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captjack1942


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2012-05-02 03:00:21 - Start times
I thought we were supposed to start races at a reasonable time for the local Longitude of the race. The Hiroshima-Kure race is now posted to start at 6 PM local time. I have never in over 40 years heard of any race other than a short beer can race starting at 6PM.
What gives here?
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2012-05-02 05:11:01 - Re: Start times
Many races start in the evening, the RAYC White Island Race in November starts either 6pm or 7pm local time. Sol has run this race at least 3 if not 4 years in parallel.

Many of Aucklands off shore races (Gold Cup, Balokovic Cup, 2 Handed 3 Legged races etc. also start in the evening.

Likewise the RORC Channel Race starts in the evening IIRC, but my memory may be in error.

If the race starts at a local time, then Sol should start at EXACTLY that time as well, IMHO.
If it breaks, it's not strong enough!
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2012-05-03 07:52:26 - Re: Start times
Hi captjack - not sure if you saw my comment in chat but the race is starting as the Hiroshima Flower Festival ends - it isn't a real race so it was hoped that the start time would actually suit a lot of folks already on SOL and just might catch the eye of some Japanese!

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