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  • 2025-01-16 17:54:05
    Cappy is sailing in peaceful waters
    Board » In memoriam
    During the sad moments when we became aware of the loss of Tyger , we also found out that one of the oldest and most iconic SOLers had left to a better world ……Captjack1942 …….aka ….Cappy !!.

    Jack was 82 years old and spent the last 17 as very active member of our Community.

    When Cappy was steering his boat, he was always willing to chat with everyone, and always gave the impression to be well acquainted with everyone, even at first chat…….
    Very few guys are able to make you very comfortable even at early stages of communication ! …Cappy was one of those few.

    Evidence of the above is the fact that the Community started to call him Cappy as if that was really his name and not only a nickname……..to the extent that possibly someone would not be able to understand who the other guy was if he was called Jack , or captjack……

    He was and will always be…”Cappy” …for every one of us.

    A few days ago I sent over to him his 2024 Performance Certificate, without knowing that it would remain undelivered …….well …here delivery is guaranteed …and with that a standing ovation and full respect from all of us .

    Thank you ……. Cappy

    One of those like you with a nickname only : …….your friend … WIN
  • 2025-01-04 10:51:38
    Re: 2025 SMPF SCHEME
    Board » Sailonline Yacht Club
    Here you will find the SMPF sponsored race calendar for 2025, published in advance and updated with each quarter, as well as the list of winners , as soon as they become official each month.

    JAN :
    Race : Vendee Home starting on the 6th
    Sponsor : Sailonline Yacht Club
    WINNER :

    FEB :
    Race : Barbados to Tristan da Cunha starting on the 3rd
    Sponsor : Sailonline Yacht CLub
    WINNER :

    MAR :
    Race : Tristan da Cunha to Coronation Island starting on the 3rd
    Sponsor : Sailonline Yacht Club
    WINNER :

    --- Last Edited by WIN at 2025-01-04 10:52:35 ---
  • 2025-01-03 11:20:23
    Re: SOL COOrdinator's role as such ends DEC 31 2024
    Board » General Discussion
    Thank you for your kind words Doug ......
    rest assured !!! ...it will be, at least for the time being, very ...very ..."semi" (5%)

    LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

    ciao and GRAZIE !!

    Piero
  • 2025-01-01 16:31:57
    2025 SPECIAL SERIES AND PRIZES
    Board » Flag Officers
    SPECIAL SERIES – 2025

    Hi SOLers !!

    In 2025 there will be a good number of Special Series , all very interesting and challenging.

    A good description has been posted in homepage blog.

    You will find the list hereunder (not necessarily in chronological order)

    In accordance with the policy regarding physical and VIRTUAL prizes (medals) the following general rule will apply :

    1 – Series with up to 3 races = VIRTUAL MEDALS for podium and Award certificates for top 10

    2 – Series with 4 or 5 races = GOLD physical medal for Winner; VIRTUAL MEDALS for second and third and Award certificates for top 10

    3 – Series with 6 or more races = Physical medals for the podium three and Award certificates for top 20

    Once a Series is completed do not forget to look at the podium that will be published in the thread underneath !

    HAPPY 2025 SOLing ! :)

    The 2025 Special Series will be :

    ----2025 DN ICE BOAT SERIES

    FOUR races – ONE discard
    SERIES CODE : 2025 DN
    PHYSICAL GOLD MEDAL FOR SERIES WINNER
    VIRTUAL MEDALS FOR SECOND AND THIRD
    AWARD CERTIFICATES TO TOP 10
    WINNER:
    SECOND:
    THIRD:

    ----2025 Africa by Sea

    Seven races – two discards
    SERIES CODE : 2025 ABS
    PHYSICAL MEDAL FOR ALL PODIUM PLACES
    AWARD CERTIFICATES TO TOP 20
    WINNER:
    SECOND:
    THIRD:

    ----2025 Red Eye

    Six races – one discard
    SERIES CODE : 2025 RED
    PHYSICAL MEDAL FOR ALL PODIUM PLACES
    AWARD CERTIFICATES TO TOP 20
    WINNER:
    SECOND:
    THIRD:

    ----2025 Sinbad by Balloon

    FOUR races – ONE discard
    SERIES CODE : 2025 SBB
    PHYSICAL GOLD MEDAL FOR SERIES WINNER
    VIRTUAL MEDALS FOR SECOND AND THIRD
    AWARD CERTIFICATES TO TOP 10
    WINNER:
    SECOND:
    THIRD:

