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2013-03-30 13:53:25 - Re: New York to San Francisco Record Attempt
just tested it, and it works.

Thanxs

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2013-03-30 15:39:38 - Re: New York to San Francisco Record Attempt
I renamed the file to boat_xxx.csv to be handled more easily by QtVlm.

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2013-03-31 02:46:37 - Re: New York to San Francisco Record Attempt
Eddie, when are you going come race with us again? The competition is a lot better these days. You might find it challenging. :-)
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2013-04-13 19:40:34 - Re: New York to San Francisco Record Attempt
RainbowChaser said @ 2013-03-06 18:32:23:
As Jlinc and PocketRocket head for Bermuda to meet up with captjack in the bar, SOL has another first to announce.

New SOLer jay8s is the first SOLer to sail (on SOL) from the US East Coast and through the Panama Canal.

OK folks.. who will be next with a "first"??!!
....Well some lunatic has just finished soling to the source of the Amazon
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2013-04-16 07:16:41 - Re: New York to San Francisco Record Attempt
Love it! Hope you've seen the SOL Honours Badges thread!! :-D
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2013-04-18 09:34:00 - Re: New York to San Francisco Record Attempt
Final race report:
The challenge to break the record newly set by Maserati Soldini this year started over a month ago on 7 March at 12:00 UTC. The start had been delayed to obtain the best start by hooking into a deep depression. This gave a fast start to the record attempt with boat speeds well above 20 knots for extended periods of time.

The first key factor in the race was a band of light winds that was located east of Caribbean Sea. Early forecasts suggested that it would fill and not block the fleet. Instead, it broadened and moved south east with the fleet, effectively blocking it. Some boats were mired in these light winds for several days. The boats to the west of the rhumb line, especially those near the Caribbean Islands, avoided the light winds and gained many miles. Chipspitter came out with a big lead. After only a few days, the separation in the fleet was already several hundred miles.

The doldrums barely slowed the leading boats and the trade winds allowed fast sailing to the south east. The course then took the boats near the Brazilian coast at the easternmost point of South America before continuing south towards the Falklands and Cape Horn. Conditions in the South Atlantic were complicated with a couple of depressions. Gilles took advantage and the lead for the first time. As is often the case, the fastest route was through the narrow channel between the Falkland Islands.

Cape Horn was passed by race leader Gilles after 20 days. His lead over the record holder was over a day by this half way point. The next few days were upwind. Boats made good gains by picking the best tacks, even if that meant dodging islands. The leading boats managed to hook into a zone of strong southerly winds. This gate closed and chasing boats lost ground. This zone fed into the trade winds and a few days of relatively straightforward sailing.

The next major challenge was the doldrums west of the Galapagos Islands. Gilles lost most of his lead as some chasing boats came out strongly having taken different courses further west. Some other leading boats were ensnared by the light winds and watched the leaders disappear over the horizon. The last week of sailing was mostly upwind or on a tight reach. Gilles covered his strongest competitors superbly and took home the win. After 39 days 9:28:40 the finish line in San Francisco was crossed. Sassy63 was less than half an hour slower with ITA10267 over two hours further behind. The podium took very different routes over much of the course.

RYA took a very credible fourth; and chipspitter fifth after a daring but futile gamble by tacking early into the coast near the finish. The remaining boats will take longer to arrive. Only 14 boats finished within 48 hours of the winner, but many will beat the real record time that Gilles smashed by more than a week.
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2013-04-18 18:25:24 - Re: New York to San Francisco Record Attempt
excellent report Scotsman, thanks!

And thanks to all the organizer and mate that sailed (and still sailing) with me in the longest ever regatta on SOL.
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2013-04-19 06:59:34 - Re: New York to San Francisco Record Attempt
First class report Scotsman

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