Speaking of windshifts and puffs in the Fizz Cup round three, - here's a link to a nice post by Tillerman. It's all about real sailing in real weather with real winds. Oh, and about a wonderful win. Tillerman sails the laser out there - in the real world. Lovely little toy.elMegro trying to catch up :-)I never really found a laser in SL [...]
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Real sailing with shifts
Speaking of windshifts and puffs in the Fizz Cup round three, - here's a link to a nice post by Tillerman. It's all about real sailing in real weather with real winds. Oh, and about a wonderful win. Tillerman sails the laser out there - in the real world. Lovely little toy.elMegro trying to catch up :-)I never really found a laser in SL [...]
Dry training is fun
Dry training isn't sailing without capsizing. It isn't sailing in sunshine either. Nono, - usually dry training sucks. Big time. It is about lifting weights, interval training, running, training balance, and maybe go over a few cases to sharpen up on the rules, when your arms are no longer able to lift anything but a piece of paper anyway.Gra [...]
Fruit Islands Launches North Sea!
North Sea Elbag Gable recently announced an extensive, truly remarkable open-water addition to Fruit Islands Estate. It’s named North Sea, and here’s Elbag’s post: “The Owners, Officers and Residents of The Fruit Islands and Eden Estates announce the opening of The … Continue reading →
Flying Fizz racing
Had a great day racing. Started with two wins in the Shelly Fizz of the coast of Tradewinds Yacht Club. The Shelly Fizz is still a great little boat with many realistic features. Then I went on to race the Flying Fizz, and phew... I gotta tell ya: I need more practice. First race I came 6th out of 7. Bad start. Didn't know the [...]
2011 ACA Trophy Awards
by Jane Fossett and Amythest Wingtips After two months of hard-fought sailing under difficult conditions, this past weekend the 2011 ACA Trophy Regatta came to an official close with an Awards Ceremony at Hollywood Bowl. In the off-chance you spent … Continue reading →
Bolt Bashly takes ACA Trophy in Five ...
by Jane Fossett and Amythest Wingtips Today, in a remarkably display of sheer tenacity and raw sailing skill, Bolt Bashly sailed away with the 2011 ACA Elite Trophy. Way back in May, thirty-five sailors signed-on for a two month ordeal … Continue reading →
ACA Trophy: Kaz, Lothor, Bolt and Sil...
Sailors saw Round Two of the ACA33 Elite Trophy wrap up this week with a series of match competitions. “Elite” Matches Thursday June 2nd 6am: Viciously Llewellyn vs. Silber Sands Saturday June 4th 6am: Miwha Masala vs. KazumaHs Destiny 9am: … Continue reading →
11 boats at the line
I gotta show you this, while it is fresh. Previously I wrote about the Q 2m from Quest Marine. It is an absolute delight to sail that boat. Swift, pretty and easily handled but still challenging enough to be fun.A pretty picture of a pretty boatRealistic polars, very nice dynamics, great sounds, and you can bring a friend too. It really doesn [...]
ACA33 Cup Round One: Wind, Wave Issue
If you attended any of the practice rounds or official time-trials for the ACA33 Trophy last week over in Breadnut, you probably noticed it. Several of the race boats seemed unbalanced in the water, with their hulls pitched forward or … Continue reading →
Tinies Triumphal
On April 16, with a big smile Charlz Price and Fiona Haworth downsized for the day, and turned the keys to Triumphal Yacht Club over to Tiny World Regatta 2011. Chaos Mandelbrot chaired the “minor, low-brow” event, and with Orca Flotta’s … Continue reading →
Tiny World Regatta on Saturday!
The Tiny World Regatta 2011 takes off on Saturday, April 16, hosted by Triumphal Yacht Club! A day-long schedule of music, fun and sailing is planned, and free boats will be available on the dock for each race! Click here … Continue reading →
ONE WORLD Protest
by LDewell Hawker and Jane Fossett On March 5, the ONE WORLD Finals Races at Sailors Cove went pretty smoothly! The grid conditions were good, the sailing was great, and there were few protests. (The four race teams were all … Continue reading →
One World Regatta, finals
We had four beautiful races at the One World Regatta finals. Pure sailing with few crashes, and few protests. Here's a few shots from the race. First one shows our team in pursuit; We have the black sails. These helicopter shots are really great for seeing windshifts on the course, btw.
