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Name	Vince Nel (WW)
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2022-08-10 15:51:32

Re: 2022 Vasco Ocean Race IRL

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Tadaaa!!!

The IRL winners with the silverware

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2022-03-07 07:42:26

2022 Vasco Ocean Race IRL

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An opportunity exists for a SOL crewed boat (similar to the SOL Fastnet campaign) for the 2022 Vasco Ocean Race from Durban to East London.
a Boat has become available for a crew to race this (the oldest offshore race in South Africa) ocean race irl. The boat called Flyer is a Benneteau First33 and she is race ready with new sails etc. She has done the race quite a few times in the past and she stands a decent chance of overall race honours due to a favourable handicap rating.

Is there an interest in such a venture?
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2020-06-30 08:00:41

Re: Saffa Skippers

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Sorted Seb
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2020-02-17 13:00:51

Re: Public testing new HTML5 client

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Nice job techs. Will take a bit of getting used to from my side... and not having been on SOL for some time it's a big user interface change straight up. Will play around with it a bit and see what's what.
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2019-08-12 05:24:39

Re: Closure of Puffin browser

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Yip... seen the Chrome message as well... SOL will be more challenging in future for sure unless some of the brainy folk can come up with some magic.
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2019-04-11 06:59:12

QUAY OF REMEMBRANCE

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Can I make a suggestion?

Can the SOL powers that be create a page / link for SOLers who have sailed on?

We have lost quite a few loved fellow SOLers through the years and for the new SOLers who have joined in recent times as well as new SOLers to yet join it would be good to know in whose wake they sail.
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2019-04-09 07:31:04

Re: RIP psail - Joao Malafaia

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Devastated to say the least. When we last spoke on email Joao had extended an invitation to us to visit him at home as soon as I can get a yacht kitted and make the passage to Portugal... that was not that long ago. Was looking forward spending some time with him and his family and go sailing together... That will now have to wait for a while.

I for one will miss him a lot as we shared many a story on email and chatted quite a bit through the years...

Bugger... don't know what else to say really... Will write a more coherent post later. Day suddenly gone strangely dark here by us.

--- Last Edited by Vince Nel (WW) at 2019-04-09 07:45:13 ---
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2018-09-25 15:22:38

Re: LONG TO MEDIUM TERM WEATHER MODELS / DATA

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Does NOAA not give out medium to long term prediction models?
I'm talking IRL cruising here and not SOL just for the record.

--- Last Edited by Vince Nel (WW) at 2018-09-25 15:23:34 ---
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2018-09-24 12:28:20

LONG TO MEDIUM TERM WEATHER MODELS / DATA

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Hi SOLers... Which are the best long to medium term weather and atmospheric data models to use for long distance cruising?

asking for some guidance here.

Thanks.

Vince
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2018-06-29 05:53:33

Re: Golden Globe Races 2018 - Seat Of The Pants commitment

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Please sign me up for the _SOTP suffix again.
Ta
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