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Post annotated by RainbowChaser :
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Rough idea for a Sunday race in Orange, to set us up for a couple more races.

PROVISIONAL: Leave Start and round the two islands ~54.7s 64.2w, then to ground on tiny island in protected bay at 55.0s 66.9w.

Briefing at 1700z where any changes might be made. Provisional Match Race Start at 1700z.

Details will be firmed up tomorrow. This is open to all SOLers who want to play with the new boat under close racing conditions.
I just realized a typo in my previous notice. :(

Race Start was 1700z with the Brief supposed to be 1600. Sorry folks, I posted 1700 for both....

The First Match Race is underway. Anybody who missed it can set up a second pack and race at a later time TBD by you.

Today's Finish, (and the Start for tomorrow,) is the beach at 55.06s 66.85w.

Meet us there overnight, if you can't race today. [b[Open to ANY SOL PLAYER!
The following are the suggested race-courses for tonight's race:

(1) Round Picton, Lennox, Nueva(90nm)

(2) to Los estados (74.5nm)

(3) to and round Los estados (finishing there OR back at start)
(4) round Navarino and back to start (130nm)
MY PROPOSITION

I propose that in view of clock shifting and always longer daytime, we postpone our future practice races for 2000 UTC.
The races to be short but complicated

Capt.Damir
After a little discussion, the intrepid matchracers cordially invite ALL SOLers to join in tonight's matchrace.

TIME: 1800utc

FROM: 55.06S / 66.84w

TO and ROUND: island at 55.24 / -66.58

Finish: back at the start!

MATCHRACING TONIGHT ARE

Bacchus (NED)
newsartist (USA)
Rainbow (GBR)
robert (SWE)
sassy (SWE)
Victorious (GBR)

and joining in will be

africa (CRO)
Smo (FIN)

HALFWAY POINT RANKING

1. Vic
2. Bacchus
3. robert
4. sassy
5. newsartist
6. stoerte
7. Smo
8. Rainbow


1930utc - DTG RANKINGS

1. Vic (12.0nm)
2. Bacchus (12.3nm)
3. robert AND sassy (12.5nm)
5. news (14.9nm)
6. stoerte (16.4nm)
7. Smo (17.2nm)
8. Rainbow (17.3nm)


FINAL RANKING

1. Vic (20.58.28)
2. Bacchus
3. robert
4. sassy
5. Smo
6. stoertebaker
7. Rainbow
8. newsartist

--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2010-03-29 21:44:23 ---
CAPE2 - PRACTICE MATCHRACE - 30 March 2010

ALL SOLers ARE INVITED to join the intrepid matchracers at their current mooring for the second in the Cape2 series of matchraces.

TIME: 1700utc

FROM: start at -55.06 / -66.85

TO AND CLOCKWISE ROUND:
island at -55.24 / -66.68
via waypoints A and B

after rounding continue due north

TO AND CLOCKWISE ROUND:
island at -55.04 / -66.94
via waypoint C

FINISH: at -55.06 / -66.85

GE image of course is attached

If the course looks to be too long given the wind conditions an early finish point/winner will be declared!!

Practice matchracing is an excellent way to get to know your boat, how SOL works and, of course, your fellow matchracers!!

MATCHRACING TODAY ARE

africa (CRO)
crzycanuk (CAN)
newsartist (USA)
Perenkist (NED)
Rainbow(GBR)
robert (SWE)
sassy (SWE)
Smo(FIN)
Victorious (GBR)

RANKING AT WAYPOINT A

1. Vic
2. africa
3. robert
4. Smo
5. Perenkist
6. news
7. Rainbow
8. stingfi = joined before Waypoint A
9. sassy

RANKING AT WAYPOINT B

1. africa
2. Vic
3. robert
4. Smo
5. Perenkist
6. Rainbow
7. news
8. sassy
9. stingfi

After Waypoint B, Vic announced his intention of heading direct to the start-point. Others seemed inclined to do the same.

The Waypoint B rankings are therefore the interim results... anyone wishing to continue round the full course may do so and, if in company, can post their separate rankings thereafter!!

--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2010-03-30 20:05:25 ---
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The proposed course for practice matchracing is as follows:

TIME: 1700utc

FROM: start at -55.06 / -66.85

TO AND CLOCKWISE FULLY ROUND:
island at -55.24 / -66.68
via waypoints A, B, C, D, E and F

thence to

FINISH: at -55.06 / -66.85

See the attached pic, showing the course in GE for clarification

All SOLers, as ever, are welcome to join in at any time!
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Soon, you will have more participants to your practice matchraces than to the normal races
;)
Yes INCO this nice person RAINBOW CHASER (RC) is providing wonderful entertainment for us racer, willing to race short races, while race still in practice.
These short races are often more interesting than real race.
However we participants give hard time to RC by all our voices making a chaos which is hard to support sometimes,and we are only 10-15 at max.
Now you imagine what would be with 50 boats or even more.
RC is doing a wonderful work but we racers should improve.Me for first as you know what I asked RC in yday's race: to change the direction of the rounding of the island in order that I can play tennis.Imagine everybody asking some kind of favors before and in the middle of the race.

At the end I say -thank you RC for these short races
africa - thank you! I changed the course yesterday because I understood folks to want a different one to the one I had posted... the change also required amending the island rounding to clockwise. I hesitated to do this in case others had set DCs but because I had no idea who would be racing, and I knew you would, your request convinced me to make the change!

Anyway.. I think there was a helpful discussion in chat last night and.. it is important that IRL sailing-SOLers who matchrace propose good race-courses for us!! Hope you agree :-)

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