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Dipper
16-12-08, 14:12
There is an alternative ranking system here (http://sailor.raven.nu/112.html) which is reckoned to be more accurate than the SOL system. Which is rather good because I am 24 places better off! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
trevorr
16-12-08, 14:17
It reckons I'm 7 places worse.
I'll stick with the official one for now, /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Spyro
16-12-08, 16:09
Have you got one that will tell us the positions tomorrow?
seriously how are they measured differently?
Dipper
16-12-08, 19:04
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Have you got one that will tell us the positions tomorrow?

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He's working on it and it will be ready ... er .... tomorrow.

I don't know how it is measured but the distance is given to the nearest 10,000th of a millimeter. I'm going to stick a paper label on my bows which should give me a better chance of getting over the line first. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

The SOL gods seem to think it might be more accurate. Perhaps it takes account of rhumb lines?
Carolwildbird
16-12-08, 19:48
It seems a bit strange- one time I'm 7 adrift and half an hour later I'm one adrift..

maybe they are refining it or something......
bumblefish
16-12-08, 20:15
Well I have been adrift for years, we appear to be swapping place on a regular basis at the moment. Is that a reflection of a rapidly changing strategy or erratic navigation skills? Or are you just off to meet up with Victorious?
Carolwildbird
16-12-08, 21:01
/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Well I cocked up north of sri lanka (fell asleep at a critical time and set wrong course) but then decided to go for broke southwards and see if I could get to the top of the ybw league for my moment of fame... failed by 2.2 miles!

Too far south now, so have recently tacked: hence dropping back.

It makes a change-- In the last race I spent most of my time waving to Dipper and offering him bacon butties or croissants
(well provisioned boat, this one.. fully capable of drifting for days!)
bumblefish
16-12-08, 21:14
I see you are not alone in tacking North, TangoSailing set of a while ago. I am not sure many of us will be able to hold course without a little Northing.
Spyro
16-12-08, 22:38
It was the right time to tack with the wind veering about 2 degrees every hour until the early hours of tomorrow morn