SOL Leg 4

[Dipper]

Well done Martin. A good result on behalf of the ybw team.

I hadn't realised the line was in sight (for some).

 

[trevorr]

Well Done Martin.

It was nail biting indeed - oh no actually not in my case.
I Went the wrong way somewhere , was looking good for a while.

Nice to see the YBW's in the top 10.

Trev

 

[Martin_J]

and Cobblerslast 27 and Lopud about to finish 33..

NOTE - Next leg starting within 24 hours - 1600 March 1st... although chat did talk about a postponement. Keep your eyes open.


UPDATE --- UPDATE --- UPDATE --- UPDATE

LEG 5 starting 1600 March 2nd!!!!

 

[pendlecats]

69 a very satisfactory position

 

[sarabande]

especially in the antipodes....

 

[Dipper]

Do the good positions go beyond 200?

 

[Dipper]

At least I managed to finish this time.

 

[sarabande]

good on yer, Dipper. I left a TWA course set for a storming 432 position, instead of a CC....

However, I am going to sell the track of my course as a piece of linear art to the Tate St Ives, as it expresses the angst of the working man struggling against random environmental changes, while technical white collar workers ease past on IT determined routes.

 

[Sanderling_]

What with Sara losing the will to live and performing a beautiful circle and TrevB missing the finish line (!) we are a right shower today.

 

[Spyro]

Well done guys North was definitly the wa to go.
Thanks TrevB for letting slip in front

next leg starts 2nd march 1600hrs

 

[sarabande]

I am going to be on the real boat at 1600 tomorrow.

Is there a fix whereby I can set a start time to coincide with the start of the race please ? ? The delay did not seem to work for me last time and I want to nail my bowsprit to mjm's transom and overtake him in the last dash for Gib.


TIA

 

[Dipper]

I use the weather slider to count the hours to the start. I didn't have much confidence in my start DCs last time so I entered a spread of DCs (all the same course) straddling the start time by a couple of hours each way. That worked!

 

[Martin_J]

Sarabande - the DC that you set for the start must activate in the hour leading up to the start... anything earlier will cancel.. and anything later will be too late.

An hour before the start all boats are taken back to the start then if you have a DC that subsequently activates you will go on the gun. Hope this helps.. mjm!

 

[Martin_J]

Nail puller packed on board... and crew passports being checked... No stowaways!

I might be absent more on this leg and relying on DCs... currently trying to make out the forecast.. seems to change every time I look..

 

[sarabande]

thanks - you may regret being so generous of your technical assistance. I'll wave to you as I sweep by !

 

[Dipper]

I'l have your stowaways. They can take the night watches.

 

[Martin_J]

Stowaways... Welcome back... nightwatch duties available!

 

[sereda]

Sorry I'm late with the congrats, but really well done Martin and Cobblerslast. Top ten finishes are really hard to accomplish so a virtual beer on me. Cobblerslast made up a lot of places, which was also quite an accomplishment as it was by lots of very small course adjustments.
Good luck to all in the next leg.

 

[fisherZ]

Belated congrats to Martin ......and well done to you Lopud,you are very consistant, thanks for the neck and neck battle, it certainly made me concentrate.

Good luck in Leg 5 yawl !


Cobblers

 

[TrevB]

Thanks TrevB for letting slip in front

I forgot that I hadn't actually set a course for the line and needed to adjust until it was too late and I'd sailed straight past it!! I was just logging on to see where I had finished and saw that I hadn't