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Name SCARABOCCHIO
Email Address scarabocchio.sail@gmail.com
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  • 2025-04-07 08:36:51
    OCEAN CHAMPIONSHIP RACES
    Board » General Discussion
    I think it is useful to define some "rules" to make the “Ocean Championship Races” more competitive and able to offer more opportunities to follow alternative routes.

    Assuming that there must be courses between a “Point A and a Point B” without intermediate buoys, the discussion mainly concerns the "rules" regarding duration time, distance and boat.

    I invite you to express your opinion regarding these topics of discussion:

    - Ocean Race Duration Time

    - Start/Finish Distance

    - Presence of Natural Obstacles near the Start and Finish Line

    - Suggestions about Favorite Boats for Ocean Races

    I personally believe that:
    - To have more interesting and competitive Ocean races, it's essential that the duration is approximately three weeks.
    With NOAA 16-day gribs you can calculate routes to the finish line and, consequently, everyone follows more or less the same route.
    If the grib stops a week before the expected arrival, it becomes interesting to study the evolution of the weather to identify the right WP to face the last week of the race.

    - Be at least 4,000/4,500 nm long, (obviously from A to B without intermediate buoys).

    - Any natural obstacles don't create problems, unless they are close to the start and finish lines.

    - No favorite boats, it is only important that performance boat is adequate to the distance and the time of 20/25 days expected to complete the race.

    FW all.
    Carlo ALberto
  • 2025-01-30 12:10:43
    Re: In Memoriam - Rob Neilson (Tyger)
    Board » In memoriam
    Dear Rob,
    we have never met in person but I can say that I've known you very well.
    A deep friendship, born from many affinities and from the great shared passion for SOL.
    I lost a friend on the other side of the world: I will miss you!
    Fair Winds Rob.
  • 2024-12-28 09:04:06
    Re: Calendar 2025 FY Preview
    Board » Flag Officers » Race Calendar
    Thanks Jan!
  • 2022-06-10 10:32:09
    Re: Public testing new HTML5 client
    Board » General Discussion
    Ciao ij, one question: would it be possible to extend the Isochrone Calculator to 168 hours as you have already done for the Predictor(s) length?

    Thanks.
    Carlo ALberto
  • 2022-06-07 19:20:41
    Re: Plymouth to Hong Kong
    Board » Flag Officers » Race proposals
    I spoke with WINSTON today to suggest the idea of organizing an "Ocean Extra Large Championship" (six stages around the world, each with a length greater than 10,000 nm), he will present the proposal to the Board.
  • 2021-05-03 18:42:46
    Re: In Memoriam - Finn Møller Christensen
    Board » In memoriam
    Cheers Finn!
    Great sailor, great man and great friend, I want to remind you as in this photo.
    A big hug.
    Carlo Alberto

    --- Last Edited by SCARABOCCHIO at 2021-05-03 18:43:42 ---
  • 2021-03-18 18:42:40
    Re: Recipes Saved for Posterity
    Board » General Discussion
    http://www.italianfoodforever.com

    FW All!

    Carlo Alberto
  • 2020-12-12 15:08:58
    Re: Ocean 2021 Championship
    Board » Flag Officers
    Thanks,
    I’m happy that my wish, and of many other Solers, for open water races is part of the official Management plan 2021 and that next year the Ocean races, in general, will be more 'Open Water’.

    It would be great to know all the 2021 Championship Calendar at the beginning of the year (as it happens in real life) and I hope this tip can be useful for further SOL improvements.

    Carlo Alberto / SCARABOCCHIO
  • 2020-12-11 13:03:01
    Re: Ocean 2021 Championship
    Board » General Discussion
    sol said @ 2020-12-11 12:18:31:
    I would like to ask the Race Committee a couple of questions about how the "Ocean 2021 Championship" will be managed:
    Who decides to participate in the "Ocean 2021 Championship", will finally have the opportunity to see the complete list of all 12 scheduled races or will it be possible to see only the 3 races of the first quarter as for the previous editions?
    Is there a guarantee that all the races scheduled for the "Ocean 2021 Championship" will be in open water, without unnecessary marks under the coast and with start and finish lines free of obstacles?
    Thanks.
    Carlo Alberto de Laugier / SCARABOCCHIO
  • 2020-12-11 12:30:00
    Re: Ocean 2021 Championship
    Board » Flag Officers
    ops ...
    I apologize, I didn't realize that I entered in sol with the SOL account and not as SCARABOCCHIO ...

    Carlo Alberto de Laugier / SCARABOCCHIO

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New Ice Age 2026 - Longyearbyen to Browerville


Although we have by no means exhausted the possibilities of ice boating on lakes at high latitudes or high altitudes, it was noticeable that as our 2025 Series progressed, there were calls from time to time for longer-distance challenges, and so in response to these calls we will pretend that global warming has reversed and as a result the coastal waters of Antarctica and Russia and Canada have fully (and smoothly!) frozen over offering us the possibility of a 4-race New Ice Age series in our trusted no-PL DN machines. Our first leg takes us 2600nm from Svalbard’s Longyearbyen east to North Alaska’s Browerville. You’ll be a few days on the ice, so dress warmly and take some provisions; go!
Race #1968
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Cross the Convergence 2026 - Robinson Crusoe to Galapagos


Welcome to our first race of a new series of ocean voyages across the World’s convergence zones, this first race taking you north from south of the Tropic of Capricorn to the Equator-straddling Galapagos, home of magical iguanas and other exotic fauna (but no mythical kings, Dory) Departing from the island where in 1704 adventurer Alexander Selkirk inspired Daniel Defoe to write the best-seller "The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe", by debarking off the unsound "HMS Cinque Ports", four months before she foundered off the coast of present-day Colombia, we will sail the 2200nm in our decidedly sounder and faster than the " Cinque Ports",
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Bight of Bonny TIMED Race 2026

Welcome to the first TIMED race of 2026! Our race finds us in the Gulf of Guinea and the Bight of Bonny. Starting in Douala, Cameroon the 170 nm course takes us around the island of Bioko with its Caldera and tropical rainforests finishing in Calabar, Nigeria. The boat for this race is the sporty Farr 30. 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 #2004
INFOby brainaid.de
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Natuna Sea Race 2026


At 4.0N 108.2E lies the island of Natuna Besar, Great Natuna, surrounded by at least 154 islands, of which 127 uninhabited, Indonesia’s Natuna Regency, and all around this archipelago, the Natuna Sea, bordered by Borneo to the east, the Java Sea to the south, and the Malay peninsula to the west, and extending north to cross a disputed international border with China into the South China Sea. And it’s a border that matters, there’s gas here! But why worry, let’s race – 2050nm in our goo’ol’ Open 60s in between the production platforms, prowling destroyers and submarines.
Race #1997
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Cape Town to Rio 2026

Welcome to South Africa and RCYC's classic transatlantic Cape2Rio Race from Cape Town, South Africa, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. First run in 1971, this run is buddied with the IRL, Cape2Rio 2025 arranged by the Royal Cape Yacht Club with the cooperation of the
Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro Despite this being announced the 2025 race (starting dec. 27) it is the 2026 SOL championship kickoff. This virtual version, will be raced once again in Mark Mills' 74ft speedster, the stunning C2R74.
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Race starts: Dec 27th 12:00 Registration Closed

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