A long time has passed since my last report of my grand tour all around SL's most northern mainlands. If you can't remember the last post, I ended up at Jes Kattun's LCC outpost in Gogol on the Nautilus west coast. Since Gogol is a dead end, I had exactly two options to finish my tour. Both meant to escape this cul-de-sac and sail up north ag [...]
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Grand Tour Pt. VI – Corsica sou...
A long time has passed since my last report of my grand tour all around SL's most northern mainlands. If you can't remember the last post, I ended up at Jes Kattun's LCC outpost in Gogol on the Nautilus west coast. Since Gogol is a dead end, I had exactly two options to finish my tour. Both meant to escape this cul-de-sac and sail up north ag [...]
shopping in Qlar Fell
Today Trap and me were busy again mocking up a little (very little) shopping district in her sim. It is far from finished but doesn't look too shabby does it?fltr: proud landlady Trap, visitor Chloie and hard working OrcaFor now Trap offers 4 differently sized shops: 2 small wooden sheds and 2 doublestorey brickface builds. Because of the loc [...]
need a home?
... Oyoyoy, I don't know if I should do this. Usually trying to keep my little bloggy free of any commercial stuff and advertising. Just giving some unbiased opinion about products every now and then.... Hm, oh yes, that's it. This isn't advertising, this isn't commercial. And although I'm a bit involved in the terraforming and Trap is a clos [...]
LCC tues cruise to the TYC boat show
You know the worstest reporter in SL? The absolutely incapablest blogger of all times? Someone who can't see a story when it bites them in the ass? Someone who you can drop a dead president on and she won't notice the newsworthyness?Yes, talking about yours truly. For example last night. See, LCC cruises twice weekly, it's always fun but hard [...]
Hi, I’m INTJ, what are you?
In the SL forums I stumblebumbled about this Myers-Briggs type personality test which I guess is a good one. After all it's based on Carl Jung's theory. Not like the stuff you can find in the yellow press or fashion mags. Please try it out, do the test and find out if the result mirrors your perceived personality.Maybe you'll be surprised, ma [...]
Melges/Quest 24 addendum
After I sent Qyv a very brief notice about how excited I was about her new boat ... and added a few nitpicking points of criticism she sent me a new boat today.I wasn't too happy with the overresponsive steering, which Qyv had fixed in the new version. She's much softer to steer now without becoming sluggish. The 24 still is a very nimble and [...]
Melges/Quest 24 first proto
What a coincidence: tonight I went over to Quest Marine to snoop around and look if Qyv maybe had a Melges/Quest 24 prototype rezzed. She was up on her building plat and IMed me when she noticed I was down in the store. As it so happens she was just busy in that moment finetuning the boat with a set of polars Noodle organized for her from a R [...]
newness about Craig’s Teleri 20
Yes I know, you can hardly wait for news on Craig's IOD project. Particularly after Noodle just blogged about the latest developments as well. Today I took the latest beta boat of the Ktaba Teleri 20 out for a spin when I went cruising with the folks of the LCC.What can I tell you about her? Yes, the built became even prettier, being mesh and [...]
Titanic
Yesterday Porter took me for a ride ... ... on her brandnew Vagabond by BerDavMarine. And while we were zooming about SL's sheer endless ocean puddles, marvelling on the smoothness of Anu's scripts, we reached the northern regions of Dire Strait were we found another little boat ...... and then we hit the brakes. Screeeeeeeeeeeech! [...]
all clear in Qlar
Finally real newness about Trap! No, not what you think. She hasn't done anything on her boats ... aaaaw :/But she just bought a sim! YAY! A full mainland sim. Not rented but bought. A real full SL sim!Qlar Fell is the sim in question, right next to Devilbrook (OrCafé and Port Tracy) and Triumphal (TrYC). So she bought in the bestest neighbor [...]
