http://www.flickr.com/groups/sailors_cove/

WOW! I certainly did a lot to promote that place!

[7:51] Surfwidow Beaumont: YAY! (yay!)
[7:51] Liv Leigh: hi surf
[7:51] Hpathe Boucher: great entrance
[7:51] BeeJee Boucher: YAY! (yay!)
[7:51] Surfwidow Beaumont: hehehe
[7:51] Surfwidow Beaumont: i created a group for the board
[7:51] Liv Leigh: i buzzed a bit on bloghud on the opening, so expect the griefer folks
[7:52] Surfwidow Beaumont: so need race officials for it sooner or later
[7:52] Epicurus Emmons: hee surfy
[7:52] Liv Leigh: well i d like to host races for it.. seems fun
[7:53] Liv Leigh: fu penguin chaos
[7:53] Surfwidow Beaumont: in about 15 mins
[7:53] Surfwidow Beaumont: just rezzing
[7:53] joepie Korobase: þhello all
[7:53] BeeJee Boucher: ooooh the excitment
[7:53] Liv Leigh: ji joepie
[7:53] Epicurus Emmons: hi jp
[7:53] Chaos Mandelbrot: yes
[7:53] Hpathe Boucher: Hi Joe
[7:54] BeeJee Boucher: hi Joepie
[7:54] BennyThe Boozehound: heya Joepie
[7:54] Bal Lubitsch: Joepie!! nice to see you again
[7:54] Bal Lubitsch: chaos
[7:54] Bal Lubitsch: you alo
[7:55] Liv Leigh: hot?
[7:55] Liv Leigh: i m freezing
[7:55] Armchair Binder: you make me sizzle, Liv
[7:55] BeeJee Boucher: ????
[7:56] Armchair Binder: LOLOL
[7:56] Liv Leigh: hi epi
[7:56] Epicurus Emmons: hi leigh
[7:57] Surfwidow Beaumont: help yerself to champagne
[7:57] Armchair Binder: While we are waiting here is a good video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_A2flQJa20
[7:57] joepie Korobase: hoi epi
[7:57] Armchair Binder: it’s short
[7:57] A group member named Izabella Bentham gave you Notecard.
[7:57] BeeJee Boucher: i just wondered how chaos good ever sail the board????????
[7:57] Liv Leigh: i think that s the one i saw already?
[7:57] M1sha Dallin: Hi
[7:58] BeeJee Boucher: hi Misha
[7:58] Liv Leigh: hi m1sha
[7:58] Chaos Mandelbrot: well the harness is customizable
[7:58] BeeJee Boucher: lol
[7:58] Epicurus Emmons: hi m1
[7:58] Hpathe Boucher: that was a sim crossing AC?
[7:58] Hpathe Boucher: in the video?
[7:58] Armchair Binder: haha
[7:58] Armchair Binder: yeah
[7:58] Armchair Binder: awesome video ; LOL
[7:58] Armchair Binder: of windsurfig
[8:00] Orca Flotta shouts: Ahoy everybody!
[8:00] BennyThe Boozehound: hello Orca
[8:00] Liv Leigh: ahoy orca
[8:00] GoSpeed Racer shouts: Ahoy!
[8:00] Millie Thompson: Hello.
[8:00] M1sha Dallin: Hi Orca
[8:00] GoSpeed Racer shouts: EVERYONE, turn on your music stream for a special musical program for today’s launch event
[8:01] joepie Korobase: looks great
[8:01] BennyThe Boozehound: hey there Ms Roussel how are you
[8:01] Yuukie Onmura: grey you mea
[8:01] Yuukie Onmura pokes the asset server
[8:01] Millie Thompson: Oooh, GREAT song ^^
[8:01] Armchair Binder: If you just got here; here is a good winsurfing video, very short , while we are waiting : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_A2flQJa20
[8:01] Cameron Roussel: Hey Benney
[8:01] Orca Flotta: oh yes
[8:01] Orca Flotta: seen that
[8:01] GoSpeed Racer shouts: This song is the Sailors Cove theme song…
KONA Radio Plays “Sailing” by Christopher Cross
[8:01] Liv Leigh: hi yuukie
[8:02] Orca Flotta: didn’t know old Robbie is still active …. and doing so well
[8:02] GoSpeed Racer shouts: OK EVERYONE, LETS PIPE DOWN SO SURF CAN SPEAK IN THE CLEAR!!!!!
[8:02] BeeJee Boucher: hi Orca
[8:02] Orca Flotta shuts her trap
[8:02] Timothy Scarborough: ao on
[8:02] Orca Flotta: (muffled) Hi Beej
[8:03] Surfwidow Beaumont: well i guess we can start
[8:03] Liv Leigh: hi hans
[8:03] Surfwidow Beaumont: ok well thanks for coming
[8:03] Hans Zinnemann: Hi Liv
[8:03] SLSF Race Wind Setter shouts: Updated race wind parameters.
[8:03] Surfwidow Beaumont: this is as you can see based on a one design windsurfer used in the olympic games
[8:04] Surfwidow Beaumont: for many years the windsurfers were long and thin
[8:04] Surfwidow Beaumont: some of us remember the mistral IMCO
[8:04] Blood Butuzova: hey joepie we can’t keep meeting like this
[8:04] Ravenalon Coage: gogo go go go
[8:04] Blood Butuzova: noob
[8:05] Epicurus Emmons: sssst
[8:05] joepie Korobase:
[8:05] Surfwidow Beaumont: in the last few years there has been a global shift in windsufing design – higher volume and stubbier
[8:05] Blood Butuzova: hehe not you joepie ))))
[8:05] Surfwidow Beaumont: this is actually how they look in RL
[8:05] joepie Korobase: oh :/
[8:05] joepie Korobase:
[8:06] Surfwidow Beaumont: i felt from the first time i entered SL – as my name shows – that windsufing with real winds was needed
[8:06] Orca Flotta: yay
[8:06] Surfwidow Beaumont: adn in the end i thought noone will satisfy this need the way i wanted it
[8:07] Surfwidow Beaumont: i have windsurfed for years and i think – thasnks to extensive testing with armchair that we have the balance right now
[8:07] Kittlyn Cuttita: Hi..
[8:07] Jumpy Broome: I’m here Izabella. Thanks!
[8:07] Surfwidow Beaumont: unlike tako sailing you will notice a few major differences with this board
[8:07] Surfwidow Beaumont: the first is you lean against the wind with the sail
[8:08] Surfwidow Beaumont: the sail is held mostly by harness lines – in this instance purely cosmetic
[8:08] Surfwidow Beaumont: windsurfing sails move very little when planing
[8:09] Surfwidow Beaumont: thats just the way they are all power is created from the COE or center of Effort

