULARS
WX Updates:
0430 / 1030 / 1630 / 2230
Ranking:
ARQ3 - ARCH - SUPSOL – SYC
Race starts: Jul 28th 17:00 Registration will open soon
▶ Flash
GO TO RACE

Sinbad by Balloon 2025 - Baia de l'Oiseau to Carnarvon


How ever shall I return to report with clear report to the Sultan – asked Sinbad. It must be told this island and all its fables shall be expunged from the annals of every thousand and one night. The wind howls here, and sun be none (it’s Winter, Sin, ed.) and all days from the west, but let’s launch anyway and see if we can work our SOL Balloon north as the days pass aiming for Asthralaya, where The Mahabharata tells the ancients once tested mighty weapons, about a quarter and a million qasbah away (2500nm, ed.), perhaps one month.
Race #1885
INFOby brainaid.de
SOL Balloon PARTICULARS
WX Updates:
0430 / 1030 / 1630 / 2230
Ranking: SYC - SBB
Race starts: Jul 23rd 11:00 Registration Open!
▶ Flash
GO TO RACE

Tall Ships Races 2025 - Aberdeen to Kristiansand


Welcome to the third of four virtual Tall Ships Races in European waters which are concurrently being organized in-real-life by Sail Training International . This third race is from Aberdeen in Scotland east across the North Sea to Norway’s Kristiansand; circa 330nm in Sailonline’s magnificent 90m Barque.
NOTE: Starts and Finishes in tall ships racing are always offshore to avoid conflict with shipping and shipping lanes; online and real-life may not match exactly.
Race #1925
INFO by brainaid.de
Barque 90m PARTICULARS
WX Updates:
0430 / 1030 / 1630 / 2230
Ranking: TS - SYC
Race starts: Jul 22nd 16:00 Registration Open!
▶ Flash
GO TO RACE

Nantucket Sprint 2025


Welcome to Nantucket, from whence Herman Melville’s Cap’n Ahab sailed round The Horn into the northern Pacific Ocean to hunt the gray whale - whose migrations are celebrated elsewhere in SOL’s Q4 schedule - he never to return. And whaling too, as the 19th C progressed, like Ahab disappeared from Nantucket as the harbour silted up and mainland Massachusetts whaling stations benefited from rail connections. But beach life, yachting and nostalgia has rescued the island from oblivion, so to celebrate leisure, SOL gives you the Nantucket Sprint - 25nm in 29er_XX’s from Great Point to Muskeget & Tuckernuck Islands across the sound to a finish just inside the mouth of the harbour. Enjoy!
Race 1936
INFO by brainaid.de
29er_XX PARTICULARS
WX Updates:
0430 / 1030 / 1630 / 2230
Ranking:
SPRQ3 - SPRCH - SUPSOL – SYC
RACE CLOSE: Friday,
July 25 at 2300 UTC.
Race starts: Jul 19th 15:00 Registration Closed
▶ Flash
GO TO RACE

Suursaari TIMED Race 2025

The first TIMED race of the northern hemisphere Summer takes us to the Gulf of Finland on a 165nm zig-zagging course beginning and ending in the seacoast village of Haukilahti and circling the island of Suursaari. It’s only appropriate that the boat for this race is Finland’s own Club Swan 50. This is a TIMEDrace so you may RE-REGISTER HEREto try again after finishing a run. You will have 13 days and 11 hours to test your skill and decision making after the race opens.
Race #1928
INFOby brainaid.de
PARTICULARS
WX Updates:
0430 / 1030 / 1630 / 2230
Ranking:
TRQ3 - TRCH - SUPSOL - SYC
RACE CLOSE: Saturday,
26 July at 23:00 UTC
Race starts: Jul 13th 12:00 Registration Open!
▶ Flash
GO TO RACE

Young Island to Great Nicobar 2025

The adventure continues as we launch this fifth leg of the RWW series, racing from Young Island to Great Nicobar on the edge of the Bay of Bengal. Get ready for a chilling start as we set sail on the seventh leg of the 2025 Ocean Championship Series! A 5200nm journey of endurance, strategy, and pure sailing excitement. This leg will be pursued aboard the Super Maxi 100v2, pushing sailors to their limits. Do you have what it takes to conquer the Indian Ocean? Join us and put your skills to the ultimate test!
PRIZE: SMPF
Race #1929
INFO by brainaid.de
Super Maxi 100 v2 PARTICULARS
WX Updates:
0430 / 1030 / 1630 / 2230
Ranking: OCQ3 - RWW - OCCH - SUPSOL - SYC
Race starts: Jul 07th 11:00 Registration Closed
▶ Flash
GO TO RACE

Go to race archive

SYC Ranking

  1. Sailonline Yacht Club Member WRmirekd
  2. Sailonline Yacht Club Member CriticalHippo
  3. Sailonline Yacht Club Member rafa
  4. Sailonline Yacht Club Member KaSToR
  5. Sailonline Yacht Club Member Kipper1258
  6. Sailonline Yacht Club Member FreyjaUSA
  7. Sailonline Yacht Club Member vida
  8. Sailonline Yacht Club Member rumskib
  9. Sailonline Yacht Club Member BRENTGRAY
  10. Sailonline Yacht Club Member Sax747

View full list

Series

Mobile Client

SYC members have the benefit of access to our mobile/lightweight web client!

The mobile client