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First update from OpenCountry:

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ust another sunny day in Auckland New Zealand!

Thanks RC for setting this up. Yak & I are almost ready to go.

The weather forecast is "light winds variable - might get up to 5 knots some time in the next 48 hrs.

So We expect a slow race. Must give the Easter Bunny our sea address Hope he delivers!!!

RC we will send you photos and updates as we work our way to Tauranga. But we are not expecting this to be a quick race.

The weather is fabulous! But not for sailing ha ha.

Cheers for now from the scurvy crew onboard Open Country.
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Fuze in Cabin

SOLers alongside
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--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2013-03-27 08:43:27 ---
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stoerte - hehehe yeps! I think the rest of us were just lucky though... :-D
UPDATE FROM OPEN COUNTRY

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Good morning!

Over cast morning in Auckland, with about 3-5 knots breeze.

Looks like we might start with our Super Light weight North Sails No.1 genoa.

We have an outgoing tide 2 knots which will help us for the first 4 hrs.

Rgds
The Scurvy Crew
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TYPBC



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Sailonline was back in New Zealand for the 2014 running of the classic Auckland to Tauranga Race, and for the second year in a row, was associated with the official race. Unfortunately for the real racers, the wx in Auckland was "inclement" and the start had to be delayed, but the virtual race set off at the originally scheduled time.

This is the fourth time of running this race, the second with Young 11s, and our winner this year arrived in record time - beating the previous best (also set by a Young 11 in 2011) by 4h 20m. The challenge is now set! Congratulations to all three who took our podium this time

If you want to see how the leaders or top SOLers tracks compared with yours, you can do so easily by using the comparison feature at hmm's SOL Race Data Centre


--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2015-04-02 09:06:56 ---
SOL is back in New Zealand again this time to run the 2015 International Yacht Paints and PIC Insurance Brokers Auckland to Tauranga Race (start time 1 April @2100 UTC = 2 April @1000 NZDT). This is the fifth time Sailonline has run this course and the third time to do so in association with the official race.

First run in 1921, this is one of New Zealand's classic races - a brief history of the race is readable here

SOLer NZL_WairuaExpress is taking part on his beautiful Beale, Open Country and you can track them via Open Country's Spidertracks tracker

For this 124nm race, Sailonline will be sailing Young 11s.

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--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2015-04-02 09:09:25 ---
and this is how well I am doing - not!! My overnight DCs cut things a little too find so I missed the Channel Island Mark.. BUT... Open Country is doing well, as you can see:





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--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2015-04-02 09:19:00 ---
The Title of this race due to the included Sponsor's names interferes with the displaying of the DC Command countdown notice.
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