Sailboat Races

Love to sail but frustrated by terribly late North American hours?

Kazenojin Seiringu, Home of the Flying Tako, debuts its fleet schedule this weekend - Saturdays and Sundays at a Europe-friendly 10.00 AM SLT! Join us each weekend for fun sailing, races, tips, lessons, and more...

IM Myrrh Massiel for more information, or feel free to just drop in unannounced.

TEAM TRIALS CONCLUDE!

This week is your last chance to join a team sailing for the SLSF Cup! Clubs are actively recruiting crew throughout the various sailing fleets, so don't miss this week's scheduled regattas - keep an eye on the Second Life Sailing Federation group forum's Upcoming Events, talk to skippers on the water.

Anyone can sail, regardless of experience. Inquire with any sailing club director for more information about sailing on their team. Participating Challengers and fleet schedules include:

Buccaneer's Sailing Federation
Flappy's Marina and Yacht Club
Kazenojin Seiringu - Saturdays, Sundays 10AM SLT
Mowry Bay Yacht Club - Mondays 7PM SLT
Starboards Yacht Club - Thursdays 6PM SLT, Sundays 3PM SLT
Vagabonds Yacht Club - Tuesdays, Saturdays 7PM SLT

THE SUMMER 2006 SLSF CUP SERIES...

The Second Life Sailing Federation Cup is a perpetual challenge trophy for friendly competition between sailing clubs. Modeled after the real-life America's Cup, the SLSF Cup regatta series encourages the proliferation of sailing enthusiasm across Second Life through a season of realistic fleet and match racing between club-sponsored teams of Second Life's top sailors.

The Summer 2006 SLSF Cup season lasts twelve weeks:

10 June - 10 July - Team Trials
15 July - Challenger Act 1
22 July - Challenger Act 2
29 July - Challenger Act 3
05 Aug - Challenger Act 4
12 Aug - Challenger Act 5
19 Aug - Challenger Act 6
26-27 Aug - Challenger Cup
02-03 Sep - SLSF Cup

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

Anyone! Challenger teams consist of up to four crew, with one skipper and one tactician required to sail in any particular race. The only requirement is that teams be sponsored by an active sailing club. Team trials last four weeks, and are at each sponsor club's discretion.

Can't find a sponsor club to suit your needs? Start your own! It's very easy to qualify as an active sailing club: simply agree to host six public regattas over the next six months. The SLSF is full of resourceful people eager to help new clubs get off the ground, so don't hesitate to ask.

New to sailing, but still interested in participating? Teams need crew! Inquire with the SLSF or any participating yacht club for a bounty of experienced real-life and second-life sailors raring to take new people under their wing.

I couldn't actually sit in the tako/ I would love to participate if I am allowed to

Incolor, there are novice classes every Sunday in Hollywood at NOON SLT, and most Saturdays in Sanchon around 6.00 PM SLT. Other weekly sailing events include Mondays at 7 PM in Mowry, Tuesdays 7 PM in Sanchon, Thursdays 6 PM in Hollywood, and Saturday and Sunday mornings at 10 AM in Gray.

Thanks for the correction, Nber! That's what I get for not making it there the past couple of weeks.

Incolor, actually the novice classes are at NOON in Hollywood on Sundays for now. Regatta at 3 pm for more experienced sailors. If you go to the dock in Hollywood, you can rent a Tako for 0 Linden's for 60 minutes. The Tako will go into your inventory. Take it and drag and drop it in the water. Since this boat is yours for 60 minutes it will let you sail it. Sit in the right rear seat and type "notecard" in the chat window. That will give you more detailed instructions. And please join us for lessons in Hollywood at NOON on Sunday.

thanks. I tried to find where to hire the tako in Hollywood but I am having no success

After four weeks of arduous Team Trials, five of Second Life's finest sailing clubs have come together to vie for the right to Challenge for the SLSF Cup. The next five weeks continue an intensive series of fleet regattas to seed the Challenger Cup:

CHALLENGER ACT 2 - July 22 - 12.00-2.00 PM SLT

Starboards Yacht Club hosts the second Challenger Act:



THE SUMMER 2006 SLSF CUP SERIES...

The Second Life Sailing Federation Cup is a perpetual challenge trophy for friendly competition between sailing clubs. Modeled after the real-life America's Cup, the SLSF Cup regatta series encourages the proliferation of sailing enthusiasm across Second Life through a season of realistic fleet and match racing between club-sponsored teams of Second Life's top sailors.

