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2010-07-30 13:26:15 - Re: Races
76T - please would you come up with a fun/shorter name for your race starting from Maui??!! Maui-Petropavlovks-Kamchatskiy is a bit of a mouthful... do we have any idea what that region is known for(metals, textiles etc)? The race name could be a real fun one!
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2010-07-30 14:38:42 - Re: Races
Maui-Kamchatcka would work I suppose. Not really clever... We could leave from Pearl Harbour and call it the "Sub Crawl"? (boos from the galleries) Naming contest?

Petropavlovsk was the base for most of the Soviet cold war sub fleet, and a major deep-sea fishing port. Other than that spectacular(!) volcanoes and basically being the end of the world. I've always wanted to go - it was a closed region until '90 or so... Fun Google Earth destination in the meantime.

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I don't think that SOL server would be very happy with any race that takes us too close to the pole, or that have E-W options. Lots of great races could be had up there though! I've been hunting for performance info on HMS Erebus and Terror. If we want ability to do polar races we'll probably need to petition brainaid to work us up a transverse polar projection map that the existing client/server won't choke on and a resampled windset.

Would be great fun.

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2010-07-30 14:58:47 - Re: Races
The server won't have a problem with polar races.

The map projection in the client is the problem. I would probably add the 2005 minimum ice cover to the map, this would leave both north east- and west passages open, but prohibit direct crossing of the pole, which is still not possible today.

Yes, I know, the day will come...

[Again... brainaid as sol]

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2010-07-30 15:08:21 - Re: Races
If I remember correctly, SOL didn't have any problems on the SOR Leg 5 Quingdao-Rio crossing the International Date Line. However it did have a problem when we reached the "End of the World" at 70 deg. S not sure if it was because of the map projection or if it was because the grib files only covered to 70 deg. S. I'm pretty sure Brainaid can shine some light on the situation....

...Ooops didn't notice Brainaid had already made his comments!!

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2010-07-30 15:11:53 - Re: Races
What was the problem? - The race was configured to go no further than 70 S, hitting the boundary is like hitting land...

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