Yes MTW Productions knows they got it backwards. They released the Silver Cup finals video BEFORE the semi-finals. That’s indie film makers for you. Anyway, below is the newly uploaded video of the event. It also showcases some special effects. If you click on the screen (but not on the play button) you will go [...]

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The World Fizz Cup Silver Cup finals was held on Saturyday May 24. We are uploading the video on the finals before the video on the semi-finals so that we can get it out before the Gold Cup competition occurs. The semi-finals will be the next video released by MTW Productions. Although you can click [...]

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Here is a short video of some of the Skutsjesilen last Sunday morning. A good reminder here in of the tonnage rule. The bigger boat has the right of way, and if you don’t believe that, just try to move the bigger boat out of the way. GRIN

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Here is some video from the Silver Cup Quaterfinals.

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A very signficant event in SL Sailing history took place on Saturday morning with the formal launch of the SL Sailing Association (btw, all of you should join the Association as soon as possible, the SLSF group will be retired soon).
A Great Raft Up of the 13 boat classes we race in SL Sailing gathered [...]

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It is so good to feel the renewed sense of excitement in the SL Sailing community. Congratulations to the folks at Fisher’s Island Yacht Club for their new club, their new leadership and their beautiful new clubhouse. Additionally, our Japanese sailing brothers and sisters have a new sim and clubhouse down in Newport Bay sim. [...]

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[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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In an advertisement on COM yesterday we announced the launch of a series of Sim builds in the United Sailing Sims of Second Life that will go under the common name of Balboa Estates. Yesterday, Transparent Banshee (owner of Greenhouse, Mar Manor, Mare Nostrum and Aldabra) and I created the Balboa Peninsula and its world famous Wedge [...]

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I probably sound like a broken record. Both here and on SAIL ON I have been talking about exciting things that are coming to SL Sailing. Well let me count the ways….
1. Nine New Sims
Svar Bekersted has placed an order for eight new sims today. We should seen them appear in world very soon. The [...]

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Things are getting so exciting all over SL Sailing! The Flying Fizz is coming into it’s own. New “vessels” (see Sea Stories below) have been released or are about to be released (Jacqueline’s much anticipated square rigger). New sims are about to be added to the USS-SL. Just a teaser folks. More to follow.
And here [...]

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