The Summer 2006 SLSF Cup season lasts twelve weeks:

10 June - 10 July - Team Trials
15 July - Challenger Act 1
22 July - Challenger Act 2
29 July - Challenger Act 3
05 Aug - Challenger Act 4
12 Aug - Challenger Act 5
19 Aug - Challenger Act 6
26-27 Aug - Challenger Cup
02-03 Sep - SLSF Cup

SERIES PROGRESS

Challenger Act 1 was abandoned, unscored, and does not weigh upon series standings.

Series Challengers include Flappy's Marina and Yacht Club, Kazenojin Seiringu, Mowry Bay Yacht Club, Starboards Yacht Club, and Vagabonds Yacht Club.

Detailed series information is available on the Second Life Sailing Federation forum. Further inquiries may be directed to the Summer 2006 SLSF Cup Committee, consisting Course Director Al Kaiser, Event Director Myrrh Massiel, and Race Director Oliphant Ming.

Come and sail with us in Hollywood at 6 pm on Thursday night July 27th. We will use the Tradewinds Course. Admiral Svar Beckersted is the co-host for this event. Let's have some fun folks

After seven weeks of arduous sailing, the stakes ramp up for five of Second Life's finest sailing clubs vying for the right to Challenge for the SLSF Cup. The Challenger Acts enter their second phase, a progressively weighted series of intensive fleet regattas building to the Challenger Cup:

CHALLENGER ACT 4 - August 5 - 12.00-2.00 PM SLT

Mowry Yacht Club hosts the fourth Challenger Act:



THE SUMMER 2006 SLSF CUP SERIES...

The Second Life Sailing Federation Cup is a perpetual challenge trophy for friendly competition between sailing clubs. Modeled after the real-life America's Cup, the SLSF Cup regatta series encourages the proliferation of sailing enthusiasm across Second Life through a season of realistic fleet and match racing between club-sponsored teams of Second Life's top sailors.

The Summer 2006 SLSF Cup season lasts twelve weeks:

10 June - 10 July - Team Trials
15 July - Challenger Act 1
22 July - Challenger Act 2
29 July - Challenger Act 3
05 Aug - Challenger Act 4
12 Aug - Challenger Act 5
19 Aug - Challenger Act 6
26-27 Aug - Challenger Cup
02-03 Sep - SLSF Cup

SERIES PROGRESS

Challenger Act 3 Regatta Results (low point system)
07.25 points - Starboards Yacht Club
07.25 points - Kazenojin Seiringu
14.00 points - Mowry Bay Yacht Club
16.00 points - Vagabonds Yacht Club
30.00 points - Flappy's Marina and Yacht Club

Challenger Act 3 Series Results (high point system)
09 points - Starboards Yacht Club
09 points - Kazenojin Seiringu
05 points - Vagabonds Yacht Club
05 points - Mowry Bay Yacht Club
02 points - Flappy's Marina and Yacht Club

Detailed series information is available on the Second Life Sailing Federation forum. Further inquiries may be directed to the Summer 2006 SLSF Cup Committee, consisting Course Director Al Kaiser, Event Director Myrrh Massiel, and Race Director Oliphant Ming.

Come to beautiful Hollywood Sim and the surrounding Channel Islands for a fun time on the water. Sailing starts at 6 pm on Thursday night, August 3rd. We will use the Tradewinds Course. Admiral Svar Beckersted is the co-host for this event. Let's have some fun folks!

Interested in learning how to sail the Tako Sailboat? Come to Starboards Yacht Club in Hollywood Sim for a quick slide show of sailing basics, followed by one on one instruction by experienced skippers.

Experienced skippers needed to help mentor novices. Novices need for experienced skippers to mentor.

See Events listing.

Come to beautiful Hollywood Sim and the surrounding Channel Islands for a fun time on the water. Sailing starts at 10 am on Thursday, August 10th. We will use the Tradewinds Course. Admiral Svar Beckersted is the host for this event. While this event is being held to accommodate the European sailing community everyone is welcome. Let's have some fun folks!

Changed to Thursday because of SL downtime.

Join us in Hollywood Sim and surrounding Channel Islands for sailing. We will race using the Tradewinds Course. Admiral Svar Beckersted will be co-hosting this event. Come and have some sailing fun.


6 pm

After eight weeks of arduous sailing, the stakes are raised for five of Second Life's finest sailing clubs vying for the right to Challenge for the SLSF Cup. The fifth Challenger Act weighs heavily as the penultimate fleet regatta building to the Challenger Cup:

CHALLENGER ACT 5 - August 12 - 12.00-2.00 PM SLT

Kazenojin Seiringu hosts the fifth Challenger Act at their Proving Grounds on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge:



THE SUMMER 2006 SLSF CUP SERIES...

