Uh.....it would be......Tallahassee Lassie!!!

Team Ericsson 4 broke the 24 speed record last night by clocking 590,5nm in 24hrs (thats an average of 24,60!)

"Ericsson 4 has broken the 24-hour speed record set by ABN-AMRO 2 in the last Volvo Ocean Race,
three times in the past twelve hours. At 0355GMT Ericsson 4 reached 565 nautical miles in the previous 24 hour period,
breaking the existing record by two miles, but that figure increased at 0755 GMT to 589nm and by 1145h GMT this had
further increased to 590.5nm. At the point of writing, no other boat in the fleet had broken this record,
which is still awaiting ratification from the World Speed Racing Council."

Looking at this picture from the ****, armchair sailing isnt so bad
http://www.sailinganarchy.com/fringe/2008/ericsson%20record%20onboard.jpg

I figured as much but I couldn't find you in the catsailor group! I gotcha now!

Jake

Hey Jake.

Do you know who "TornadoSail2012" is? He's just east of you but he missed the mark. His distance to run is going up instead of down!

How do I join that?

Go here and make a request to Scoobie - he has to approve it

http://www.volvooceanracegame.org/personal/group_profile.php?group=CatSailors

Done......also, do you know how to choose the winner of the "real" race, or is it too late?

its windswept i believe

Tony_VSK owns the list, not I

I'm having a hard time fighting the urge to spend money - I found out they have a desktop widget that I can run in the corner to show rank, heading, boat speed, wind speed, and wind angle....ooooooo.....

You have all that already. BTW, if you only watch your ranking and distance to go, you might be lured the wrong way. Looks like you are in that delema right now. Like a squirrel caught in the middle of the road........Splatt!!!!

That is me. I had set a course to the east for 4 hours, then south after that. I overstood the layline by about one hour. This game does not allow you to program beyond one tack. I also forgot to put the sails on auto. After that I went sailing for 3 days on the ocean and that was that. i lost 11,000 spots, but had a great sail. the wind speeds picked up as I went east and that put me beyond the layline to tack and make the mark. I will have to figure out how to handle this game when I am away from a computer for more than 12 hours.

I sent you a message when you were passing the mark on the wrong side. I guess you were away then.

We will consider you as still in the hunt amongst us cat guys.

You have to buy when we get to Cape Town though!

North Sails to sponsor the Volvo Ocean Race Game

North Sails Benelux has joined the virtual race and will sponsor the Volvo Ocean Race Game pro sails option for the second Leg to Cochin (India). Just like most of the real teams now over 43.000 Virtual yachts will be equipped with the latest state of the art North Sails.

The best part for all you virtual sailors out there is you get to use them for free!

Cool. I didn't realize the pro sails option had to be paid for. I just clicked on the code 0 and it showed up on my boat.

It was sponsered for leg 1 as well.

Use a professional sail, under certain conditions, it allows you to go faster

Cost: FREE
This item is sponsored for LEG 1 by UnitedGames and ManyPlayers

Now if I could just get someone to sponsor the sails on my tiger.

Sorry, that's what I meant. I hadn't realized that it was a sponsored item, meaning it cost someone money for me to have that option in the game.

For some reason, I can see sponsorships for the pro sails option drying up on the last couple legs. Thereby encouraging all of us non-payers to pony up for the good sails.

Time will tell.

I disagree. Isn't this an excellent opportunity for North to get it's name in front of 40k sailors?

I would think that other sailing product firms would be waiting for the opportunity.

The 40k could easily become 100k over the next few months as new folks join in. Remember you can throw out 3 legs for scoring.

Beyond that, many people may only sail one or two legs. That is still exposure. However, they do need to market the sponsor better so that their participation gets recognized.

I will remember North the next time I go for new sails.