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2016-06-11 20:17:14

Re: RIP Yachtyakka - Steve Alloway

Board » General Discussion

POSTED ON FB BY YAKKA's daughter (I have permission to share):

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My dad, Steve Alloway, died in the early hours of Saturday morning. He battled this horrible disease right to the end, insisting on getting up and getting on with it. One of the last things he said to me was "jessica, dont bullshit a bullshitter". It is heartbreaking that he has left us at 57 years old and with lots more yachting to do and his big building project at home to complete. Dad was surrounded by us three girls, his baby sister and one of his dearest friends. He died peacefully sleeping next to mum and is no doubt testing out his new sails on Beep Beep. We love you dad and you will be forever in our hearts. Dad will be at home with us till his service which will also be here at home on Waiheke at 11am Tuesday 14th June. Friends of the street will be available for ferry pickups. If you need our address in Onetangi please private message me. Sail on dad Xx
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2016-06-11 17:42:17

RIP Yachtyakka - Steve Alloway

Board » General Discussion

It is with sorrow that I have to tell you that NZL_Yachtyakka has slipped his mooring for the last time and headed off into the big blue.

Many of you will know he had been diagnosed with cancer last year and had had major surgery and underwent treatments.

In typical Yakka fashion he threw himself into the business of recovery with energy, enthusiasm and a brilliantly open mind. Sadly, this was not to be enough and having last seen comms in Facebook from him last week, I have heard that Steve died in the early hours of this morning at his home on Waiheke Island.

This is what I wrote in Facebook:

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RIP my dear Yakka ... you were one of the first Kiwis I met when I started virtually racing on Sailonline.org and your wonderful enthusiasm fast led to Waiheke becoming our practice racing NZ home. You have always brought a marvellous energy, fun and enthusiasm to whatever you did, I am sad i wasn't well enough to meet you when you "did Europe" a couple of years ago. You may have sailed off into your next adventure, but you will never be forgotten. {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{BIG HUGS TO ALLOWAY FAMILY}}}}}
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--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2016-06-11 20:10:01 ---
2016-06-09 17:45:33

Re: Wx Inspector

Board » Technical Support

Rod - I will draw Markku's attention to this... BUT I believe I can throw some light on this.

As you know, Sailonline NavSim AB when it was formed "moved" the Sailonline server from a small stand-alone one in Sweden to a larger one in Germany run by a company called Hetzner. Its a server "farm".

Early on we had problems with some of our emails being blocked as malicious etc and investigation showed that a former tenant on the server Sailonline NavSim AB had been allocated had been a"baddie". Our Tech Team worked on the matter, providing relevant IDs etc to Microsoft and the world and, as far as I know the matter was fixed.

This is either a hangover "blacklist" from those days (2013) OR its something new.

Either way, I am sure out Tech Team will let us know!

P.S. WX Inspector was established on hmm's server (which lives with the Sailonline one at Hetzner) just before Aaron died... but it may be that it doesn't have up to date certificates as WX Inspector was created in 2012 or so.
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--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2016-06-09 17:54:14 ---
2016-06-09 13:10:06

Re: Oslo to Horten by Faerder Race 2016

Board » Practice Racing

EVERYONE is invied to the SECOND Practice Race in the Oslofjord which will be held on Thursday, 9 June 2016, as follows:

TIME: 1800utc

START:
W of SOL Start-M1 Line

COURSE
Leave M2 to STARBOARD
Leave M3 to STARBOARD
Leave M4 to STARBOARD
Leave Island A to STARBOARD
Leave Islet B to PORT
Leave Island C to STARBOARD
Leave Island D to PORT
Leave M2 to PORT

FINISH:
Cross SOL Start-M1 Line E-W

DIAGRAM: click here

RACING

AL53_SSIta (ITA) ++
Bimmer (DEN)
RainbowChaser (GBR)
robert1 (SWE)
Rod (CAN) ++
rodm67 (BRA)
sassy63 (SWE)

FINAL RANKING

1. sassy63 (SWE)
2. robert1 (SWE)
3. rodm67 (BRA)
4. RainbowChaser (GBR)
5. Bimmer (DEN)

DNF: AL53_SSIta (ITA), Rod (CAN)

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--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2016-06-09 20:22:44 ---
2016-06-08 19:39:34

