World Championship OnLine Viper Sailing

[Jim Sears]

dang.... keep getting a "missing plug-in" message despite downloading Java 5 times... I can see the chat going on, looks fun...
The trainer is pretty cool... hopefully I can figure out how to join a race

[Jim Sears]

Ok, Java finally kicked in... racing is pretty damn cool

[Jim Sears]

O...M...G... this is addicting!!!

[Paul Zinger]

Very.

Note: You can't set until after you round the offset!!!

[Justin Scott]

General Warning.

Watch your language on the field. SailX has a zero tolerance policy to any kind of swearing. Lots of opti kids sail on this thing.  They also don't allow intimidating language.  If someone makes you over stand the layline try not to start cussing and calling them an "idiot".  There was a very amusing protest when one player called a player from Turkey a "donkey".  Apparently there is not much worse you can call a Turk.  The mods dsq'd him.

I vent with British irony. If someone tacks right in my face "THanks old chap"  or "Is that Chanel you are wearing?"

[Justin Scott]

Very.

Note: You can't set until after you round the offset!!!

Zing when have you ever behaved conventionally between the windward mark and the offset?

If there is a big right hand shift, you can just about set at the windward mark, but like in real life......it would have to be a huge rightie.

[Justin Scott]

Day One results are in.

56 competitors took part on day one. I would not be surprised to see this creep up to 100 by the end of the week

I attach results for the top ten.

Garrett is lying in 20th place after his first day of racing.
A certain Jimmy S from Australia is schooling all of us. No prizes for guessing who that is.

[Justin Scott]

Remember you count your best two regattas over the course of the week, so you can afford to miss 3 days out of 5 days of racing and still do well.  In fact there are 2 regattas per day, so you can just show up on one day, sail both regattas and you have a respectable score. Each regatta lasts about 20-35 minutes, depending on breeze and size of course.

[Craig Walker]

Very addicting, and oh lord, do I ever suck.

[Tim Carter]

I signed up but I am still waiting for my e-mail confirmation....    :/

[Craig Walker]

I signed up but I am still waiting for my e-mail confirmation....    :/

Mine came instantly, so check your spam folder.

[Garrett Johns]

Remember you count your best two regattas over the course of the week, so you can afford to miss 3 days out of 5 days of racing and still do well.  In fact there are 2 regattas per day, so you can just show up on one day, sail both regattas and you have a respectable score. Each regatta lasts about 20-35 minutes, depending on breeze and size of course.

Justin, are there not 4 regattas per day? And how did I end up in 20th?? Must be a comp glitch :)
Where does Mombo lie cuz you were kickin my a**?

[Justin Scott]

Ooops I forgot to allow for summer time so everything is +1 hour from GMT.

There are two x 4 race regattas. One is 8.00pm EST and the other is 8.00 pm PST.

Yes Garrett, there are also two more regattas, at 8.00pm UK time and 7.00 or 8.00 (I forget) Sydney time.....but you have some serious addictive tendencies if you are setting your alarm to sail in the Aussie regatta.

[Justin Scott]

Very addicting, and oh lord, do I ever suck.

Are you ViperRammingSpeed?

[Craig Walker]

My suckyness has outed me.