OK, I promised you two more reasons why I thought the TC 2007 was important. Here we go: 
#3: Racing Rules. MarkTwain White deserves another shout-out here for his emphasis on Racing Rules in TC 2007.
The goal of SL Racing, I guess, is to develop an online experience that closely matches a real-life sailboat race. [...]

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My trip to Egypt was wonderful beyond words, but I will try. Grin. I have uploaded the beginnings of a MarkTwain White in Egypt website. I encourage you to make use of the “comments” section you find throughout the site.
 
 
Now that the Tako Cup has concluded there are two excellent video presentations of the event. [...]

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The Tako Cup 2007 is now in the history books, but I’m still musing about it. I think TC 2007 was a real watershed event that will have a lasting impact on SL racing; I don’t want it to slip by too quickly without some comment and discussion. To paraphrase Samuel Johnson (or maybe it [...]

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Another Surfwidow Beaumont Masterpiece.

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Under treacherous SL conditions and unstable Linden seas, Armchair Binder today prevailed over Hans Zinnemann 3:1 to take the Tako Cup 2007 by a unanimous decision of the Race Committee.

The sea conditions today often made the final match more about survival skills than racing tactics. Over the next few days we’ll be posting many of [...]

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On Sunday November 11 beginning at 10AM SLT the 2007 USS-SL Tako Cup will be decided in a no holds barred battle between Scotland’s Favorite Son Hans Zinnemann and America’s hard drinking hard hitting Armchair Binder. You won’t want to miss the bone jarring nerve shattering clash between these two fierce competitors. Never in the [...]

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Hans Zinnemann and Armchair Binder will meet in the Tako Cup Finals this coming week (times to be announced). Armchair won his semifinal match against Francois Jacques 3-0.  Hans Zinnemann won 3-1 against Svar Beckersted in a match that was a lot closer than the score indicates. Svar was DNF on one of Hans’ wins [...]

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We  have noticed that pre-start strategy has entered the Tako Cup scene. This is a good thing. However for those of you that are not comforable doing quick boat edits before the clock starts we suggest that you ask your race director to implement a “Match Race Start Protocol”. In this protocol boats shall alternate [...]

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The Tako Cup Quarterfinals are in the books. There were some very exciting racing and some interesting outcomes. Perhaps the most interesting result was Hans Zinnemann sweeping ACA-SL Cup champion Eugene Sodwind 3-0. Those who were in the ACA-SL Cup and now racing in the Tako Cup (i.e. the Automatic Qualifiers, or AQ) will probably [...]

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The 2007 Tako Cup opening match races are done. Flickr Photos are at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marktwainwhite/sets/72157602227280668/ Details can be found here: http://www.slsailing.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5274#5274   
Here are the standings:

Skippers should post their round two race schedule at:
http://www.slsailing.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1300

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