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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!

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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.
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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.
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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.

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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.
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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.

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2012-01-28 15:05:51 - Re: Up Helly Aa 2012
Rc i am sorry but i have to disagree on this
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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.
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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.

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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 :)

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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.!!



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