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2010-07-21 19:58:39 - Barentsz Run
As we can now run above 70 N it is time to try it out. Brainaid already suggested Longyearbyen.
Therefore I have made up a race from Terschelling to Svalbard in remembrance of Willem Barentsz who discovered "Spitsbergen" and was born on Terschelling.
Please have a look at it if it is worth a try. It still needs some fine tuning and a boat type

Rgds Tempest

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2010-07-21 20:39:27 - Re: Barentsz Run
Tempest - this looks fun!! Just one additional waypoint perhaps on Norway (a) to permit the SOL rhumbline to stay offshore and (b)to help with dtg rankings in the race.

We will need to set up a new map for the area but this can be done while you are "tweaking" your course (although it looks pretty darn good as-is)!!

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2010-07-22 06:05:56 - Re: Barentsz Run
RC i will add another waypoint North of Bergen near Fedje. In that position it doesn't limit any options.

For boattype it is also possible to use the Clipper although it doesn't match the actual boattype either ,it comes closer to the real boats used in that era. However that wil make it a loooong run
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2010-07-22 08:45:07 - Re: Barentsz Run
Tempest - yeps a clipper-type would deffo be slow BUT hey... if your aim is to recreate an historical trip then so be it!.

Looking ahead at the proposed calendar(s) there are a few long-ish races coming up so if you were to go for the long option it might be a little while before the Barentsz is scheduled.

BTW once a race is set up it is always possible to change its boat-type for subsequent runnings.
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2010-07-22 12:13:49 - Re: Barentsz Run
Hey the Clipper is actually one of our faster boats! has to be remembered that she's more than twice as long as the canting-keel supermaxis and spreads vast sail area :) Just needs a little wind to get going.

It's a fun polar though, and the weather should suit. 10d or so? Good race!

I'd like to add a polar from the age of sail exploration to round out the fleet. Anyone with info for Matthew, Trinidad, Endeavour etc?

Speaking of polars... On the first voyage they tried to *leash* a POLAR BEAR and bring him on the boat?!?
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2010-07-22 12:25:09 - Re: Barentsz Run
Tempest - happy to say that SOL now has a new weathersystem for your race, thank you brainaid and also, because brain wanted to check that all works, he actually added a couple of waypoints and chose a boat!

The boat brain chose is the Ostar 35ft, as "this boat can cope with the weather and would be right for a race of about 1600nm (it would take around 14 days) which means it would be a SOL ocean race" BUT the choice of boat is deffo up to you!!

I hope you are OK with this?

I have registered the sol boat for the race and it is now visible on the SOL homepage so - please check it out!!

Still unsure when the race can be run but it will be good to know its ready and waiting :-)


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2010-07-22 16:29:20 - Re: Barentsz Run
RC I think we can move the start point NorthWest of Terschelling between Terschelling and Vlieland makes an easy start on DC. Additional WP in Norway is fine. Courseline looks a bit curvy especially last part near Svalbard might be confusing. I am not sure about the boat yet i still fancy the clipper but we still have time to think it over.

SOL it took them 2 hours to catch the polar bear at first they tried it with a rope later on they went for the heavier stuff.
Later on in the journey when they were stuck in the ice a bear actually climbed on board.

Tempest as Sol

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2010-07-22 16:42:28 - Re: Barentsz Run
Tempest- now how does the start point look?

Clipper is fine, really - deffo your choice of boat!!

As for the rhumbline, I am not quite sure what has happened there. I will check with brainaid and come back to you. I haven't seen a rhumbline going so wide of its waypoints before!!

I have sent a mail but I think it might be because of the way the SOL chart has to accommodate a lot of lines of longitude in a small area? If you zoom totally in the line is fine.

Anyway.. I will let you know the reply I get!

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2010-07-22 18:42:56 - Re: Barentsz Run
76 T at least i presume it was you .

Are you familiar with this one
http://www.halfmoonreplica.org/index.html
info@halfmoon.mus.ny.us

The Half Moon is a full-scale, operating replica of the Dutch ship of exploration that Henry Hudson sailed in 1609. The Half Moon is a traveling museum that conducts programs about the unique history of the Dutch colony called New Netherland.

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