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2023-08-07 12:15:40

Re: 2023 RANKINGS BY NATION - INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM

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NATION RANKINGS

MONTHLY AND YTD REPORT 2023 Q3

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--- Last Edited by WIN at 2023-09-03 13:22:42 ---
2023-06-03 10:10:58

RESPECT FOR VOLUNTEERS

Board » General Discussion

Hi SOLers !

Sailonline Management have seen, during the recent past, a sizeable surge of criticism addressed to those who run the platform behind the scenes. SRC has seen the vast majority of such criticism - too many times as utterly inappropriate; I have decided to address the matter.

I take it for granted that everyone at SOL is aware that the Teams working behind the scenes do so in total volunteer mode and only for passion. This does not mean that judgements are always right or that mistakes are impossible, but surely does mean that they deserve our complete respect for what they do.

Constructive criticism is one thing and has always been welcome. Good examples are changes to the rules regarding DC-able starts and finishes during Ocean races and some modifications to the platform features that have come from constructive comments.

Criticism like: “This race has been badly organized because there is no wind” …. OR ….” this boat is too slow for a race with light wind like this one “…. are NON constructive comments, and as such are unacceptable criticism.

Races are planned several months in advance and, with few exceptions (e.g. trade winds) no such long-term prediction of Wx can be assessed in advance. (Our volunteers are neither computers, nor meteorologists).

I have personally seen such sarcastic and disrespectful comments and criticism appearing in race chat.

The objective of this message is to alert that this lack of respect will no longer be accepted, and appropriate action will be taken to preserve the rights of those that want to offer this virtual sailing on SOL waters, to be able to do so in happiness, like those who enjoy the platform.

I will not lose even one volunteer because he/she has been offended on such grounds and I would add that such a public lack of respect also acts to deter any new volunteers who are now, and will forever be, needed for the future.

Piero
Sailonline COO

PS: this thread remains open for comments. The more the better.
2023-05-12 15:22:10

Re: 2023 RANKINGS BY NATION - INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM

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NATION RANKINGS

MONTHLY AND YTD REPORT 2023 Q2

SEE ATTACHED FILES

--- Last Edited by WIN at 2023-07-02 14:02:20 ---
2023-02-04 17:13:27

Re: 2023 RANKINGS BY NATION - INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM

Board » Sailonline Yacht Club

NATION RANKINGS

MONTHLY AND YTD REPORT 2023 Q1

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--- Last Edited by WIN at 2023-04-07 16:36:17 ---
2023-01-02 14:31:33

2023 SPECIAL SERIES AND PRIZES

Board » Sailonline Race Committee

SERIES WITH PRIZES – 2023

Hi SOLers !!

As in previous years our most popular Series will attract prizes.

Winners and relevant prizes will be announced here under the Series at the end of which they earned a prize.

Also do not forget to look at the Podium under this thread.

Happy 2023 SOLing !

• 2022/2023 ICE BOAT SERIES
2022/23 – Ice boat series – One race in 2022 – three races in Q1 2023 – total FOUR races – ONE discard
SERIES CODE : DN
GOLD MEDAL FOR SERIES WINNER
AWARD CERTIFICATES TO TOP 10
WINNER : Pit8008 of USA

Note : The Series is won by Pit8008 after second level Tie Break as per Appendix A comma A8 of WSRR. Pit8008 and WRmirekd finished with same points and had same individual results as best three out of four.
Pit8008 therefore wins the series as he won the last race ( second level of tie break).
The server does not cater for such eventuality, and therefore the official announcement is made here.

• 2023 SEVEN VOYAGES OF SINBAD
Sailonline's SVS 2023 - Annual Series 7 races - 5 races to count - 2 discards
SERIES CODE : 2023 SVS
GOLD MEDAL FOR SERIES WINNER
SILVER AND BRONZE MEDALS FOR PODIUM
AWARD CERTIFICATES TO TOP 20
WINNERs :
GOLD:
SILVER:
BRONZE:

• 2023 ROUND NORTH ISLAND
Sailonline's RNI 2023 - 3 consecutive races in New Zealand start late February - no discards
SERIES CODE : 2023 RNI
GOLD MEDAL FOR SERIES WINNER
AWARD CERTIFICATES TO TOP 10
WINNER : WRmirekd of Poland

• 2023 LAKE ONTARIO
Sailonline's LOOR 2023 - 2 races - one in June and one in July - no discards
SERIES CODE : 2023 LOOR
GOLD MEDAL FOR SERIES WINNER
AWARD CERTIFICATES TO TOP 10
WINNER : Satori of Canada

