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Board » Flag Officers » Race proposals » South African Weekender - Cape Town to Port Elizabeth

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2013-08-21 17:05:40 - South African Weekender - Cape Town to Port Elizabeth
Folks have been wanting a breezy race and a quick look at Magicseaweed.com reveals some nice rolling red wind curves along the southern part of our planet.

A race has thus been constructed - 400nm from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth - which is ready for preview.

To do this please log in as the sol boat:

USERNAME: sol
PASSWORD: sol

then click here

Steinlager II is the boat currently selected - feel free to propose a more suitable alternative.

A new wx system for Africa South has been created but will only fill with the new winds after the next update this evening. At that time I will select it for use.

Until then, the Africa Southwest wx is "filling in" to give a sense of what winds are upcoming!

Comments please!
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2013-08-21 18:47:16 - Re: South African Weekender - Cape Town to Port Elizabeth
Yes please
Thanks for thinking of us Saffas RC
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2013-08-21 20:47:21 - Re: South African Weekender - Cape Town to Port Elizabeth
The race description on the RH side of the Homepage will read:

"Welcome to South Africa, its nearly the end of winter, so let's get racing! Steinlager II awaits for a race from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth, some 400nm away. The southern shores of S Africa teem with marine life and the winds and currents where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet are a phenomenal test for all yachties. Are you ready to meet this challenge?"

If this needs to be reworded then please also holler!

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