Momomos in pursuit...
Bunnie (in the red boat [...]
One World Regatta, finals
We had four beautiful races at the One World Regatta finals. Pure sailing with few crashes, and few protests. Here's a few shots from the race. First one shows our team in pursuit; We have the black sails. These helicopter shots are really great for seeing windshifts on the course, btw.Momomos in pursuit...Bunnie (in the red boat) w [...]
One World Regatta, finals
We had four beautiful races at the One World Regatta finals. Pure sailing with few crashes, and few protests. Here's a few shots from the race. First one shows our team in pursuit; We have the black sails. These helicopter shots are really great for seeing windshifts on the course, btw.
Momomos in pursuit...
Bunnie (in the red boat) went o [...]
One World Cup Finals
The One World Cup is coming to and end. The finals are today - in less a half hour. At 1700 CET. Be there or be square. I am on team SVC-472, and we're sailing today.
Last minute peptalk.
We are five on the team. Liv, Momomos, Bunta, Nobuko and myself. Today Momomos and Bunta represent us. Above, we are in Momomos boat going over the last de [...]
One World Cup Finals
The One World Cup is coming to and end. The finals are today - in less a half hour. At 1700 CET. Be there or be square. I am on team SVC-472, and we're sailing today.Last minute peptalk.We are five on the team. Liv, Momomos, Bunta, Nobuko and myself. Today Momomos and Bunta represent us. Above, we are in Momomos boat going over the last detai [...]
One World Cup Finals
The One World Cup is coming to and end. The finals are today - in less a half hour. At 1700 CET. Be there or be square. I am on team SVC-472, and we're sailing today.
Last minute peptalk.
We are five on the team. Liv, Momomos, Bunta, Nobuko and myself. Today Momomos and Bunta represent us. Above, we are in Momomos boat going over the last [...]
Appeal vacated !!?
Unruly, but back on track. The One World Cup is running again. We had great races in round five, and even greater races in round six. Round six was held by Tradewinds Yacht Club. Naturally we wanted our team to do well here, - in our own back yard. We finished in 44 minutes almost 7 minutes ahead of number two. Now, that felt good.& [...]
Appeal vacated !!?
Unruly, but back on track. The One World Cup is running again. We had great races in round five, and even greater races in round six. Round six was held by Tradewinds Yacht Club. Naturally we wanted our team to do well here, - in our own back yard. We finished in 44 minutes almost 7 minutes ahead of number two. Now, that felt good.& [...]
Appeal vacated !!?
Unruly, but back on track. The One World Cup is running again. We had great races in round five, and even greater races in round six. Round six was held by Tradewinds Yacht Club. Naturally we wanted our team to do well here, - in our own back yard. We finished in 44 minutes almost 7 minutes ahead of number two. Now, that felt good. I was not [...]
Appeal won
We won the appeal. The appealing authority chose to focus on good and fair racing, and so the race is cancelled, and we are all awarded average points. It might not be a perfect solution, but it sure is better than accepting anything as a race. Besides that, this ruling sets the scene for an important discussion on how to regard racing in SL [...]
Appeal won
We won the appeal. The appealing authority chose to focus on good and fair racing, and so the race is cancelled, and we are all awarded average points. It might not be a perfect solution, but it sure is better than accepting anything as a race. Besides that, this ruling sets the scene for an important discussion on how to regard racing in SL [...]
Appeal won
We won the appeal. The appealing authority chose to focus on good and fair racing, and so the race is cancelled, and we are all awarded average points. It might not be a perfect solution, but it sure is better than accepting anything as a race. Besides that, this ruling sets the scene for an important discussion on how to regard racing in SL [...]