• 2023 SHETLANDS RACES
Sailonline's SHETLANDS 2023 - Two races in June - no discards
SERIES CODE : 2023 SHE
GOLD MEDAL FOR SERIES WINNER
AWARD CERTIFICATES TO TOP 10
WINNER : WRmirekd of Poland

• 2023 ROUND THE WORLD
Sailonline's RTW 2023 - Annual Series 6 races - 5 races to count - 1 discard
SERIES CODE : 2023 RTW
GOLD MEDAL FOR SERIES WINNER
SILVER AND BRONZE MEDALS FOR PODIUM
AWARD CERTIFICATES TO TOP 20
WINNERs :
GOLD:
SILVER:
BRONZE:

• 2023 TALL SHIPS SERIES
Sailonline's TALL SHIPS 2023 - Five races in 2023 Q3 - 1 discard
SERIES CODE : 2023 TS
GOLD MEDAL FOR SERIES WINNER
AWARD CERTIFICATES TO TOP 10
WINNER :

• 2023 SSANZ TRIPLE
Sailonline's SSANZ TRIPLE 2023 SERIES - Three races in 2023 Q3 - no discards
SERIES CODE : 2023 SSANZ
GOLD MEDAL FOR SERIES WINNER
AWARD CERTIFICATES TO TOP 10
WINNER :

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2023-01-02 14:09:59

2023 CERTIFICATES SCHEME MECHANICALS AND SITUATION YTD

Board » Sailonline Race Committee » Races

Please find hereunder the mechanicals that regulate the annual certificate scheme (there has been no change for 2023).

At the end of each month in 2023 a file illustrating the up to date situation will be posted here.

If anyone skipper sees a note for contacting the coordinator alongside his/her boat's name , it means that the coordinator needs some data to fill the certificate . Please contact him as soon as possible.

COORD@SAILONLINE.ORG

Thank you

PLEASE NOTE :

1) The SSANZ race 1 , although started during the last few ZULU hours of June , will be accounted for in July.

--- Last Edited by WIN at 2023-09-03 12:51:19 ---
2023-01-02 13:42:14

2023 RANKINGS BY NATION - INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM

Board » Sailonline Yacht Club

The rankings by Nation have seen in 2022 a clear limit in their formula:

The moment one Nation (USA) has a combination of very high participating numbers … AND … a very high level of collective skills, the developing results of the TEAM formula leave no space for any kind of competition for top spot to any other Team in the SOL arena.

In actual facts the GOLD for Team USA has never been in danger throughout the year, and the only interesting development to be seen there has been about the developing winning USA TRIO.

A lot of effort and brainstorm has been invested behind the scenes as to how revamping interest in that competition, but so far no fair and easy to implement solution has been found. Another attempt will be made during 2023.

SO :

The Rankings by Nation ( INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM) scheme will be continued in 2023, without changes.

The Rankings by Nation thread is here in the SYC partition of the Forum because, whilst the INDIVIDUAL rankings by Nation are open to everyone irrespective of membership , the TEAM ones are reserved to SYC members.

Attached underneath you find 2 DOCUMENTS:

One illustrates the mechanicals of the rankings scheme (by Nation both Individual and Team)

The other one illustrates the mechanicals that will lead to reward the individual SOLers (by Skipper both Individual and Team)

At the end of each calendar month an up to date situation will be posted here for everyone to look at and plan improvements !

Please feel free to comment or ask for any clarification writing to coord@sailonline.org

I will publish here for everyone information the most important comments and clarification requests.

Happy 2023 SOLing !!
2022-12-28 18:24:53

2023 CHAMPIONSHIPS NORs

Board » Sailonline Race Committee » Championships

SRC is pleased to announce
THE 2023 SOL CHAMPIONSHIP NORs
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For 2023 we want to continue with some change, aimed to see some evolution in the years to come.

Two out of the main four Championships will not change format in 2023.

The ALL ROUND Championship, with its 4 quarters portraying four different groups of boat types and sizes has been successful in 2022 and will continue.

The Ocean Championship, as always the most appealing to the majority of SOLers, will carry no change.

After some debate we have reduced the number of Sprint races valid for the Championship to 12 (3 per quarter) but actually increased the number of sprint races for the sprint maniacs to 24 total , 12 of which non valid for the Championship. Twice a month it will be " hands on till time" for many, but careful to identify from the relevant codes which races are Sprint Championship and which are not !

Good news for many around the world ! :
each quarter of the Sprint Championship will see start times favourable to each of the three main areas of the world (Europe-Americas-FarEast) whilst last quarter will see one race with start time suitable for each of the three areas ( more details in calendar)

Timed races Championship goes back to 12 (one each month). This will offer more opportunity for many newcomers to test SOLing in the Timed arenas that will be available during more than 50% of the time in 2023.

