omega0684
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| posted on 11/4/09 at 07:58 PM |
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how do you play it, my screen doesn't actually seem to be doing anything, can someone explain it for me
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YQUSTA
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| posted on 11/4/09 at 08:39 PM |
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Right to start off with this is a real time race.
what you should see is your boat next to Rio.
All the little arrows are the wind, you may need to zoom in to see them.
each wind has its own speed and direction. if you hover over an arrow it will tell you its speed.
the wind will change every 12 hrs
on the right hand side there are the 12,24 and 36 hour wind's these are a guide but may not be what the wind will actually be as the wind for
each 12 hours period is taken from the real life winds charts for the area.
the route is shown by the dotted orange line. you do NOT have to follow this line but MUST pass any buoy's on the same side as the line.(there
is only 1 on this leg)
you have a load of sails to choose from I have never used the first and last from the bottom row.
what you must decide is where you want to be/go to catch the next wind.
each sail will work slightly different at different angles so play about and see what works best for the direction you want to go v's the speed
you will get from the sails.
YQUSTA
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omega0684
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| posted on 12/4/09 at 08:10 PM |
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where are you guys in the race im currently 45889th 
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YQUSTA
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| posted on 12/4/09 at 09:59 PM |
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i'm currently pi55ed off with running aground when I clearly was no where near the land. looks like alot of peeps on the forum have had the same
issue. restart here we come I think.
currently 31964
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MikeR
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| posted on 12/4/09 at 10:15 PM |
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i'm 150,000 ish. ..... not run aground just got 0mph wind 
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omega0684
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| posted on 13/4/09 at 11:17 AM |
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haha ive made up 4000 odd places over night!
now at 41208
how do you earn credits to buy stuff?
[Edited on 13/4/09 by omega0684]
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MikeR
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| posted on 13/4/09 at 03:26 PM |
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you don't earn them - you pay cash for them, the beer tokens the spend on a friday night in the pub.
or you do like the rest of us and make do
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hellbent345
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| posted on 13/4/09 at 03:32 PM |
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im hellbent, didnt even get to finish the last leg, but im now doddering along in 27000 or so having made a bad choice to follow the coastline lol,
the wind is only 10km compared to what every1 esle is riding further out 25km or so how did the leaders get 160km on me already!
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bone
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| posted on 5/5/09 at 11:14 PM |
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volvo race
hi stuart iam on here as well dembones just gioing to walk the plank now though hahaha
always said i left the bag at home
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twybrow
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| posted on 16/6/09 at 08:46 PM |
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I thought not I am on the road, I might as well start something new.... So I just joined up, as Wibb20. No idea what I am doing yet, but I thought it
was time to break out my sea legs!
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MikeR
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| posted on 16/6/09 at 09:05 PM |
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hmmm, i used to do so well at this game, was doing really well until i ran aground (first time).
well i've been with it since Gibraltar, i'm not quitting now.
(bit like building the damned car)
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MikeR
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| posted on 11/8/09 at 11:05 AM |
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by the way, i think i finished 2nd in the locost group - but only cause i didn't give up plus had a couple of good results in the early legs.
(also this is a blatant attempt to keep this second "longest" running thread alive)
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iscmatt
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| posted on 15/11/09 at 08:02 PM |
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I take it everyone is done with this game! I did about 4 races and then gave up!!
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MikeR
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| posted on 16/11/09 at 07:24 AM |
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yep - finished months ago
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mad4x4
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| posted on 22/4/10 at 08:42 AM |
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Believe a New race is starting......
Scot's do it better in Kilts.
MK INDY's Don't Self Centre Regardless of MK Setting !
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40inches
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| posted on 22/4/10 at 10:46 AM |
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I'm doing the Clipper Round The World
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iscmatt
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| posted on 29/1/11 at 11:05 AM |
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Anybody playing this time around?
http://www.virtualregatta.com/
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40inches
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| posted on 29/1/11 at 05:51 PM |
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I'm doing the Velux.
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