From the monthly archives:

March 2008

Passages In Treacherous Waters

March 30, 2008

The fourth Passages contest was held on Saturday, March 29. Eleven boats sailed off into the treacherous waters of the Southern United Sailing Sims. Seven boats returned. The most interesting of the DNFs (did not finish) was two-time Passages winner Epicurus Emmons who in in a moment of panic (or temporary insanity) double clicked on [...]

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Passages #3

March 22, 2008

The third edition of Passages took to the waters of the Southern United Sailing Sims today when nine Tradewind brigatines set sail. Of the nine boats, one ended up retiring due to SL problems (Bea Woodget) and another (Kentrock Messmer) did not correctly complete his chosen course, but he finished with a great time. Grin. [...]

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10 Boats Went to Sea

March 19, 2008

Ten boats set sail from Hollywood last Saturday morning. The morning was bright and clear. The crews were in high spirits. With that many Tradewind brigantines on the water it was no wonder that as race director I had my doubts how the start would go. Well, it went GREAT. Before the crews raised anchor [...]

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Wake Me…

March 18, 2008

We lifted anchor in the predawn darkness and raised the sails, turning Amaya around. It was chilly. I had fur at least. The sky was unusually bright, and the water sounded somehow muffled past the hull. Indigo was stretched out on the port bench, fiddling with her camera. “You know, I know it was only [...]

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Les GLéNANS: Présentation pour francophones

March 16, 2008

  Cette nouvelle rubrique s’adresse aux amateurs francophones de voile, pour lesquels un nouveau groupe a été créé: “Le Club de Voile LES GLENANS” , pour tout un programme d’évènements et d’animations (initiation, cours, croisière, courses, amusement…). Nous vous aidons à démarrer, et nous animerons ce groupe et ces colonnes avec des informations, plein d’activités à venir, sans barrière de langue. N’hésitez [...]

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New Rules for Saturday March 15

March 13, 2008

We have tweaked the Passages Rules and Regulations. The new rules can be found on the Rules and Regulation Page under the Passages section of this web site, here. The main changes are: 1. The East option requires the addition of Start to South Rock before a captain heads for East Rock. The West option [...]

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Fast Times

March 13, 2008

Lots of racing news in the past few days! Let me give quick shout-outs for a few of them! Wednesdays at Mowry Mowry Bay Yacht Club’s sailing program is really taking off, with expanded waters, greatly improved sim-crossings, and an enthusiastic new race committee. The regular Wednesday evening races last night were tremendous fun. Mowry’s [...]

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Column Number 0.5

March 11, 2008

[Ed. Note]: This pre-column column is not written by Hans Zinnemann. But the editor/author did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. (Sorry for the inside joke that likely only a U.S.A. audience would get. Ask one of them over a beer). It is a holding column to give Hans a place to hang [...]

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The Inaugural Passages Contest

March 10, 2008

The inaugural running of the Passages Contest took place in USS-SL waters on Saturday when six Tradewind brigantine captains sailed from Santa Cruz sim across some 40 sims seeking the accolade of being the captain of the first crew to win Passages. The honors went to Oliphant Ming who sailed single handed and completed the passage [...]

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Living Just Got A Lot Easier

March 8, 2008

We have outstanding news about owning land not only in USS-SL but anywhere where open spaces sims are used for residences (this would include the new sims over in Sailor’s Cove we assume). Linden Lab has essentially just announced that Open Spaces sim prim alotments will double soon and only a token increase in tier [...]

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