From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Fizz Cup Update

April 28, 2009

Here is is the complete list of competitors at this date (please check it): If you registered but your name doesn’t appear in this list, please IM Bea Woodget as soon as possible. If you registered but want to withdraw, please IM Bea Woodget. 73 sailors registered (alphabetical order): aera Luik, Alain Gloster, Astro Marksman, Austin [...]

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The Sun Sets on SAIL ON

April 26, 2009

Almost two months ago one of the staples of SL Sailing, SAIL ON went dark. The final episode was recorded in High Definition and can be viewed by clicking on this image: In its 65 episodes SAIL ON was a rallying point where the SL Sailing community had a showcase venue to show not only [...]

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Shelly Fizz Sail Preloader

April 24, 2009

Alan Beresford has produced a simple script that will make it easy for you to put custom sails on y0ur Shelly Fizz. Here is what he said in a comment on this web site: “Now I have a simple script for the shelly to preload the sails in a better way, all you have to [...]

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2009 World Fizz Cup news

April 22, 2009

In spite of rough sea, sea currents and ground swells, it seems that we can arrive safe and sound without regretting the slightest loss. Anyway, if the captain had to abandon in front of the turbulences, everything is made so that the crew can accomplish the job… Farther, higher, bigger… Fizz Cup 2008 had seen 67 competitors from [...]

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Formal Launch of Shelly Fizz

April 21, 2009

The much anticipated release of the Shelly Fizz took place this past week in SL. A joint project of Jeremia Spotter, Alan Beresford and Mothgirl Dibou, the Shelly Fizz is modeled after the real life Optimist, which is the boat behind the biggest and most competitive youth racing class in the world. After a short [...]

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Sad Day for SLSailing.COM

April 19, 2009

Hi everyone. I have a sad announcement to make today. It appears that Jane Fossett will no longer be associated with this publication. For those of you that don’t know, Jane has moved on to start her own blog, Metaverse Sailing. She has taken material that belongs to SLSailing.Com with her. Last time she and [...]

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TRIUMPHANT JOURNEY TO TRIUMPHAL

April 18, 2009

TRIUMPHANT JOURNEY TO TRIUMPHAL Friends, you know this humble little sailor girl is admittedly not one of the explorers of the great unknown, she’s not really comfortable on the vast expenses of open water but prefers to stick to a small, confined area. In fact I hardly ever manage to survive one of the MBCC [...]

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Blake Sea Update

April 17, 2009

The Lindens are excited about the upcoming Fizz Cup. Michael has been helping us set up an additional race course, The Turnbuckle Line, where the finals for the Fizz Cup will be held. Additionally we will be adding additional marks for the Fizz courses that will run from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Turnbuckle lines. A [...]

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NYC Hosts Dil Spitz Photography April 25

April 13, 2009
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Adding It All Up – Feb 3 2008

April 8, 2009

  (Note: This article was lost from the site three months ago, but, mirabile dictu, some great sailors helped extract it from the background thermal radiation. I’ll post it here for a week, then retire it to the archives where people will be able to find it listed in proper temporal sequence.) Remember the Handicap Hotlaps project ? I talked about [...]

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