Coming soon a series of online Viper regattas held in the week prior to
Newport Regatta
CORK
Cowes Week
Houston NAs
Aussie Nationals
Miami Sailing Week.
We will be able to race our own virtual Vipers vs each other from anywhere in the world.
Sounds great!! On-Line coaching availible from the Sail-X rock stars???
There is indeed on-line coaching available from Sailx and real world rock stars.
Steve Hunt, aka "Flow" on SailX is pro' sailor and the legendary coach of the San Diego, Pt Loma High School sailing team. Sport Boat sailors and Viperers see him regularly as tactician on programs such as Alan Field's Melges 24 "WTF". With Bill hardisty, he is two-time Etchells World Champion and a Congressional Cup Winner. BUT it is his coaching achievements at Point Loma that are truly mind blowing. The achievements of PT Loma's record speaks for itself (PCISA champions for the last 5 consecutive years, national team racing champs - Baker Trophy in 2013, 2010, 2005, 2004 ,2003 winners of both Rose Bowl and Anteaters bowl last year etc etc) but the sheer number of All Americans and talented national level sailors (including my club's sailing director who was second at youth worlds) who had their core techniques molded by Steve is incredible.
Flow's base tutorial is here Part 1 :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhzOeB_SloE&feature=youtu.be
Part 2 :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgwrFnRSGMs&feature=youtu.be
When you get the basics down, Steve has some more intermediate tactics in a 6 part online coaching session, and all those lessons apply to real life Viper sailing.
Have fun. Sail X racing WILL IMPROVE your real world tactics.
OKAY...so here it is
Attached are the NOS for the online version of the EFG Pan American Viper Championships.
Thanks to sponsors: EFG, Rondar RaceBoats, Mauri Pro Sailing and Bacardi.
Racing starts this Monday in the run up to the Newport Regatta.
PLEASE SIGN UP WITH A USER NAME THAT BEGINS WITH "VIPER".
I will be ViperMamboKings. Peter Beardsley will be ViperViciousPanda. Hopefully Jim Sears will be ViperFNG etc. This will help publicize the class and let us have some online rivalries that match our real world ones.
Soooo.......bring it on ViperAnimal.
And...oh yeah, the online Vipers do broach and capsize in big breeze, just like the real ones. Since we can post chat online, Animal can even giggle as he sails by.
Sign up for Sail X here: http://www.sailx.com/component/comprofiler/registers
Some Basic Training how to sail and how to control the boats is here: http://www.sailx.com/sailx_game.php?lang=
Times for the racing are on the attached NOS.
For the "time zone challenged". The better times for US racers are is 7.00pm and 10.00 pm EST. 4.00pm and 7.00pm PST Monday thru Thursday.
On Friday it is 6.30pm EST and 3.30pm PST and 7.30 am on Sat morning for Aussies.
You only have to participate in 2 regattas over the course of the week. Approx 9 opportunities.
Gotta say, I didn't think this was the greatest of ideas but I got on Sailx last week and can't stop now!! The "honey do" list is piling up and I can't quit. My wife is threatening and wanting to know who told me about this "Sailx". I've held off so far but......watch your back Justin :)
Garrett
It used to be called TactiCat, and all the addicts called it TactiCrack.
Try and limit yourself to the Viper regattas on the schedule.
Ok, I'm in! ViperFNG is my user... I only have my iPad with me now, which is a good thing, because I would probably be up all night training! Can't wait to get home!
viperheroin is in. How do we find the correct race?
Be careful around me, I have even less control of this boat then the real thing...
I went online for the first time in a couple of months today to get some practice for tomorrow.
It was a bit embarrassing. Whichever end of the line I picked was wrong, and talk about gybing out of phase!
I think the times and the field are laid our clearly in the NOR.
I saw another Viper out there, who was mercifully even worse than me.
Jonesy......Hoping to see you out there too.
I saw another Viper out there, who was mercifully even worse than me.
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Hey I resemble that remark! Only because u made me spill my "virtual beer" when you Tboned me! :)
says "Monday" but I believe first race in tonight (sunday) at 8pm PST time which would be 11pm for all of you that live on the wrong side of the country!
Quote from: Garrett Johns on July 07, 2013, 08:02:33 PM
I saw another Viper out there, who was mercifully even worse than me.
Hey I resemble that remark! Only because u made me spill my "virtual beer" when you Tboned me! :)
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Just practicing for Long Beach 2014!
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
Ok, Java finally kicked in... racing is pretty damn cool
O...M...G... this is addicting!!!
Very.