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 2022
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 2023 !

SRC

--- Last Edited by WIN at 2022-12-28 18:32:38 ---
2022-12-21 10:53:16

Re: 2023 SMPF SCHEME

Board » Sailonline Yacht Club

Here you will find the SMPF sponsored race calendar for 2023, 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 : Cape Town to Rio 2023 starting on the 2nd
Sponsor : Sailonline Yacht Club
WINNER : Flamingo of S.Africa

FEB :
Race : Melbourne to Hong Kong starting on the 4th
Sponsor : Owner of S/Y FreyjaUSA of USA
WINNER : GoldenHorde of Mongolia

MAR :
Race : Lanzarote to Grenada starting on the 3rd
Sponsor : Owner of S/Y calmxy
WINNER : Miggy of New Zealand

APR :
Race : Melbourne to Osaka starting on the 1st
Sponsor : Owner of S/Y Dingo
WINNER : garent of Poland

MAY :
Race : Lisbon to Cape Town starting on the 3rd
Sponsor : Sailonline Yacht Club
WINNER : CaptBonnyblade of Germany

JUN :
Race : Cape Town Auckland starting on the 1st
Sponsor : Sailonline Yacht Club
WINNER : PietHuman of S.Africa

JUL :
Race : Auckland to San Francisco starting on the 1st
Sponsor : Sailonline Yacht Club
WINNER : TUR Leda of Turkey

AUG :
Race : San Francisco to Ushuaia starting on the 1st
Sponsor : Sailonline Yacht Club
WINNER : mb007 of Argentina

SEP :
Race : Maryland to Alaska starting on the 1st
Sponsor : Sailonline Yacht Club
WINNER :

OCT :
Race :
Sponsor :
WINNER :

NOV :
Race :
Sponsor :
WINNER :

DEC :
Race :
Sponsor :
WINNER :

--- Last Edited by WIN at 2023-08-27 09:29:07 ---
2022-12-21 10:42:48

2023 SMPF SCHEME

Board » Sailonline Yacht Club

THE 2023 SMPF SCHEME IS LAUNCHED!
SPONSORSHIP REQUESTS ARE WELCOMED
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The SMPF scheme (SYC Membership Pay Forward) will continue in 2023.

The changes to eligibility that have been introduced in 2022 have worked well , and therefore will continue as set.

At the end of 12 races in 2023 ( one each month) 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 2023 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 2023 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 2023. 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”. (Traditionally that will be the Ocean Championship race for the given month).

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 the Coordinator 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 USD 35,00 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 2023 SMPF scheme!

On behalf of Sailonline NAV SIM AB

SOL COOrdinator

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Race #1724
INFO by brainaid.de
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Race #1698
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WX Updates:
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Ranking: SYC
Race starts: Sep 16th 15:00 Registration Closed

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Sinbad Braves the Bay of Bengal 2023
“Sinbad, you sorry sailor, why have you not told me of this great sea, this giant bay, stretching hundreds of thousands of qasbah east of Al-Hindi to fabled lands where tea and rice and rubber is abundant?” and Sinbad replied “Ahh, umm, shall I go have a look. May I take the Judel Vrolijk 62 again, it’s going to be a long voyage, perhaps a million and one half qasbah (c 3000nm)? I’ll start in Chittagong and follow the coast to the southern tip of the Hindus’ land, round Serendip, head east into the vastness of the seas, and if I’m lucky (no pun intended, oh Mighty One) I shall find land again and then head north and see where I end up”. “Fair winds, Sinbad”, said the Sultan.
Race #1641
INFOby brainaid.de
Judel Vrolijk 62 PARTICULARS
WX Updates:
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Ranking: SYC - SVS
Race starts: Sep 13th 08:00 Registration Closed

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Maryland to Alaska 2023
Welcome to this September edition of 2023 OCCH. This route was first sailed in 2020. At the time it was inspired by Matt Rutherford's single-handed Red Dot Expedition around the Americas in 2012, SOLer Renegade proposing a half-around from Maryland over the North into the Pacific and back through the Panama Canal, in 5 legs, 5 years later. Leg 2 across the North West Passage proved to be particularly challenging and so to create a proper Ocean Race, SRC combined Leg 2 with Leg 1 to give you a race of at least 4000nm from Maryland to Alaska, now to be sailed in our magnificent Archer 78.
PRIZE: SMPF
Race #1719
INFOby brainaid.de
Archer 78 PARTICULARS
WX Updates:
0430 / 1030 / 1630 / 2230
Ranking:
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