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Young Island to Great Nicobar 2025 - RESULTS


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CONGRATULAZIONI RICOTINA !!!
CONGRATULATIONS FreyjaUSA !!
HERZLICHEN GLÜCKWUNSCH rumskib !

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Another thrilling chapter in sailing history has been written. This race featured two distinct strategies from the fleet right from the start. The main contingent began on a starboard tack, maintaining a tight formation throughout the initial phase. Meanwhile, a second group opted for a port tack, spreading wide across the course before eventually veering westward.

Day 2 brought a developing low-pressure system. The fleet adeptly maneuvered to its western edge, riding favorable northerlies that propelled them an impressive 500 nautical miles over 36 hours. The next low-pressure system proved more divisive. A smaller group chose to go north of the system, contending with 12 hours of headwinds, while the rest stayed south. Despite the differing paths, the two groups remained relatively close, holding similar positions for the next four days. By Day 7, the northern and southern fleets began to converge, with the easterly group rejoining about 70 nautical miles behind the leaders. Then, on Day 12, a persistent high-pressure ridge stalled the entire fleet, leveling the standings once again.

On Day 13, the eventual winner made a decisive move—spotting and seizing an opening no one else recognized. This tactical brilliance proved to be the turning point. After two intense weeks at sea, the podium positions were secured, and the gaps began to widen. At the finish line, the winner crossed nearly 6 hours ahead of the second-place boat, with another 2 hours to the third. The rest of the fleet followed in a closely packed group, rounding off an unforgettable contest.

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Nantucket Sprint 2025


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FELICITATIONS KaSToR !!!
PARABÉNS vida !! FELICIDADES rafa !

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The first sprint of Q3 highlighted a master class in sprint 101. Executed with precision by our victor, KaSToR. A 54.006 second win over second place is an eternity in sprints, which are often decided by seconds and occasionally milliseconds. It is more typical that the difference between second and third was only 4 seconds. However it occurred, math doesn't lie, and if you are particularly interested in learning about the 6 milliseconds as part of the leaders victory, you can read about it and follow the math in KaSToR's excellent report by clicking the button above. There you will find outlined for you the solution to the victory.

For this edition of the Nantucket sprint an additional leg was added over the previous racing. That being the open sea leg from Great point to Muskeget Island, effectively doubling the distance and allowing for the challenge of finding the most effective and efficient path balancing speed and angle.

With the new course 73 boats registered, 59 solers departed at the gun, and 56 managed to finish by race close. As for the 2025 championship it is CollegeFund out front, followed by rafa and HoratioPugwash. We'll have to see what happens in Q3 as we next head to Italy for a rendezvous at Elba.

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Sinbad by Balloon 2025 - Toamasina to Baia de l'Oiseau - RESULTS


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GRATULACJE WRmirekd !!!
ONNITTELUT Smo !! FELICIDADES rafa !

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It was quite a while ago that our balloon flotilla floated from Madagascar down to the Bay of Birds (or thereabouts) on the Kerguelens. It wasn't a straightforward descent by any manner of means, and whilst your editor wandered and wondered how you might achieve lateral displacement to the wind direction with the aid of modern technology and materials - an NQB (not quite a balloon) of translucent nanocarbon film strong enough to support photovoltaic panels backed with heating elements energizing and expanding the NQB's hydrogen in order to support a mast/keel of also carbon with propellor blades set usually at right angles to the wind, driven by the pv electricity - our top two podium placers actually wrote up some more practical tips on how to win a SOL balloon (SOL-loon? mad SOLer? boozer for SOLers?) and you will find them flying under the balloons above!

Well reported, WRmirekd and Smo, and and well raced all!

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Lake Ontario 300 Challenge 2025 - RESULTS


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PARABÉNS vida !!!
GRATULACJE WRmirekd !! CONGRATULATIONS Satori !

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"Another great race thanks to LOOR and SOL, in the shifty winds of Lake Ontario" thus writes local expert Satori in his report under the maple leaf above. Like all Satori reports it is a thorough piece of work, to which little need be added, the more so as our second report from our race winner - well done vida, parabéns - fills in any details that Satori may have missed. Both are well worth the read.

Modesty prevented Satori mentioning that having finished 2nd in the Susan Hood Trophy a month earlier, our first race of two in our online series in cooperation with LOOR on Lake Ontario, he tied with WRmirekd for 1st place, with our software awarding him the overall victory, which, with humble apologies to him, had to be manually corrected, as on count-back the victory had to go to WRmirekd!