Note: You can't set until after you round the offset!!!
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?"
Quote from: Paul Zinger on July 08, 2013, 08:29:24 AM
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.
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.
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.
Very addicting, and oh lord, do I ever suck.
I signed up but I am still waiting for my e-mail confirmation.... :/
Quote from: Tim Carter on July 08, 2013, 01:16:10 PM
I signed up but I am still waiting for my e-mail confirmation.... :/
Mine came instantly, so check your spam folder.
Quote from: Justin Scott on July 08, 2013, 11:54:44 AM
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**?
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.
Quote from: Craig Walker on July 08, 2013, 12:32:53 PM
Very addicting, and oh lord, do I ever suck.
Are you ViperRammingSpeed?
My suckyness has outed me.
Quote from: Justin Scott on July 08, 2013, 07:01:49 PM
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.
8.00pm UK (Summer time) = 7.00pm UTC/GMT = 3.00am next day Perth (WTF - too early!) = 5.00am next day Sydney. No daylight saving down under at present - it's winter here. Try this world clock if you need to set your alarm so you don't miss a race:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingtime.html?iso=20130713&p1=137&p2=43&p3=136&p4=196&p5=240
What logins do two from the same boat (say owner/skipper and one crew) use to participate separately? Do we add a number to boat name(e.g. ViperKissMyAsp for owner and ViperKissMyAsp2 for crew)?
Col,
If I was crew I might come up with something like ViperKissdmyasp or Viperkissmycrewsasp.
Don't use Viperkissmyasp2 because you can actually enter the field twice and a "2" will appear after your name and folks will try and point out that you are not being scored.
Aussies can participate at 10.00 GMT and 0300 GMT and 0000 GMT. There certainly seem to be a lot of Aussie flags on the fields at those times. WA is GMT +8. So the 10.00 racing is at 6.00pm your time and the 0300 racing is at 11.00 am your time. 0000 is 8.00am, so you can race while eating yr Wheatabix and Vegemite.
Sydney is +10 so 10.00 is 8.00pm and 0300 is 1.00pm. 0000 is 10.00 am in Sydney.
Cheers
VMK
so what is this Unity Web thing and do i have to download to sail ??
These might be helpful.
Key stroke reminders:
Quote from: Justin Scott on July 09, 2013, 04:02:16 PM
These might be helpful.
Key stroke reminders:
The fact I learned the "double ESC panic key" instantly abandons you from the race...good
The fact I had to use it twice tonight in a 4 race regatta .....bad!
I registered ViperKissMyAspCrew yesterday but have not received any email to complete the process.
I have tried subsequently to login several times and got the same message (email re-sent, etc.)
I have no spam/junk messages & my ISP filters allow potential spam/junk to come through to my Inbox (tagged as "Spam") - but so far nothing received.
I even tried to re-register but Sailx says that username is already registered (it seems that my initial registration was at least partially successfull)!
I have sent a similar message to this to Sailx.
They do indeed flip over.
Quote from: Paul Zinger on July 10, 2013, 11:56:38 PM
They do indeed flip over.
Welcome to Sarnia!
Zinger was leading the race and then broached downwind.
Tips,
1. Hit E so you can see capsize probability.
2. Watch for flashing circle on boat , amber is "Uh Oh". Red is " Oh Shit" . Black is "we're goooooone"
3. When flip probability goes over 1 or you start flashing amber , put the bow down. In crisis, ease the sheets (the mast doesn't break!)
Thanks Justin,
Would have been helpful if I knew those keys 10 boat lengths away from the finish ;)
Lots of fun though, wish I had signed up for this when it first came out.
Quote from: Col Delane on July 10, 2013, 10:04:23 PM
I registered ViperKissMyAspCrew yesterday but have not received any email to complete the process.
I have tried subsequently to login several times and got the same message (email re-sent, etc.)
I have no spam/junk messages & my ISP filters allow potential spam/junk to come through to my Inbox (tagged as "Spam") - but so far nothing received.
I even tried to re-register but Sailx says that username is already registered (it seems that my initial registration was at least partially successfull)!
I have sent a similar message to this to Sailx.
From Aestela at SailX:
I checked. And the user was NOT confirmed.
I've confirmed it manually and he should be able to login with his password.
It's strange we didn't know anything about this user. It's quite normal we receive requests similar to his; and they get solved in the day.
FYI, in case any of you other "fake sailors" out there haven't been paying attention, the EFG Online Viper regatta at Sailx is on again this week. Next regatta starts in an hour (8pm PST) if you are reading this before that time.
Have fun!