The Second Life Sailing Federation Cup is a perpetual challenge trophy for friendly competition between sailing clubs. Modeled after the real-life America's Cup, the SLSF Cup regatta series encourages the proliferation of sailing enthusiasm across Second Life through a season of realistic fleet and match racing between club-sponsored teams of Second Life's top sailors.

The Summer 2006 SLSF Cup season lasts twelve weeks:

10 June - 10 July - Team Trials
15 July - Challenger Act 1
22 July - Challenger Act 2
29 July - Challenger Act 3
05 Aug - Challenger Act 4
12 Aug - Challenger Act 5
19 Aug - Challenger Act 6
26-27 Aug - Challenger Cup
02-03 Sep - SLSF Cup

SERIES PROGRESS

Challenger Act 4 Regatta Results (low point system)
07.50 points - Mowry Bay Yacht Club
08.50 points - Starboards Yacht Club
13.75 points - Kazenojin Seiringu
14.15 points - Vagabonds Yacht Club
30.00 points - Flappy's Marina and Yacht Club

Challenger Act 4 Series Results (high point system)
17 points - Starboards Yacht Club
15 points - Kazenojin Seiringu
15 points - Mowry Bay Yacht Club
09 points - Vagabonds Yacht Club
04 points - Flappy's Marina and Yacht Club

Detailed series information is available on the Second Life Sailing Federation forum. Further inquiries may be directed to the Summer 2006 SLSF Cup Committee, consisting Course Director Al Kaiser, Event Director Myrrh Massiel, and Race Director Oliphant Ming.

Come to beautiful Hollywood Sim and the surrounding Channel Islands for a fun time on the water. Sailing starts at 10 am on Thursday, August 17th. We will use the Tradewinds Course. Admiral Svar Beckersted is the host for this event. Let's have some fun folks!

Starboards Yacht Club will host its weekly "Learn to Sail" event in Hollywood. Noon on Sunday August 20th. We will have a brief slide show followed by one on one help on the water in your sailboat with an experienced skipper. You can rent the Tako sailboat at the Hollywood dock for free for one hour.

We need experienced skippers to help with the one on one tutoring. We need novices so that the experienced skippers will have someone to help. Admiral Svar Beckersted will be helping teach this class. Come and join us!!

This Tuesday at 7pm, Vagabonds Yacht Club will host an informal match racing tournament in Sanchon. Theodore Polonsky will be your Race Committee and Protest Committee.

We'll start pairs as fast as we can, hopefully 1 pair every 4 minutes, on the VYC Medium Course. Depending on how many people show up, we'll do single- or double- elimination to determine the winner. This will be a fast-paced event, and your Race Committee will give out extra karma points for keeping things moving.

We will be racing under the full ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing, plus the 3 VYC experimental rules. These are available in this forum, or from the Race Committee if you ask nice. See http://www.sailingcourse.com/ for an introduction to the rules and tactics.

The Black Flag Rule 30.3 will be in effect, modified from 1 minute to 2 minutes. This means if you are in the triangle formed by the ends of the line and the first mark during the two minutes before the start you will be disqualified.

Spinnakers prior to the start will be allowed.

The VYC Medium Course, including landmarks, is available at the Sanchon Sailing Center.

If you have any questions, or if you need copies of the VYC Medium Course or the experimental rules addendum, please arrive promptly. We will gather at 7pm, and racing starts at 7:10 sharp. Latecomers will be mocked mercilessly, but we'll probably be able to squeeze them into a later heat.

VYC had a nice time in Sanchon tonight. Results are same with and without a throwout race: Myrrh Massiel wins.

We started with match racing, with the plan for doing a round robin to seed for single elimination tournament. With 4 racers, that would only be 8 races. We ran two sets, with the second pair starting 2 minutes after the first.

Race 1 was Pacifien over James, then Myrrh over Theodore.

Race 2 was Theodore over James, then Myrrh over Pacifien.

Then Jamey showed up, and we couldn't figure out a way to easily work him in, so we switched to fleet racing. I decided to adjust all pair 2 times from the previous 2 races by 2 minutes ... that's a lot of 2s! ... and just score them as fleet races.

We raced 1 race. Then Jamey crashed...hard....we waited a while, did one more race, and then everyone sat around talking about Macs and music while I did the scores.


