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Board » Flag Officers » Race proposals » the great historical roads

Posted by FR_marcoZZ Posts 14 Registered at 2009-06-18 10:13:54	2010-08-11 13:31:51 - the great historical roads
	I'd liked SOL would invite us on the great nautical roads, these commercial roads which were sailed by clippers and even bigger sailboats with four or five masts. Those roads which now are becoming record roads sailed by giant multihulls. I'm speaking about : -road of gold : New York to San Francisco. - road of Guano : Valparaiso to Le havre. - road of cafe : Brasil to Le Havre. - road of the : China to London. - road of Discovery : Cadix - Grand Canaria - San Salvador. (I have a preference for Valparaiso to Le Havre, because my grandfather sailed it). These races could be done on Orange or a VOR70 or a 90' mono. --- Last Edited by FR_marcoZZ at 2010-08-11 13:34:18 ---
Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2010-08-11 15:58:10 - Re: the great historical roads
	Salutmarco - all things are possible on SOL (well nearly all things!! hehehe). Would you wish for these races to be sailed using boats traditional to the era or modern day boats appropriate to the conditions? The "gold rush" races have been run by SOL before (New York to Panama and then Panama to San Francisco) a couple of years ago - the Orange Cat was used then. But if its the guano road you want then just say what boat you would like used!! --- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2010-08-11 16:03:54 ---
Posted by Gilles Posts 126 Registered at 2009-07-18 11:05:22	2010-08-11 20:13:03 - Re: the great historical roads
	I remember we used a clipper to pass Cape Horn, so Marco, there is also a clipper is SOL´s fleet if You like to be realistic cheers
Posted by FR_marcoZZ Posts 14 Registered at 2009-06-18 10:13:54	2010-08-12 08:04:59 - Re: the great historical roads
	I would prefer a modern boat (as I wrote it in my post ;=) ). Orange could be a good choice for all these routes. The 90' mono too. But not the mini 6.50. :+))

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