Færder Race 2016

Board » Sailonline Race Committee » Races

SOLer NOR_Kornelia invites us to the 2016 running of the biggest regatta in the world! Our course is 83 NM north to south in the Oslo-fjord, Norway. Starting in the inner harbour of Oslo, we race through the fjord, round Tristein lighthouse and finish back in Horten.
Race #939
INFO from brainaid.de
First 40.7 POLAR
Ranking: SYC
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Port of Oslo Webcam
IRL Race Website
IRL Race Fleets viewer

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--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2016-06-10 19:21:52 ---
2016-06-04 21:03:59

Re: SoCal300

Board » Sailonline Race Committee » Races

Sailonline's "rival" SC52s, who started 1hr after Sailonline, are doing well - Lucky Duck, Prevail and Elyxir.

--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2016-06-04 21:05:54 ---
2016-06-03 19:19:59

Re: SoCal300

Board » Sailonline Race Committee » Races

Tracked Boats Info
2016-06-03 18:42:02

SoCal300

Board » Sailonline Race Committee » Races

Sailonline is delighted to announce that for the first time, we will be partnering with the prestigious San Diego Yacht Club (SDYC) for the second ever running of the SoCal 300 race. SDYC has been racing in the waters off San Diego for 130yrs, and will be the first USA West Coast yacht club to bring virtual sailing navigation to its members and the west coast sailing community.

The SoCal 300 is the third and final event of this year’s California Race Week and sees the fleet race a slalom course from Santa Barbara to San Diego, starting on 3 June.

Sailonline will be going head to head with the real fleet – it is intended to bring the tracks of the real racers on-screen – and as we are racing our Santa Cruz 52 polar, there are three direct competitors in the current Entry List –
Elyxir, Lucky Duck and Prevail

Current Entry List
YB Tracker

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--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2016-06-03 18:51:17 ---
2016-06-02 11:42:27

Re: SoCal 300 2016

Board » Practice Racing

EVERYONE IS INVITED to race or join in the FOURTH Practice Race to be held on Thursday, 2 June 2016, as follows:

TIME: 1800utc

START:
NE of M1-M5 Line

COURSE
Leave M2 to STARBOARD
Leave SoCal Mark A to PORT
Leave M4 to PORT
Leave M2 to PORT
Leave M4 to PORT
Leave M3 to PORT
Through M1/M5 Gate NE-SW
Leave M2 to STARBOARD

FINISH:
Cross M1M5 Line SW-NE

DIAGRAM: click here

RACING

GREATSKUA (ESP)
RainbowChaser (GBR)
zero (BRA)

FINAL RANKING

1. zero (BRA)
2. GREATSKUA (ESP)
3. RainbowChaser (GBR)

ON COURSE: brandystrega (ITA)

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--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2016-06-02 20:24:11 ---
2016-06-01 13:21:57

Re: ANZ Sail Fiji 2016

Board » Practice Racing

EVERYONE IS INVITED to race in or join in with the SECOND practice race in Auckland, to be held on Wednesday, 1 June 2016, as follows:

TIME: 1800utc

START:
SW of SOL Start/M1 Line

COURSE
Leave M2 to STARBOARD
Leave M3 to PORT
Leave Island X to STARBOARD
Leave M4 to STARBOARD
Leave M2 to PORT

FINISH:
Cross M1/SOL Start Line NE-SW

DIAGRAM: click here

RACING

Bimmer (DEN)
GREATSKUA (ESP)
RainbowChaser (GBR)
robert1 (SWE)
sassy63 (SWE)

FINAL RANKING

1. robert1 (SWE)
2. sassy63 (SWE)
3. GREATSKUA (ESP)
4. Bimmer (DEN)
5. RainbowChaser (GBR)

ON COURSE: brandystrega (ITA)
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--- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2016-06-01 19:45:39 ---

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The first TIMED race of the northern hemisphere Summer takes us to the Gulf of Finland on a 165nm zig-zagging course beginning and ending in the seacoast village of Haukilahti and circling the island of Suursaari. It’s only appropriate that the boat for this race is Finland’s own Club Swan 50. This is a TIMEDrace so you may RE-REGISTER HEREto try again after finishing a run. You will have 13 days and 11 hours to test your skill and decision making after the race opens.
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