Alternative SOL ranking for leg 3
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trevorr
Member
It reckons I'm 7 places worse.
I'll stick with the official one for now, /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
I'll stick with the official one for now, /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Spyro
Well-known member
Have you got one that will tell us the positions tomorrow?
seriously how are they measured differently?
seriously how are they measured differently?
Dipper
Well-known member
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Have you got one that will tell us the positions tomorrow?
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He's working on it and it will be ready ... er .... tomorrow.
I don't know how it is measured but the distance is given to the nearest 10,000th of a millimeter. I'm going to stick a paper label on my bows which should give me a better chance of getting over the line first. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
The SOL gods seem to think it might be more accurate. Perhaps it takes account of rhumb lines?
Have you got one that will tell us the positions tomorrow?
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He's working on it and it will be ready ... er .... tomorrow.
I don't know how it is measured but the distance is given to the nearest 10,000th of a millimeter. I'm going to stick a paper label on my bows which should give me a better chance of getting over the line first. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
The SOL gods seem to think it might be more accurate. Perhaps it takes account of rhumb lines?
Carolwildbird
Active member
It seems a bit strange- one time I'm 7 adrift and half an hour later I'm one adrift..
maybe they are refining it or something......
maybe they are refining it or something......
bumblefish
Active member
Well I have been adrift for years, we appear to be swapping place on a regular basis at the moment. Is that a reflection of a rapidly changing strategy or erratic navigation skills? Or are you just off to meet up with Victorious?
Carolwildbird
Active member
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Well I cocked up north of sri lanka (fell asleep at a critical time and set wrong course) but then decided to go for broke southwards and see if I could get to the top of the ybw league for my moment of fame... failed by 2.2 miles!
Too far south now, so have recently tacked: hence dropping back.
It makes a change-- In the last race I spent most of my time waving to Dipper and offering him bacon butties or croissants
(well provisioned boat, this one.. fully capable of drifting for days!)
Well I cocked up north of sri lanka (fell asleep at a critical time and set wrong course) but then decided to go for broke southwards and see if I could get to the top of the ybw league for my moment of fame... failed by 2.2 miles!
Too far south now, so have recently tacked: hence dropping back.
It makes a change-- In the last race I spent most of my time waving to Dipper and offering him bacon butties or croissants
(well provisioned boat, this one.. fully capable of drifting for days!)
bumblefish
Active member
I see you are not alone in tacking North, TangoSailing set of a while ago. I am not sure many of us will be able to hold course without a little Northing.
Spyro
Well-known member
It was the right time to tack with the wind veering about 2 degrees every hour until the early hours of tomorrow morn