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2011-08-31 11:17:16

Re: Nations Team Race

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Ahhhhh Aaron, you know how Aussies, Kiwis, Canadian etc get around the globe by exploiting their grand parents places of birth. Or, in the case of Kiwis in Oz, just turning up

That make me a brit then, as that is the timezone I'm in, the flag I sail under and the weather I suffer...
2011-08-27 17:01:27

Re: Nations Team Race

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I bet the kiwis, aussies and brits will do well out of a national system as we/they tend to gravitate into time zones a neat 12 hours apart! Canadians and Americans perhaps less so, and I have no idea about the Nordic countries - do you spread yourself around the world as well as anyone else?

For the record I hold NZ & Australian citizenship and I am a permanent resident of the UK. Shame I am not such a good sailor... if someone wants me in a B team let me know...
2011-08-25 14:53:05

Re: SEPTEMBER 2011 - First Draft for discussion

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A Poster for the 3CR race, just for fun.
2011-08-11 09:49:01

Re: 3CR - Caen Channel Craic Race (AKA Normandy Channel race)

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Hi RC

No I am happy that any changes you make are improvements! Cowes marks should be headlands so people are tempted onto the rocks, just like the RTI race

Thanks for tidying it up for me.

Now as for yacht choice... anything that is 'French' like Mini650, figaros, class 40 or similar. Or any 'racy' monohull at all really.

Blake
2011-06-18 07:54:57

Re: WHAT GLOBAL OCEAN RACE NEXT FOR SOL

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I think letting a v3 polar slip would be a guarantee of losing your job! Would have to be more a 'generalised characteristics' kinda thing rather than an actual polar I would think. Like keeping an eye of things like skippers saying 'this one is three knots faster on a broad reach'. Could also adjust the between legs.
2011-06-13 08:54:12

Re: WHAT GLOBAL OCEAN RACE NEXT FOR SOL

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SP I am really happy to take your word on that, if it's rubbish we should do our own. In which case I really would like to do it real time and place - this is the premier event as far as I am concerned, particularly as we have NZ and France back in the running.

Can't we just make up a polar The polar geeks would love that wouldn't they!
2011-06-12 07:32:02

Re: WHAT GLOBAL OCEAN RACE NEXT FOR SOL

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Doing the VOR at the same time would be great fun. Point taken that we could already do this somewhere else though - and with mobile support, and presumably correct polars could be very addictive, if somewhat disloyal

We could sail it as 'SOL'ers and bring people back to SOL at the end of the VOR?!

So maybe we should do something else and accept that it's already covered by other parties.
2011-06-12 07:06:12

Re: Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12

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Ok, thanks RC was wondering why I couldn't see anything about it... over we go...
2011-06-11 21:25:08

Re: Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12

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PS As I am pretty sure the sponsors don't want us kidnapping their search terms we should probably call it something else though...

World Ocean Race - Safe
Vulgar Ocean Race - Fun
Proper Ocean Race - because we will have more than 5 boats doing it!
2011-06-11 18:35:44

Re: Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12

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Yes, we should be tested for doping - if you are not drunk you can't start! I would love to see them taking a random blood sample in the Southern Ocean...

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