Anyone doing the Virtual Regatta Clipper Race?
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Topic: Anyone doing the Virtual Regatta Clipper Race?
Posted By: Bootscooter
Subject: Anyone doing the Virtual Regatta Clipper Race?
Date Posted: 01 Sep 13 at 5:23pm
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Show yourselves!!!
Fancy setting up another group thingy? |
Replies:
Posted By: rb_stretch
Date Posted: 01 Sep 13 at 6:36pm
| The Vendee one just was too consuming for me, so I'm afraid I'm ducking out of this one. |
Posted By: Bootscooter
Date Posted: 01 Sep 13 at 6:43pm
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Boooo! Even if I told you that the phone App appears to be working this time? ------------- |
Posted By: transient
Date Posted: 01 Sep 13 at 8:25pm
I remember doing one of those a couple of years back, I did quite well but jeez, it took years off my life.......never again 
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Posted By: Dougal
Date Posted: 02 Sep 13 at 9:19am
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Yep, 3 months of staring at rb's backside in the Vendee one was enough for me. And I'm still not sure my wife has forgiven me for the 3am sail changes... ------------- What could possibly go wrong? |
Posted By: fleaberto
Date Posted: 03 Sep 13 at 4:24pm
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I did the Volvo a couple of years ago: "Noooooo, just a laugh, won't cost much........" was the statement to Lady Fleaberto.
In addition to the "....you're SO sad!!!" twice daily sail changes and the insistence that I must be in contact with my boat at all times, I realised that the final (compulsory) leg started two days before the end of our Summer holiday (Over in Turkey doing a Nielson) - well, this dilemma was only resolved by my buying a netbook before we left so that I could start my boat on the correct time for the final leg (missing a superb Catamaran Clinic in the process)....... a 2 or 3 day leg of a (nearly) year long 'pretend' race..............no, sorry, never again  ------------- Lightning368 'All the Gear' (409), Lightning368 'Sprite' (101), Laser (big number) 'Yellow Jack', RS Vareo (432)'The Golden Rays' |
Posted By: sargesail
Date Posted: 03 Sep 13 at 9:22pm
| Given up before it gripped me! |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 04 Sep 13 at 8:24am
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Looks like my "avoid like the plague" view of the last race was justified - I get moaned at enough for time spent on Y&Y...
------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 04 Sep 13 at 10:27am
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what is it, World of Warcraft for sailing geeks? ------------- |
Posted By: Bootscooter
Date Posted: 04 Sep 13 at 1:02pm
Pretty much, yes. ------------- |