    ----2025 Round Our Water World

    Eight races in 2025 – one discard
    SERIES CODE : 2025 RWW
    PHYSICAL MEDALS FOR ALL PODIUM PLACES
    AWARD CERTIFICATES TO TOP 20
    WINNER:
    SECOND:
    THIRD:

    ----2025 TS Tall Ships Championship

    Four races in 2025 - one discard
    SERIES CODE : 2025 TS
    PHYSICAL GOLD MEDAL FOR SERIES WINNER
    VIRTUAL MEDALS FOR SECOND AND THIRD
    AWARD CERTIFICATES TO TOP 10
    WINNER:
    SECOND:
    THIRD:

    ----2025 SSANZ Triple Series

    Three races in 2025 – ALL to count
    SERIES CODE : 2025 SSANZ
    VIRTUAL MEDALS FOR ALL PODIUM PLACES
    AWARD CERTIFICATES TO TOP 10
    WINNER:
    SECOND:
    THIRD:

    ----2025 Bay to Bay

    Two races in 2024 – ALL to count
    SERIES CODE : 2025 B2B
    VIRTUAL MEDALS FOR ALL PODIUM PLACES
    AWARD CERTIFICATES TO TOP 10
    WINNER:
    SECOND:
    THIRD:

    ----2025 LOOR Lake Ontario Offshore Racing

    Two races in 2025 – ALL to count
    SERIES CODE : 2025 LOOR
    VIRTUAL MEDALS FOR ALL PODIUM PLACES
    AWARD CERTIFICATES TO TOP 10
    WINNER:
    SECOND:
    THIRD:

    ----2025 Raja Muda international

    Three races in 2025 – ALL to count
    SERIES CODE : 2025 RMI
    VIRTUAL MEDALS FOR ALL PODIUM PLACES
    AWARD CERTIFICATES TO TOP 10
    WINNER:
    SECOND:
    THIRD:

    ----2025 SSANZ Northern TRiangle

    Three races in 2025 – ALL to count
    SERIES CODE : 2025 NT
    VIRTUAL MEDALS FOR ALL PODIUM PLACES
    AWARD CERTIFICATES TO TOP 10
    WINNER:
    SECOND:
    THIRD:

    ----2025 Pantaenius Shetland Series

    Two races in 2025 – ALL to count
    SERIES CODE : 2025 SHE
    VIRTUAL MEDALS FOR ALL PODIUM PLACES
    AWARD CERTIFICATES TO TOP 10
    WINNER:
    SECOND:
    THIRD:

    ----2025 Tasman Double

    Two races – ALL to count
    SERIES CODE : 2025 TD
    VIRTUAL MEDALS FOR ALL PODIUM PLACES
    AWARD CERTIFICATES TO TOP 10
    WINNER:
    SECOND:
    THIRD:
  • 2025-01-01 15:33:26
    2025 CHAMPIONSHIPS NORs
    Board » Flag Officers » Championships
    The Sailonline Management is pleased to announce

    THE 2025 SOL CHAMPIONSHIP NORs
    ________________________________________


    The four annual Championships will continue without change to format.

    We will also continue the new system where each boat finishing on the podium in a Championship race will receive a virtual medal (Gold - Silver and Bronze) on a certificate sent by email.

    Also : The winner of each Quarterly Championship (16 in total) will continue to receive the exclusive plaque, whilst the second and third on podium will receive by email a virtual Silver or Bronze medal.

    In a nutshell :

    OCEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
    Annual Championship
    12 races (one each month) - 2 discards
    Quarterly Championships
    the 3 races of each quarter - NO discards

    TIMED CHAMPIONSHIP
    Annual Championship
    12 races (three each quarter) - 2 discards
    Quarterly Championships
    the 3 races of each quarter - NO discards

    SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP
    Annual Championship
    12 races (three each quarter) - 2 discards
    Quarterly Championships
    the 3 races of each quarter - NO discards

    ALL ROUND CHAMPIONSHIP
    Annual Championship
    12 races (one each month) - 2 discards
    Quarterly Championships
    the 3 races of each quarter - NO discards


    SUPERSOLER 2024
    This year again it will be the summa of 48 Championship races (12 OCCH + 12 TRCH + 12 SPRCH + 12 ARCH) and will allow 6 discards.

    Happy Championships SOLing in 2025 !


    Sailonline Management


    --- Last Edited by WIN at 2025-01-01 21:58:04 ---
  • 2024-12-30 15:31:19
    2025 CERTIFICATES SCHEME MECHANICALS AND SITUATION YTD
    Board » Flag Officers » Races
    Please find hereunder the mechanicals that regulate the annual certificate scheme (there has been no change for 2025).

    At the end of each month in 2025 a file illustrating the up to date situation will be posted here.

