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Gambit
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Initially Posted - 05/15/2009 : 02:54:35

In case you did miss it, a copy of the briefing is posted below.

Seventh LEG - Volvo Ocean Race Game - Boston to Galway

Departing from Boston on 16 May 2009 at 13:00 Boston local time ( 19:00 CEST / 17:00 GMT), the fleet will pass the North Atlantic Gates NA1 and NA2, leaving the Marks to port side before heading to Ireland and Galway.

As usual, we remind you that you cannot be connected at the time of departure, your boat will be launched automatically at the best angle for the first few hours of the race, until your first connection. However, we cannot guarantee that the boat will take the optimal route.

THE START
- Saturday, 16 May 2009, Starting Signal 13:00 Boston local time (19:00 CEST / 17:00 GMT).

THE COURSE – Length approx. 2.425 NM
Start in Boston – Finish in Galway

Start in BOSTON 42°30'N 70°15'W
North Atlantic Gate One Visible mark 43°00'N 46°00'W (leave to Port)
North Atlantic Gate Two Visible mark 46°00'N 42°00'W (leave to Port)
Finish in GALWAY 53°'N 09°45'W

Attention: System is fully automatic, so the Gates to be Validated, the Yellow Marks have to turn to GREEN.

I will be driving the mark set boat for the J-22 Jackrabbit Regatta at Canandaigua Yacht Club so I am hoping for a wise autopilot for the start.

Good luck all!

George
Catalina 25 #2429
Lima, NY
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 05/20/2009 : 11:06:56

Is anyone having trouble getting access to the Volvo site? It showed my boat as having hit the mark. I continued racing and went to the "Support" site and politely explained that I was careful not to hit the mark, but, for some reason, their software doesn't show my actual track around the mark. That was a couple of hours ago. Now I can't get on the site at all.

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Gambit
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Response Posted - 05/20/2009 : 11:31:56

Steve,

I can see your boat progressing but it did miss the mark inside and you are falling back in miles. Once you get back on you will need to pass it to the north and go around.

Perhaps try from a different computer or flush the cache and cookies. Some setting might have gotten hosed.

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Response Posted - 05/20/2009 : 14:59:22

I'm back in the website now. I don't know why I couldn't get on, but it was apparently only temporary.

The computer shows that I failed to round the mark correctly, but it's wrong. I was very careful to do so, and my track, as it appears on the screen, is not the track that I actually sailed. I'm not so dumb as to sail northeast, diagonally, clearly across the lower part of the flag staff. I don't know why it failed to record my track, but I have raised the issue with the operators, and am not going back to do what I already did. If they don't want to correct the error, I'll take a DSQ, or maybe just carry on with the race just to see how I would have done, even though I'll finish DFL. I haven't decided whether I'll drop out, but I have decided that I'm not going back.

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Response Posted - 05/20/2009 : 19:30:37

Totally screwed up that start! I thought I read that the next leg (this one) would start on June 6th. and I commented to the Admiral that we had a few weeks grace!

Looks like I rounded the mark on auto-pilot.

Long while since I took a boat out on the pond that far north!

paul

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Response Posted - 05/25/2009 : 04:07:31

So who won that leg? Avocado is the leader that I know is in but there a couple other mutual friends that may or may not be in our contest.

I got taken off the helm by real life Friday night so I missed the big wind shift to the south. Blew out the light spinnaker, yada yada.

Fun race though.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 05/25/2009 : 10:46:06

Valcour came in first in our group. I have no idea who that is though.

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 05/26/2009 : 05:01:45

I like that length of race. The 30+ day stuff gets to be too much.

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Response Posted - 05/26/2009 : 09:21:02

As I was getting ready to go to bed last night, I was finally able to log in again, I'd overshot the layline to the south, so I tried to gybe back between the three little islands to the west of Galway. I was careful to plot my course so I wouldn't run aground, even laid a straight edge against the screen to verify. Got up this morning, and I'm miles & miles from that course, impacted on the Irish mainland. Stupid game.

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Response Posted - 05/26/2009 : 15:14:35

I think that David an I are trying to get the BOUNCE award, right now I think there's a really big bungee attached to my stern!

(Of course, it doesn't help that I made a course change with less than 60 miles to go and then didn't login for nearly 10 hours! Duh!

Paul

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Response Posted - 05/26/2009 : 16:48:19

Yeah, my friend keeps asking me where I got the titanium upgrade to my keel to deal with the impacts. Now I feel like I've been in a pachinko or pinball machine for the last few hours. Couldn't log on yesterday to make course changes, then ended up visiting pretty much every little island on the west side of Ireland today, at least the natives were friendly to this 1/2 Scot. I noticed that the game is very selective about what islands are solid and which aren't. I sailed right through one island to impact on the one behind it. Stupid game.

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Gambit
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Response Posted - 05/28/2009 : 06:07:25

When does the next leg start? The next ones look short but tricky.

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britinusa
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Response Posted - 06/02/2009 : 06:30:47

June 14th.

Galway to Göteberg (Gothenberg) a Great city, I visited there on one of the grey line cruises in the late 70's

No plans on stopping off in Scotland, pity, beautiful country!

Paul

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 06/02/2009 : 09:47:25

Paul,
We'll probably make some impromptu stops in various places anyway.

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Response Posted - 06/02/2009 : 15:06:04

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by delliottg
 Paul,
We'll probably make some impromptu stops in various places anyway.
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