Blue Water Yacht Racing for Blue Collar Skippers



On 13 December, 8 real yachts and 82,000 virtual yachts will start the 3rd leg which goes from Cochin, India to Qingdao, China, taking Singapore to port. I would like any of my readers to be in that number!
VORG (the virtual race) has been sanitized so that there are no collisions, no rules of rightaway to be enforced, and no piracy! The demands on steerage consist in adjusting sails and course at least twice a day, although more attention is recommended.
Between now and sometime on 11 December - the deadline for finishing the 2nd Leg - there's an opportunity to register, name, design (paint), and launch your virtual yacht. During this interval, you will be able to test-drive your yacht. And I'll have a boat in the water, giving you pointers. The game allows for communications between boats.
So, I hope some readers, you valiant few, will take me up on this invitation. In hopeful anticipation, I'm hoisting my very excellent second glass of Nerello del Bastardo Marchesi di Montecristo to all who do, as well as to a diminution of politics.
16 Moderated Comments:
Sounds cool, and I will look into it.
GR8, Beach! I was hoping for you, especially. If you do decide to splash a hull, contact my boat, Wyliecat-30!
This is not a good prescription for getting a good night's sleep.
Hey, this is fun!
Ahoy! Someone is stalking me off the coast of India! Is it LTE or Beach, or....? Vessel, please identify yourself!
Next Leg, I'll be more than stalking you.
We're all batting for Sam Davis.
She's subcdr's heroine.
I'll look her up!
Have you looked up Sam yet, Vig?
She's one good looking daredevil of a sailor.
I have not yet been provided with the exact spelling. Can't find the boat....?
Sorry, my bad - Sam is actually doing the Vendée Globe and is racing Roxy.
Sam's race video here here
Wowee! She's actually on a physical boat? Like, actually getting wet?
Love the clips! As always (unfortunately) the only times we have a moment to take pictures in light winds when we have hands free!
I anticipate posting about the current VORG leg in the next few days.
Yep, but she made a mistake two days ago -- she should have gone out instead of waiting for the wind; she was overtaken.
She's one helluva of a sailor.
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