    If anyone skipper sees a note for contacting the SOL Management alongside his/her boat's name , it means that we are missing some data to fill the certificate . Please contact as advertised as soon as possible.

    SOL Management

    Thank you
  • 2024-12-29 17:11:09
    2025 RACE PODIUM CERTIFICATES
    Board » Flag Officers » Races
    Hi SOLers !!!

    During 2025 you will find in this area the podium for each and every race, in the usual format of a certificate to be kept for good memory.

    Each one will be posted in the pertinent monthly area as per date of race start.

    Happy 2025 SOLing !!

    SOL Management
  • 2024-12-26 15:26:42
    SOL COOrdinator's role as such ends DEC 31 2024
    Board » General Discussion
    Hallo SOLers !

    I want to inform you, the Sailonline community, that effective January 1st 2025 I will relinquish my duties of “COOrdinator” of the Sailonline platform.

    During the past twelve years one aspect of this role has been the interfacing between the day to day operational side of SOL (Ops-RC-tech) and the Board of Sailonline Nav Sim AB, and as consequence of this role’s peculiarity I needed to be always attentive to whichever ongoing issue, on the ball and ready to intervene when needed and explain when requested.

    It has been like working for 12 years without any annual leave.To say the least: I am slightly tired (and OLD).

    Unless the two Board members, who are fully aware of my decision and with whom this matter has been discussed several times during past few years, find a volunteer to fulfill the vacant role, the role will cease to exist and the consequence will be that of more direct comms lines between Board and day to day SOL business.

    This is less than 5% of what I have been doing at SOL, but the remaining 95%, that I WILL CONTINUE TO CONCENTRATE ON can be planned , and caters for annual leave (LOL)

    A new job title for me will be the last of our priorities, but to explain shortly what I was doing and will still do and the new positioning in the SOL backstage , here is the answers:

    I will be one of the three members of the day to day Sailonline Management Team (the other two being Jan (BONK) and Richard (Go4iT).
    I will continue to work with them and for them in the areas of :

    ---Everything related to Championships

    ---Rankings in general and in particular
    (Championships, SYC, Nation)

    ---Prizes (Virtual and material including
    performance certificates and Special Series
    awards)

    ---And some other organizational stuff that
    runs behind the SOL stage.

    So……basically very little changes but it will be far more relaxing for me.

    Also the email address will remain, at least for now and for convenience the one you know: coord@sailonline.org

    I take this opportunity to wish you ALL a fantastic and rewarding 2025 on the SOL waters, and more importantly in your personal lives.

    HOLD FAST!

    Piero

    Aka WINSTON_4
  • 2024-12-22 13:15:44
    2025 SMPF SCHEME
    Board » Sailonline Yacht Club
    THE 2025 SMPF SCHEME IS LAUNCHED!
    SPONSORSHIP REQUESTS ARE WELCOMED
    ===============================

    The SMPF scheme (SYC Membership Pay Forward) will continue in 2025.

    At the end of 12 races in 2024 (one each month, under normal circumstances being the monthly Ocean Championship race)) one annual FREE membership to the Sailonline Yacht Club will be made available to the best finishing (and fully qualifying as per rules hereunder) NON SYC member in each of the nominated races. The prize can be sponsored by any SOLer willing to do so.

    The sponsors of previous editions of the SMPF scheme did either make their Sponsorship publicly known, or acted anonymously under the flag of the Sailonline Yacht Club.

    The number of slots available for sponsoring one SMPF is extremely limited, as again in 2025 ONLY ONE SMPF race per month will be nominated and sponsored. If you are interested, please hurry up and contact me. By responding promptly to this invitation you will secure yourself a slot in the 2025 Sponsorship list

    All you need to do at this time is to write to: coord@sailonline.org , and confirm your willingness to support the SMPF scheme in 2025. If available you will be granted one slot (one month) , and the race of that month that will be nominated for SMPF scheme will be “your SMPF race”.

    Some important information before you decide:

    1)– Your participation to the scheme, should you want to remain anonymous, will be treated in fully confidential mode by myself and the Sailonline Nav Sim AB Board, thus there will be only three persons aware of your position in the scheme.

    2)- This is by no means a solicitation to invest into our platform, and you should not in any way feel obliged to adhere to the scheme.

    3) The prize will be delivered to the first NON SYC MEMBER over the finish line, who had NEVER been an SYC member before. As any NON SYC member over the finish line could be the prize winner, it is recommended that the next thread hereunder is looked at after an SMPF race , as the prize winner will be announced as soon as possible after the arrival of the first boat.

