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		<title>Some Murky Thoughts About Sailing Through The Doldrums</title>
		<link>http://solfans.org/blog/weather/some-murky-thoughts-about-sailing-through-the-doldrums/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2017 06:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dingo]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some time I have mulled over the issues of attempting to route through significant areas of doldrums, or indeed any large masses of low wind speed. In my thinking, the most significant aspect of this circumstance is the nature of the routing algorithm. For the sake of the discussion, let&#8217;s use the Melbourne to &#8230; <a href="http://solfans.org/blog/weather/some-murky-thoughts-about-sailing-through-the-doldrums/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Some Murky Thoughts About Sailing Through The Doldrums</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Precision round Puerto Aguirre for posterity</title>
		<link>http://solfans.org/blog/uncategorized/precision-round-puerto-aguirre-for-posterity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2017 18:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bonknhoot]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having read Javakeda’s Victory Report for this one, I had to add my ha’pworth. But what to add? Well maybe this. Once you had decided your best course would be to curve on a beam reach to the northern entrance of the Canal Caruso, then foot as fast (!/?) as you could South West across &#8230; <a href="http://solfans.org/blog/uncategorized/precision-round-puerto-aguirre-for-posterity/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Precision round Puerto Aguirre for posterity</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Puerto Aguirre &#8211; 2017</title>
		<link>http://solfans.org/blog/routing/puerto-aguirre-2017/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2017 06:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[javakeda]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The race was designated a &#8216;sprint&#8217;, but the winds were light and the water almost glassy &#8212; just like it was in this photo looking east toward mainland Chile across a cove on the island of Puerto Aguirre. The light airs forecast in our WRF High Resolution GRIB made for a technical race that put &#8230; <a href="http://solfans.org/blog/routing/puerto-aguirre-2017/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Puerto Aguirre &#8211; 2017</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>40&#8242; Series 2017 &#8212; The Sardinia Cup</title>
		<link>http://solfans.org/blog/routing/40-series-2017-the-sardinia-cup/</link>
		<comments>http://solfans.org/blog/routing/40-series-2017-the-sardinia-cup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2017 02:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[javakeda]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The six race 2017 40&#8242; Series Championship Q1&#38;Q2  requires skippers to choose among three boats: The Ker 40 The Class 40 The SOTO 40 Each boat must be raced twice in the six races scheduled for Q1 &#38; Q2 of 2017.  Sardinia was our first opportunity to test our ability to choose. The Sardinia course was &#8230; <a href="http://solfans.org/blog/routing/40-series-2017-the-sardinia-cup/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">40&#8242; Series 2017 &#8212; The Sardinia Cup</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hobart 2016</title>
		<link>http://solfans.org/blog/races/racereports/hobart-2016/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2016 10:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[outlaw]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Onto the final race of 2016, the all time favorite to Hobart. The wx is pretty simple, a fast downwind stretch along the coast, a lighter reaching bit across Bass Strait, and another fast downwind bit alongside Tasmania. Bass Strait is certainly the least predictable, and likely decisive. To get out of Sydney and clear &#8230; <a href="http://solfans.org/blog/races/racereports/hobart-2016/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Hobart 2016</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Doing the ZigZag with DCC</title>
		<link>http://solfans.org/blog/routing/doing-the-zigzag-with-dcc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2016 04:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[javakeda]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hawaiian ZigZag race is a personal favorite for me.  It&#8217;s a long sprint through warm waters that bring back great memories.  This year, I was excited to test the Delay Command Checker software (DCC) during the race. The DCC software surprised me both by how easy it was to use and by how many useful or &#8230; <a href="http://solfans.org/blog/routing/doing-the-zigzag-with-dcc/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Doing the ZigZag with DCC</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reliably Avoiding DC BBQs</title>
		<link>http://solfans.org/blog/weather/reliably-avoiding-dc-bbqs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2016 00:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kipper1258]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I watch every race and see SOLers end up in totally avoidable BBQ situations. So how do you avoid them? The DC Checker in my autoGribLoader is a very reliable way to do that. And it should not take more than a few minutes to sort out. Take the following set of DC’s. 1. 2016/08/28 &#8230; <a href="http://solfans.org/blog/weather/reliably-avoiding-dc-bbqs/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Reliably Avoiding DC BBQs</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It doesn&#8217;t get easier, only faster</title>
		<link>http://solfans.org/blog/races/racereports/it-doesnt-get-easier-only-faster/</link>
		<comments>http://solfans.org/blog/races/racereports/it-doesnt-get-easier-only-faster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2016 21:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[outlaw]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four years of boat outlaw in SOL. Let&#8217;s look back at the past and current editions of my favourite race. Sail Noumea 2012 The first SOL race for outlaw. In the Auckland race I did try a funny route, I spotted a big storm coming in from SE and went south of Great Barrier Island &#8230; <a href="http://solfans.org/blog/races/racereports/it-doesnt-get-easier-only-faster/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">It doesn&#8217;t get easier, only faster</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ocean racing along the latitude parallels</title>
		<link>http://solfans.org/blog/weather/ocean-racing-along-the-latitude-parallels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2016 11:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dingo]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not really a report on my Geraldton-Cape Town race so much as some observations on SOL ocean racing which hopefully might lead to some conversations on the Solfans blog and Sol chat. I have promised to do a Pilot Charts routing before each race to show what, according to the ‘most likely’ reading &#8230; <a href="http://solfans.org/blog/weather/ocean-racing-along-the-latitude-parallels/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Ocean racing along the latitude parallels</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Routing Based On Pilot Charts &#8211; Geraldton to Cape Town preview</title>
		<link>http://solfans.org/blog/races/weatherreports/routing-based-on-pilot-charts-geraldton-to-cape-town-preview/</link>
		<comments>http://solfans.org/blog/races/weatherreports/routing-based-on-pilot-charts-geraldton-to-cape-town-preview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Feb 2016 21:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dingo]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seemed to me that as a part of course pre-planning for long ocean races, it might be useful if I published on Solfans for each new SOL ocean race the suggested OpenCPN routing based on Pilot Chart wind data for people to make use of if they so desired.  It also seemed that it &#8230; <a href="http://solfans.org/blog/races/weatherreports/routing-based-on-pilot-charts-geraldton-to-cape-town-preview/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Routing Based On Pilot Charts &#8211; Geraldton to Cape Town preview</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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