With throwout
Myrrh: .75 .75 .75 - / 2.25
Pacifien: 2 2 2 - / 6
Theodore: 3 3 - 3 / 9
James: 4 4 - 4 / 12
Jamey: 6 6 3 - / 15

Without throwout
Myrrh: .75 .75 .75 .75 / 3
Pacifien: 2 2 2 2 / 8
Theodore: 3 3 4 3 / 13
James: 4 4 6 4 / 18
Jamey: 6 6 3 6 / 21

More sailing news in the SLSF forum:
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Race 1
[19:22] Start Line (2 Way): Race Results:
[19:22] Start Line (2 Way): 1: Pacifien Massiel - +00:06:20
[19:22] Start Line (2 Way): 2: James Newcomb - +00:07:58
[19:22] Start Line (2 Way): 3: Myrrh Massiel - +00:08:08
[19:22] Start Line (2 Way): 4: Theodore Polonsky - +00:08:46
[19:22] Start Line (2 Way): Lap Times:
[19:22] Start Line (2 Way): Pacifien Massiel-- lap 0: +00:00:02
[19:22] Start Line (2 Way): James Newcomb-- lap 0: +00:00:10
[19:22] Start Line (2 Way): Myrrh Massiel-- lap 0: +00:02:03
[19:22] Start Line (2 Way): Theodore Polonsky-- lap 0: +00:02:10
[19:22] Start Line (2 Way): Pacifien Massiel-- lap 1: +00:06:20
[19:22] Start Line (2 Way): James Newcomb-- lap 1: +00:07:58
[19:22] Start Line (2 Way): Myrrh Massiel-- lap 1: +00:08:08
[19:22] Start Line (2 Way): Theodore Polonsky-- lap 1: +00:08:46

Race 1, adjusted
1: Myrrh Massiel - +00:06:08
2: Pacifien Massiel - +00:06:20
3: Theodore Polonsky - +00:06:46
4: James Newcomb - +00:07:58
DNS Jamey Sismondi


Race 2
[19:35] Start Line (2 Way): Race Results:
[19:35] Start Line (2 Way): 1: Theodore Polonsky - +00:07:05
[19:35] Start Line (2 Way): 2: Myrrh Massiel - +00:08:05
[19:35] Start Line (2 Way): 3: Pacifien Massiel - +00:08:24
[19:35] Start Line (2 Way): 4: James Newcomb - +00:08:32
[19:35] Start Line (2 Way): Lap Times:
[19:35] Start Line (2 Way): James Newcomb-- lap 0: +00:00:05
[19:35] Start Line (2 Way): Theodore Polonsky-- lap 0: +00:00:06
[19:35] Start Line (2 Way): Myrrh Massiel-- lap 0: +00:02:07
[19:35] Start Line (2 Way): Pacifien Massiel-- lap 0: +00:02:12
[19:35] Start Line (2 Way): Theodore Polonsky-- lap 1: +00:07:05
[19:35] Start Line (2 Way): Myrrh Massiel-- lap 1: +00:08:05
[19:35] Start Line (2 Way): Pacifien Massiel-- lap 1: +00:08:24
[19:35] Start Line (2 Way): James Newcomb-- lap 1: +00:08:32

Race 2, adjusted
1: Myrrh Massiel - +00:06:05
2: Pacifien Massiel - +00:06:24
3: Theodore Polonsky - +00:07:05
4: James Newcomb - +00:08:32
DNS Jamey Sismondi


Race 3
[19:50] Start Line (2 Way): Race Results:
[19:50] Start Line (2 Way): 1: Myrrh Massiel - +00:06:22
[19:50] Start Line (2 Way): 2: Pacifien Massiel - +00:06:49
[19:50] Start Line (2 Way): 3: Jamey Sismondi - +00:07:45
[19:50] Start Line (2 Way): 4: Theodore Polonsky - +00:07:49
[19:50] Start Line (2 Way): Lap Times:
[19:50] Start Line (2 Way): Theodore Polonsky-- lap 0: +00:00:01
[19:50] Start Line (2 Way): Myrrh Massiel-- lap 0: +00:00:03
[19:50] Start Line (2 Way): James Newcomb-- lap 0: +00:00:07
[19:50] Start Line (2 Way): Jamey Sismondi-- lap 0: +00:00:15
[19:50] Start Line (2 Way): Pacifien Massiel-- lap 0: +00:00:28
[19:50] Start Line (2 Way): Myrrh Massiel-- lap 1: +00:06:22
[19:50] Start Line (2 Way): Pacifien Massiel-- lap 1: +00:06:49
[19:50] Start Line (2 Way): Jamey Sismondi-- lap 1: +00:07:45
[19:50] Start Line (2 Way): Theodore Polonsky-- lap 1: +00:07:49


