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Name	Schakel
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Posts	122

2010-09-03 11:25:28

Re: NOVEMBER 2010 - Draft for discussion

Board >> Race Calendar

RC, I am not sure about the Dubai - Muscat race. If I remember correctly, there was a lot of complaining about the lack of progress due to the poor wind conditions in both races.

Philip

(I should add the race was repeated in December last year.)

--- Last Edited by Schakel at 2010-09-03 11:41:18 ---
2010-09-02 09:28:53

Re: Races most likely to be bumped

Board >> Sailonline Yacht Club

Here's this months list of races most likely to be dropped:

SYC:
1. Swiftsure
2. Whitsunday
3. Middle Sea (timed)
4. Middle Sea (fleet)
5. Newport - Bermuda

Ocean Race:
1. Cochin - Singapore
2. IMSYC
3. Zilt Ocean
4. Grey Whale
5. Cape^2

Week Races:
1. Gariagla
2. Round Iceland
3. Mini 800nm (I)
4. Fyn Cup
5. Rund Skagen

Weekend Races:
1. Newport - Ensenada
2. Mini 800nm (II)
3. Hiroshima - Kure
4. Swiftsure
5. Whitsunday

Cheers,
Philip
2010-08-13 22:12:21

GPX

Board >> General Discussion

For those who need it, find GPX files for the next few races here:

http://tinyurl.com/24w2lfe

Modify options as needed.

Cheers,
Philip

BTW, GPX files can be opened with Google Earth, of course. See preview of Rund Ballerman race.

--- Last Edited by Schakel at 2010-08-13 22:50:29 ---
2010-08-10 19:38:10

Re: Sailonline Yacht Club (SYC) Rankings

Board >> General Discussion

I occasionally post a list of races most likely to be dropped from the rankings. Last one was about a week ago.

Find it here:

http://tinyurl.com/2f278f9

Cheers,
Philip
2010-08-10 08:25:15

Re: Sailonline Yacht Club (SYC) Rankings

Board >> General Discussion

<quote>
RainbowChaser said @ 2010-08-09 17:55:52:

I love racing with all experiences of IRL and SOL sailer.. I personally would have had no incentive to stay with SOL last year if, as a newbie, I was relegated to race only with poor racers. I wanted and still want to race against the best -

</quote>

Please read my proposal again. You would NOT be relegated to racing only poor racers. As I wrote earlier, class racing is an ADDITIONAL ranking system that would exist next to the current one. Everybody would still be racing everybody, however, it would create space for some of the other options I outlined.

It is not aimed at the every race sailor competing for top places nor is it intended to reduce any of their efforts. It is intended solely to give the sailor who has to work full-time with little or no internet access, needs 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep, has to take their kids to soccer practice, walk the dog, mow the lawn and do all sorts of other stuff, an incentive, a purpose, an opportunity to keep racing against competitors of similar fate AS WELL AS against the addicted, alarm clock setting top performers.

My final comments on the subject.
Philip
2010-08-09 15:11:34

Re: Sailonline Yacht Club (SYC) Rankings

Board >> General Discussion

Thanks for the clarification, Kalle, as well as for easing some of my concerns.

Cheers,
Philip
2010-08-09 14:24:28

Re: Sailonline Yacht Club (SYC) Rankings

Board >> General Discussion

<quote>
zero said @ 2010-08-09 06:20:07:

What is next? We will be discussing the rules to get promoted or demoted?

</quote>

Either that, or we will be discussing where to do our online sailing. Forgive me if I sound blunt, I don't mean to be. But let me juggle some numbers for you as a wake up call.

One year ago in August we had the New Zealand offshore race. For that race 645 boats registered and 506 actually set sail. The August Transat 2009 boasted 891 registrations of which 832 set sail.

This year's Auckland Regional drew just 254 registrations with only 183 departures. The Transat received 398 registrations, (about) 342 of which are active.

In one year's time, SOL has lost well over a hundred of its paying members. About one hundred more paying members have not been active during the last 25 - 30 races, that's going back to April or May. Changes of those renewing their subscribtion are slim. Also, the number of non-paying participants is down by a lot, which means attracting sponsors will be harder than ever before. AFAICT, Sailport management is down to just two persons and for all intents and purposes development has ceased.

Evidently, Sailonline in its current form has lost much of its appeal to too many of its past participants. I can never be sure that game dominance is the cause, but I'll bet you a nickel it is a major contributing factor.

Change has to come, if it's not too late already.

Cheers,
Philip
2010-08-05 08:26:58

Races most likely to be bumped

Board >> Sailonline Yacht Club

For your convenience, here's a new list of races most likely to be bumped from the rankings next.

SYC
1. Garaglia
2. Frisian Isles
3. Newport - Ensenada
4. Round Iceland
5. Mini 800 (part 1)

Ocean Race Championship

1. Cochin - Singapore
2. Imsyc 2010
3. Zilt Ocean Return
4. Grey Whale Migration
5. Cape 2 Cape

Week race Championship

1. Hamnen Baltic
2. See Naples
3. Key Lime Pie
4. Cape Horn
5. Giraglia 2010

Weekend Race Championship

1. Frisian Isles
2. Newport - Ensenada
3. Mini 800 (part 2)
4. Hiroshima - Kure
5. Swiftshure Lightship

Cheers,
Philip
2010-08-04 09:42:37

Re: Delayed command starting

Board >> Technical Support

Or use this:

http://tinyurl.com/2u3op4o

HTH, HAND
Philip
2010-08-03 11:56:24

Re: Bluewater soft

Board >> Technical Support

Hi Joshua,

I just tried the latest version, 1.4, and it isn't. I was going to file a bug report but work got in the way.

Philip

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