LCC cruise to OrCafé
So LCC overmistress Kittensusie planned a cruise from St Martin to the OrCafé, what an absolute friggin honour. And what a pleasure that she made it a tiny cruise today. So most of us, not all tho, donned our fluffy litte furballs.seaman Grey and tinfoil hat Cate. The antenna is a hoot ^^regular resident rodent: GlorJess was a bit nosy [...]
newness about Trap
There I was, meeting Trap at TYC at the beach in Dex....Aha, I hear you holding your breath, waiting in tense suspense for news about Trap's F-class or her Melges 24 project. Yes yes, I know that feeling since I have it myself, almost wetting myself in anticipation.So it's about time she presents me something! Anything to show how far her pro [...]
queen of textures: Ali Vultee
Sammie IMd me today with the rather short message: "Got a minute to look at a very cool Q-2.4m?"Of course I always have a minute to look at boats. Boats are beautiful, boats are nifty, boats are awesome. That's why :)BAYD Cotton BlosomSo she TP'd me to Ali Vultee's laboratory in the sky ... Ali Vultee? Who the fuck is Ali Vultee? And what are [...]
fun
Okay, nothing special to report, so just some semi-unimportant news for now:PHOTOGRAPHYA few days ago I went to a sim called China Bamboo Ink. I can't even give you a slurl to that place since I'm having login problems right now. There's not much going on in that sim and even less to do BUT if you're looking for a really cool skysetting for p [...]
more fire for the Dragon
You probably remember my posts about Victor's Dragon build, do ya? I even featured the boat in another post a day later. I admired the Dragon for the beautiful hull and elegance and ease of sail. I couldn't get enough of it even though it was just standard BWind version 1 powered.Since then it went quiet around the Dragon and its builder Vict [...]
Qyv’s newest project
I was always a sucker for the Melges 24. Not that I've ever been on one, sailed it or even seen one in RL. But it is a very nicely constructed little racer, very fast for its size and sports very large fleets all over the real world. Most of the Melges 24 are regularly used in races and it's a class many AC greats are sailing in their spare t [...]
top secret – for your eyes only...
Again secret agent Orca "the sleuth" Flotta was making use of a dark and cold night to sneak into the top secret R & D laboratories of SL's most advanced hightech boat construction facility. I'm talking about a company that hides under the rather traditional and unassuming name of Trudeau Classic Yachts. Since years the mastermind of that [...]
April 1st. Have I been fooled?
After all the hype, after Noodle already blogged about it, after elM blogged about it, after the big unveiling at NYC (which I sadly missed), after all the negativity about Mesh boats in general, and after continuously expressing my dislike for everything ACA and model-sized boats in general ... well, you see where this is going: a very long [...]
dis’n dat
So, after a few days of silence on this bloggy you all probably asked yourself what's going on in Orca's World, why doesn't she keep us updated on the newest gossip in SL sailing and the latest humbug in the community and all the sexyness around her funky café? What makes her so important anyway? Well, I don't know but the fact that you are r [...]
a new neighbor
In a dramatic turn of events our dear Trap recently decided to cancel her lease on Martinique sim and eventually rendered her two renters homeless. Charlz and Fi to the rescue ... they offered Porter a 4096 m² parcel right next to my café. So since a few days the professional squatter Poddy is for the first time in her SLife forced to browse [...]
Jessica Lyon interviews Oz Linden
Recently Oz Linden (LL's network guy) agreed to a live interview with none other than Jessica Lyon (head developer Phoenix/Firestorm). They talked amicably about a host of problems regarding TPV policy changes and stuff. Although this Treet TV stream is rather long (60+ minutes) it's quite an interesting view.In fact I guess this was the firs [...]
the prettiest IOD so far? you decide!
When you go down to Triumphal you can find a freebie rezzer for this very pretty IOD (thanks for the hint, Noodle) type boat in the marina. Of course it's a prototype; the final version will cost you 1,500 L and will also be available in our clubhouse store. But for now let's have the builder, Craig Ktaba, have his say about his boat:" [...]
LCC St. Patty’s cruise and part...
Just quickly posting some pics I shot during the party on the lovely decorated Irish platform in Triumphal. Thanks to Hanne for the cruise, Fi and Charlz for the party and Benny for the tunes.where is that hat going with the kitten attached to it?worse than 1000 drunken Russians? Wannabe Irish sailorsluck of the French Irish: artistic Jolieth [...]
a SPARK of genius
There I was, dancing at the SfL opening party on Fishers Island, when I received an IM from the famous Becca Moulliez: "Hey, wanna do a little test?" Knowing that when Becca wants to test something it must be a boat, I couldn't resist. Would you say no if Vidal Sassoon offered you a free haircut ? Or, for the boys, would you say no if E [...]