Race 4
[20:12] Start Line (2 Way): Race Results:
[20:12] Start Line (2 Way): 1: Myrrh Massiel - +00:06:11
[20:12] Start Line (2 Way): 2: Pacifien Massiel - +00:07:18
[20:12] Start Line (2 Way): 3: Theodore Polonsky - +00:07:24
[20:12] Start Line (2 Way): 4: James Newcomb - +00:09:01
[20:12] Start Line (2 Way): Lap Times:
[20:12] Start Line (2 Way): Theodore Polonsky-- lap 0: +00:00:01
[20:12] Start Line (2 Way): Myrrh Massiel-- lap 0: +00:00:01
[20:12] Start Line (2 Way): Pacifien Massiel-- lap 0: +00:00:04
[20:12] Start Line (2 Way): James Newcomb-- lap 0: +00:00:15
[20:12] Start Line (2 Way): Myrrh Massiel-- lap 1: +00:06:11
[20:12] Start Line (2 Way): Pacifien Massiel-- lap 1: +00:07:18
[20:12] Start Line (2 Way): Theodore Polonsky-- lap 1: +00:07:24
[20:12] Start Line (2 Way): James Newcomb-- lap 1: +00:09:01

Come to beautiful Hollywood Sim and the surrounding Channel Islands for a fun time on the water. Sailing starts at 10 am on Thursday, August 24th. We will use the Tradewinds Course. Admiral Svar Beckersted is the host for this event. Let's have some fun folks!

Come to beautiful Hollywood Sim and the surrounding Channel Islands for a fun time on the water. Sailing starts at 6 pm on Thursday night, August 24th. We will use the Tradewinds Course. Nber Medici is the co-host for this event. Let's have some fun folks!

In the return of the official VYC Tuesday Night Regatta, we had a light turnout but a fantastic set of races. We ran 3 short and 3 medium courses, and only had 1 crash (to my knowledge) and 1 protest that didn't get called out.

I would like to first point that I let Ida use the good machine tonight, so I was gestureless and in many cases sightless. Given that, I am very proud of how well I did.

Races 1, 2 and 3 were short, and races 4, 5 and 6 were long. I got tangled up in my fingers and the other boats in race 5, and withdrew.

With Throwout:
Jamey Sismondi .75 .75 .75 .75 .75 / 3.75
Theodore Polonsky 2 .75 2 2 2 / 8.75
Ida Keen 4 4 3 3 2 / 16
Espresso Saarinen 3 3 4 4 3 / 17

Without Throwout:
Jamey Sismondi .75 2 .75 .75 .75 .75 / 5.75
Theodore Polonsky 2 .75 2 2 5 2 / 13.75
Espresso Saarinen 3 3 4 5 4 3 / 22
Ida Keen 4 4 3 3 2 4 / 20

Congrats to Jamey! I'm not sure what it means that a MBYC regular is at the top of the VYC standings, unless it's a challenge to the rest of the VYC regulars to show up for racing.

Thanks for sailing, see you Saturday at 7 in Sanchon for the VYC Saturday Night Regatta.

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SLSF Forum: /273/1.html

Starboards Yacht Club is sponsoring TWO racing events on Thursday August 31st.

10:00 am Racing AND 6 pm Racing

Come to beautiful Hollywood Sim and the surrounding Channel Islands for a fun time on the water. We will use the Tradewinds Course. Admiral Svar Beckersted is the host for both of these events. Let's have some fun folks!

Starboards Yacht Club will host its weekly "Learn to Sail" event in Hollywood at noon on Sunday Sept 3rd. We will have a brief slide show followed by one on one help on the water in your sailboat with an experienced skipper. You can rent the Tako sailboat at the Hollywood dock for free for one hour. The Tako sailboat uses realistic physics to mimic the actions of RL sailboats. You are going to LOVE this.

We need experienced skippers to help with the one on one tutoring.

We need novices so that the experienced skippers will have someone to help.

Come and join us!!

Starboards Yacht Club is sponsoring TWO racing events on Thursday September 7th
10:00 am Racing AND 6 pm Racing

Come to beautiful Hollywood Sim and the surrounding Channel Islands for a fun time on the water. We will use the Tradewinds Course. Admiral Svar Beckersted is the host for both of these events. Let's have some fun folks!

Starboards Yacht Club is sponsoring TWO racing events on Thursday September 14th 10:00 am Racing AND 6 pm Racing

Come to beautiful Hollywood Sim and the surrounding Channel Islands for a fun time on the water. We will use the new Tradewinds Course that uses one of the new sims. Admiral Svar Beckersted is the host for both of these events. Let's have some fun folks!