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    Posted: 14 Nov 14 at 8:13am
Ah see I cheated and paid for auto sails and the programmable headings so that I could have some sleep from time to time!
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Posts: 176 		Post Options Post Options   Quote andy101 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Nov 14 at 6:45pm
When you are in the trade winds twice a day isn't to costly but when the wind is more mixed up you run the risk of spending a few hours stuck head to wind or going DDW or with that old familiar chestnut when you log in in the morning and discover 'you have been sailing with a bad sail for 5 hours 23 mins'

Finished a couple of days ago at 10578, made a big gain by heading close to the ice gates in the south Atlantic as I crossed the equator at about 20,000. Tom,I think you followed within a couple of grids of me most of the way from just north of the Canaries up until deep into the south Atlantic when I went a little further south.
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Originally posted by laser193713

Tom, you only need to check it twice a day, once at 7am and once at 7pm. The wind doesn't change between those times.


It does if you sail through different wind direction/speed arrows...
Needs to sail more...
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Tom, you only need to check it twice a day, once at 7am and once at 7pm. The wind doesn't change between those times.
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I've finished!! Finally I can go back to a normal sleep pattern.
Needs to sail more...
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Posts: 889 		Post Options Post Options   Quote laser193713 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Nov 14 at 8:55am
Macbook Pro is my weapon of choice, has pretty much taken over from tablet use for me. 13 inch with retina display and the solid state drives. Boots up in 5 seconds, so as quick as a tablet to use and it runs VR!
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IPhone app is terrible. I can use my android tablet, but the information you can get via a PC is much better.
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Seems to have stopped working on my Iphone and Ipad  Cry Cry

Anyone else having the same issues?

I can log in displays the world map then bombs out.  Tried removing and re-installing but to no avail.

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Thought I could just point it at the finish and go to bed. Spent 4 hours aground having randomly changed heading!!
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Posts: 889 		Post Options Post Options   Quote laser193713 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Nov 14 at 9:59am
3328 - 27D 15H 47M - I will take that having started 3 days after the start in about 30,000th!
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