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Profile for Jawz Jawz

Name	Jawz Jawz
Email Address	george@balwin.co.za
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Posts	14

2010-02-13 16:05:34

Re: Ah, good to see SailOnline coming back to life

Board >> General Discussion

Hello Kalle and Jacob!!

Thanks for the hard work. I have a question related to the crash. How safe is the hard and software from an uploaded virus? This forum and the ability to upload files and photos, does it place the kit at risk? Just a thought!
2010-02-02 06:56:15

Re: Two Oceans Doublecross

Board >> Race proposals

Sorry Incognito. My lack of PC skills never fails me. Maybe Ive done it right this time.
2010-02-01 18:12:51

Two Oceans Doublecross

Board >> Race proposals

A short race from Cape Town passing Cape Point twice, sailing around Robben, Dassen and Seal islands
2010-02-01 13:44:43

Re: Caribbean Rum Rally

Board >> Race proposals

Ok!! Rum and Coke time again!!! Lets give a little back to the Caribbean. How about we pull in to Port au Prince, Haiti, and make a donation to the relief fund? Put the donations number up on the home page and to enter the race you have to pay $10.
Maybe we can get some marketing mileage out of the exercise! Just a thought maties!!!
2010-01-16 07:01:56

New Steering line etc.

Board >> General Discussion

Please guys do something about the zooming issue. Not being a routing sailor I rely on accuracy and shortness of course to keep my efficiency high. With this new system I cannot get this right at all. In my humble opinion this feature has taken us a step backwards and not improved the game engine at all. Lets take a step backwards and rebuild please!

Thanks
George
2009-11-17 14:20:29

Re: brainaid

Board >> Sailonline Yacht Club

I read Captjack's post and a thought happened Why can we not set positional DC's? Would this make it too easy perhaps? Ive often thought that this would help me during the week when Im working and stop the SLI's from jumping into my path. It would help if I could sail for 10.5 nm and then turn rather than wait for the weather to change and affect my time lapse DC and I hit the land. How often Ive been caught out by my boat speeding up or slowing down and creating problems while Im asleep.
2009-11-11 17:04:15

Re: Sailonline Race Committee

Board >> General Discussion

Thanks for the vote of confidence Incognito but I really don't think I'm capable enough to sit on the committee. 1. I'm not very computer literate, 2. I'm not much of a yachtie and am a SOL rookie and 3. I'm a very busy Project Manager at work.

That being said Ill gladly help out where I can If no-one else comes forward.

I am working over some ideas in my head at the moment and would like some consideration made to the following thoughts...

1. The SOL races as we have them now are great but is there no way we can level the playing field somehow for a few races? Eg. Have "Blind" races where the "Routers" cannot download the weather and therefor we all dance to the same tune?

2. Id like to see a future development where we can sail in teams somehow. A relay event or a medley of boats in the team. Something that brings us together at a new level somehow.
2009-11-10 13:46:28

Re: Sailonline Race Committee

Board >> General Discussion

Hi fellow SOLers....Not being a RL yachty Im not sure of what races are on the calender here in South Africa, but I will find out. One that I recently saw on telly was a neat little drag race down and upwind that started from Simonstown to a buouy at Cape Point and back as an example. Ill get back to the "Committee" on this because there are quite a few offshore races available that might be interesting to do.
George
2009-11-06 15:15:21

Re: brainaid

Board >> Sailonline Yacht Club

I thought about designing my own program right in the beginning but decided to have some fun first and learn the basics.

Make no mistake people, it is a very competitive world. IRL in the Americas cup for example, the teams eke out every last edge in boatspeed they can make. Be it in boat, sail, keel design etc. The weather would also be analised to the nth degree. Just to be able to better the opposition. In all walks of life there are amateurs and professionals.....Hmm. The choice is mine "Get better or accept my level as it is"

Ive been sailing SOL for maybe 4 months and my competitive instinct says, get the software and spend more time and thus take my finishing positions to the next level.

I say well done all you folk that have engineered your own systems to sail faster. You have set me a very high standard to reach and this can only be a good thing.

Nevertheless...Man I'm enjoying this new hobby and Hell its costing me lots of money for the internet access but its all worth it for sure
2009-10-04 08:30:25

Clipper Race

Board >> General Discussion

Aargh!!! Good idea. Lets wager some virtual loot me maties. My first wager is half of my hidden Herion

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