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SLVT 2nd Round of Quarterfinals – Sat. 14th

August 13, 2010

August, Saturday 7th: Last Saturday, Armano and Takabou have brilliantly qualified for the SLVT semifinals. Armano, unsurprisingly, dominated the debates and qualified in first place with 4 wins. Armano is the current leader of the SLSA ACA Rankings (15 entries, an average of 117 points). Note that Trapez (currently 3rd in the ACA rankings) was [...]

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ACA and the Ranking system

March 5, 2010

ACA Management by 9th.com supports the new SLSA Rankings and offers assistance to Yacht Clubs, RDs and volunteers seeking to get involved. Read more on the ACA Racer blog: http://acaracer.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/aca-and-the-ranking-system/ To date, three ACA-class “graded events” are on the SLSA Rankings Calendar; Quirky, Don and Astro will host regular ACA regattas, the first of which [...]

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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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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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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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Passages Postponed to March 8

February 29, 2008

While preparing for the new Passages Race, we discovered a problem with the Start Line script that causes errors in race wind. The error occurs in all boats, but is worst on the Passages Line when sailing a large boat like the Trudeau Tradewind. Thank you to Cynthia Centaur for figuring this out, and coming up [...]

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Passages Rules Updated

February 26, 2008

There has been some significant updating to the Passages rules. The version here on COM has the new rules marked in green. The new rules are also available from the Rules notecard giver in Passages Pub (without the highlighting , though). Photo credit: Transparent Banshee

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The Launch Video

February 24, 2008

Jacqueline Trudeau launched the Tradewind brigantine today in Trudeau Cay before an audience of more than a hundred residents filling two sims and overflowing into a third. Here is the first of two videos covering the event. Crank up the volume for best effect. Your comments are appreciated.

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