    4)- Should the best NON SYC member over the finish line not be eligible because lacking the requisite of point 3) above , the next in line will be identified and so on until a fully qualifying yacht is found and declared as the winner.

    5)-The SYC membership earned will start AFTER the date and time of finishing the qualifying race , as the status in that race must be and remain " NON SYC "

    6)- The SMPF prize will be delivered directly to the winner at the end of each nominated race, without asking for acceptance or collection. The winning SOLer will be made SYC member “ex officio” and the Management looks forward to hear from him/her sometimes after delivery.

    We look forward to hearing from you and to a well supported 2025 SMPF scheme!

    On behalf of Sailonline NAV SIM AB

    WINSTON_4 (SOL Management Team)
  • 2024-08-21 09:26:49
    LACK OF REMINDER EMAIL FOR SYC RENEWAL
    Board » Sailonline Yacht Club
    Hi ALL !!

    even with a bit of delay ,for which I apologise ,I whish to inform all SYC members that it is now a while since the usual email notification of SYC membership expiry is no longer autogenerated by the server.

    This is due to some tech problems with server generated and distributed emails that we have been experiencing recently.

    Our tech people are working on this and we really hope that the situation will be resolved the soonest.

    In the meantime it is prudent to keep a note on the expiry date of the membership , if you want to renew without losing any SYC ranking or Championship results.

    Again .....I apologise for not posting this note earler than today ,

    Thank you ALL for your support.

    Piero
    SOL Coord

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Africa by Sea 2025 - Port Said to Tangier


Back in the 7th C BCE, pharaoh Necho II may have commissioned Phoenician sailors to explore south down the Red Sea and if possible return north via the Straits of Gibraltar. Herodotus was inclined to dismiss the story as it included reports of the sun standing in the north, which had to be nonsense. Silly old Herodotus, but who cares, 2800 years later we will repeat the feat, but we’ll go the other way round, and not in a galley but in different modern sailing yachts, beginning with the comfort of an IY 14.98 for the first leg of 1900nm from Port Said to Tangier.
Race #1854
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Ranking: SYC - ABC
Race starts: Jan 22nd 17:00 Registration Open!
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Aden to Goa 2025


Europeans are primarily acquainted with the historical narrative of how spices reached their continent from distant regions. However, the spice trade from Goa to Aden predates the modern era, as detailed in this article. Sailonline is now reversing this route, organizing an eastbound yacht race of approximately 1700 nautical miles across the Arabian Sea for our 21st-century Archer 78 yachts. Wishing you fair winds and may the enticing aroma of spices guide you safely to your destination!
Race #1887
INFO from brainaid.de
Archer 78 PARTICULARS
WX Updates:
0430 / 1030 / 1630 / 2230
Ranking:
ARQ1 - ARCH - SUPSOL - SYC
Race starts: Jan 20th 17:00 Registration Open!
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Lake Namtso Ice Race


To kick off our annual Ice Yachting Series, we will travel to Tibet and to one of the World’s highest lakes, Namtso, the “Heavenly Lake”, at an altitude of 4720m. Just fly to Gonggar Airport via Kathmandu, and get a taxi to Lhasa where the Dali Lama lives, then hire a truck with guide to take you and your DN and gear a further 200km north across the Nyenchen Tanglha mountains to Xianga where a 95nm triangle will be beaconed out on the ice for your enjoyment. Although like most of the Tibetan lakes, Namtso is a saline sump with no outflows, rest assured it is bitter cold there and ice is guaranteed. Mind the monks, you’ve no PL!
Race #1850
INFOby brainaid.de
DN PARTICULARS
WX Updates:
0430 / 1030 / 1630 / 2230
Ranking: DN - SYC
RACE CLOSE: Thursday,
January 23 at 2300 UTC.
Race starts: Jan 19th 09:00 Registration Open!
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Vendee Home - Cape Horn to Olon 2025

Welcome to our 2025 Ocean Race Championships starting off with the classic 6900nm drag race from Cape Horn back to the coast of Brittany leading or following the boats of the Vendee Globe fleet. A new polar from the board of the BNH Design Partnership is being made available to you for this one, in the hope that aboard her you too will be able to cover 600nm in a day when the conditions are right! It's winter outside, so like the IRL sailors, enjoy and stay inside!
PRIZE: SMPF
Race #1874
INFO by brainaid.de
IMOCA 60 Foil v2 PARTICULARS
WX Updates:
0430 / 1030 / 1630 / 2230
Ranking: OCQ1 - OCCH - SUPSOL - SYC
Race starts: Jan 06th 11:00 Registration Closed
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