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From IJmuiden to the Azores
Snow and ice put a halt to all sailing in The Netherlands and Belgium . Boats are stuck in frozen marina's and ice floes obstruct most of the lakes.
To alleviate sailors from their winter depression, Dutch magazine Zilt organizes the Zilt Ocean Race online 2010. This virtual event starts on Sunday February 7 at 14.00 UTC in IJmuiden. The common goal is the Zilt Sailors Party at Café Sport on the Azores . The race follows a free route of 1600 nautical miles to the finish at Faial, on the island of Horta . We sail in Volvo 70's. The route to the southwest is full of navigational and meteorological challenges.Strong February winds can make it a fast race, we expect most boats to finish in one week time.
In the January 28 issue of Zilt Magazine, you can read a lot more about the Zilt Ocean Race. Meteorologist Henk Huizinga will analyze the rough weather that you will encounter in this race.
Important: Readers of Zilt Magazine can sail in their own class, in the V70 for Zilt readers. Please choose for the right boat when you register for this race. The boattype can not be changed after you have registered.
No Zilt reader yet? Register for free at www.ziltmagazine.nl. (text in magazine is in Dutch only)
A day at the SOL office
Since I have a bad knee I spend the day in the cottage in the middle of the slope in front of the log fire doing SOL-work while the rest of the family is skiing :-)
/ Jakob
Happy New Year
Hi racers, it has been a great year again, with a lot of racing and the super SOL community.
The Sailonline crew wishes you all a Happy New Year!
We hope it will be a great year for all, with a lot of sailing in real life and virtually.
RACE SUGGESTIONS
Race suggestions from our users are most welcome! The new race committee has standardized a format that anyone who wants to suggest a new race can use. To suggest a race just download and follow this instruction Google_Earth_race_proposals.pdf. Further questions or comments regarding these matters can be directed to this forum thread
/Jakob
ROCKET LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL
The first NZ space rocket launch from Great Mercury Island was successful and Notices To Mariners NZ 220(T)/09 has been cancelled.
In the upcoming SoL While Island race, no further space rocket launchings are planned.
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IMSYC 2010
A "choose-right-boat" fleet race from Bodoe to Gdansk. Note that once you have chosen boat there is no changing boat (unless you are a SYC member with an extraordinary good reason). Here are the boats http://soon....
Race starts: Feb 13th 20:00
Registration will open soon
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Malta race
Join the thrilling and challenging race from Malta around Sicily and back to Malta. This time you get to steer your own 90-footer :-) New start time announced soon, start postponed.
Race starts: Feb 12th 20:00
Registration will open soon
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Zilt Ocean Race
Organized by Dutch magazine Zilt, the 1600 NM long route from Holland to the Azores is full of navigational and meteorological challenges. Heavy winds and the narrow English Channel will keep you glued to your screen. Join the group of Zilt Magazine readers for a drink at Café Sport after you finish. Please read the front page blog to chose the right boat when registering.
Race starts: Feb 07th 14:00
Registration Open!
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Round North Island 2010 - western leg
In the first of two legs, we race from Auckland to Wellington via the west side of North Island. We sail a 40-footer.
Race starts: Feb 05th 23:00
Registration Closed
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