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2012-08-08 17:08:10 - Re: Aaron Gage Round Australia.
A3 - Leg3 Hobart to Sydney is ready for preview

For some weird reason the text in the description looks fine in the properties editor but will not format when I load the completed file in GE.

Let me know how it looks when you load it.

see attached .kmz
“We may have arrived on different ships, but we are all in the same boat now!” Martin Luther King Jr.
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2012-08-09 09:00:17 - Re: Aaron Gage Round Australia.
Leg 3 now set up and ready for preview.

UPDATE: 11 August: Leg 3 is now archived

Tyger - all the description etc is perfect as usual :-)

To view this leg, as you all probably know by now, log in as the sol boat:

USERNAME: sol
PASSWORD: sol

and then click here

The leg is open now for viewing via the sol boat but I will close it (temporarily) from tomorrow (Friday 10) afternoon until the weekend, as I want to be sure the SOL server is happy with the load of three active races (the Turkey race is a particularly large file!). If all is sweet as, then I will reopen A3-Leg3 and let you know when I have done so!!

:-D Another fab job, Tyger!
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2012-08-09 15:48:32 - Re: Aaron Gage Round Australia.
A3 Leg4 Sydney to Gold Coast is ready.

Any comments welcome, see attached .kmz
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2012-08-11 16:43:14 - Re: Aaron Gage Round Australia.
Another masterpiece.. I love reading the description of each race. Really sets the context perfectly.

The race is set up but as I am creating a new weathersystem for the area and just missed getting it set up in time for the update a little while ago, we will need to wait until tonight's wx to fill in before going any further. I suppose we could check the race with another wx system but better its all "good" and then if there are things to amend/correct/change we do it in one go.

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I'll post the link later today.
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2012-08-14 15:11:51 - Re: Aaron Gage Round Australia.
Leg 4 is now available for previewing.

You know the procedure now, just log in as the sol boat:

USERNAME: sol
PASSWORD: sol

and then click here

The leg is open now for viewing via the sol boat but I will close it again tomorrow (Wednesday) about 1600utc until we get the timed race underway and then once loads are OK I will reopen this leg for preview for a few days.

Not sure this time about the placing of the Harbour Mark or the North Head one... seems a bit counter-intuitive for the course, but maybe that's me! edited:all sorted after convo + Tyger.

What do you think guys?

UPDATE: The race is now archived. If anyone wants it re-opened for review just holler!
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2012-08-15 05:54:30 - Re: Aaron Gage Round Australia.
Super... I like the race, like the legs... No complaints from me... as happy as an... oyster :-)
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2012-08-15 23:35:23 - Re: Aaron Gage Round Australia.
A3 - Leg5 Brisbane to Hamilton Island

Another leg for preview. We're getting into the Great Barrier Reef now so navigation will be a challenge.

See attached .kmz for your consideration.

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2012-08-16 03:35:21 - Re: Aaron Gage Round Australia.
Leg 5 should be named "Insomniac's Special". On par with Channel Is Ramble and Round Turkey. Lovely...
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2012-08-16 05:48:13 - Re: Aaron Gage Round Australia.
Yup... router boys will find the going tough... especially the sailors who use routers for all the races and have come to rely on them... So many course changes you can just as well do it SOTP
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2012-08-18 08:19:09 - Re: Aaron Gage Round Australia.
Sorry folks, I didn't get an auto-notification that this thread had been updated so didn't spot the new/draft Leg 5 until just now.

I have a couple of errands to run today but will get this set up soonest!!

This is what Aaron's mom has to say about it:

"We are all really excited that people we don't even know are putting so much effort and are so enthusiastic about it. At last a race Aaron wouldn't need to set his alarm for, or perhaps not. You have no idea how many times I heard "XTZ!!::" coming from his room when he realized he had slept through another alarm ring. He would be so mad!!!"


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