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Svalbard Circuit 2025


If you're tired of high temperatures, we suggest a change of scenery and a visit to the Arctic Ocean. SOL invites you to the next ARCH race, which will take place on a new route spanning over 650 nm around the Svalbard Archipelago. Beware of polar bears and don't take them on board your Xp-55, because while they may look pleasant, they are very dangerous.
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Captain Gosnold TIMED Memorial Race 2025

Welcome to Newport, RI, one of the great sailing centers of the world. This TIMED race takes us around Nantucket Island in RC 44s to celebrate the life of Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold who, among many other things in his short life, named Cape Cod for the teeming fish he encountered there, and Martha’s Vineyard for his daughter. 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 #1939
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23 August at 23:00 UTC
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SSANZ Triple Series 2025 - Race 2

Welcome back to race two of the SSANZ Triple Series—it's time for the Lewmar 100! Our dynamic fleet of Young 88s returns for another exhilarating 40 nautical mile battle across the stunning waters off Auckland, New Zealand. Once again, our skilled Sailonline racers will test their strategic minds and endurance against seasoned sailors from the Young 88 Association. With intense competition, shifting conditions, and plenty of tactical decision-making, this race promises high-energy sailing and edge-of-your-seat excitement from start to finish!
Race #1933
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Cape Town to Java 2025

Get ready for an exhilarating new challenge as we set sail on the eighth leg of the 2025 Ocean Championship Series! Reversing the 18th century footsteps of the indentured Cape Malays that inspired Isna Marifa’s moving novel 'Mountains More Ancient' , this leg takes us from Cape Town South Africa to the Bay of Belbuhan on the south west coast of Java - a 5100 nm journey of endurance, strategy, and pure sailing adrenaline, aboard the 125 ft Orange catamaran. Do you have what it takes to conquer the Indian Ocean? Join us and put your skills to the ultimate test!
PRIZE: SMPF
Race #1937
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Ranking: OCQ3 - OCCH - SUPSOL - SYC
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Lago Viedma Ice Race 2025


Less than one third of the land mass of the planet is to be found in the southern hemisphere, and most of that in tropical to temperate latitudes or in Antarctica, so it is difficult to find good natural ice to race DNs anywhere in August! However, if you take an internal flight from Buenos Aires to Aeropuerto Internacional Comandante Armando Tola de El Calafate by the shores of Lago Argentino, it’s only a 100km taxi ride to Lago Viedma, where we have set out a few beacons on the ice for you for a quick 80nm blast around the four corners of the lake, and as it’s so remote here, no need to worry about breaking the solitude of monks or suffering PL!
Race #1852
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Race starts: Aug 03rd 09:00 Registration Closed
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Tall Ships Races 2025 - Kristiansand to Esbjerg


Welcome to the fourth of four virtual Tall Ships Races in European waters which are concurrently being organized in-real-life by Sail Training International . This fourth race is from Kristiansand in Norway down Denmark’s North Sea coast to Esbjerg; circa 150nm in Sailonline’s magnificent 90m Barque.
NOTE: Starts and Finishes in tall ships racing are always offshore to avoid conflict with shipping and shipping lanes; online and real-life may not match exactly.
Race #1926
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Ranking: TS - SYC
RACE CLOSE: Saturday,
August 9 at 2300 UTC.
Race starts: Aug 02nd 16:00 Registration Closed
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Sinbad by Balloon 2025 - Baia de l'Oiseau to Carnarvon


How ever shall I return to report with clarity to my Great Sultan – asked Sinbad. It needs be told this island and all its fables shall be expunged from the annals of every thousand and one night. The wind howls – and sun be none (it’s Winter, Sin’bro, ed.) – and all days from the west, but let’s launch anyway and see if we can work our SOL Balloon north as the days pass aiming for Asthralaya, where The Mahabharata tells the ancients once tested mighty weapons, about a quarter and a million qasbah away (2500nm, ed.), perhaps one month.
Race #1885
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Ranking: SYC - SBB
RACE CLOSE: Sunday,
August 10 at 2300 UTC.
Race starts: Jul 23rd 11:00 Registration Closed
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  2. Sailonline Yacht Club Member vida
  3. Sailonline Yacht Club Member CriticalHippo
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  5. Sailonline Yacht Club Member rafa
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