[8:09] Ravenalon Coage shouts: one questions and sorry but we go to see it on action?
[8:10] Surfwidow Beaumont: so the only way around this was to have a static rig managed via a wind vane and HUD
[8:10] Flight Band: All Go
[8:10] Surfwidow Beaumont: this gives it a raw feeling very elemental
[8:10] Surfwidow Beaumont: no frills
[8:10] Yuukie Onmura: hey abella
[8:10] Surfwidow Beaumont: like the real thing
[8:10] Abella Beck: ooops
[8:10] Surfwidow Beaumont: the second issue was sailor
[8:10] Abella Beck: sorry if I pushed anyone
[8:11] Chad Sawson tips his hat to Isabella
[8:11] Surfwidow Beaumont: you can change sides using the page up and page down kys
[8:11] j3rry Paine: skip
[8:11] Surfwidow Beaumont: keys*
[8:11] joepie Korobase: hi jz
[8:11] Avatar frozen.
[8:11] JeanCarlo Kepler: Does it affect the balance ?
[8:11] Surfwidow Beaumont: this at first may seem uneccessary however you will quickly realise the benifits of this
[8:12] Surfwidow Beaumont: no not in this version
[8:12] ameronk Allen: why is the board so wide
[8:12] Surfwidow Beaumont: but
[8:12] Surfwidow Beaumont: this is not to say that shifting sides is not tactical cos it is
[8:13] Surfwidow Beaumont: it is as the original board
[8:13] Surfwidow Beaumont: thats how they look
[8:13] Armchair Binder: the board is wide to be a replica of the actual Olympic version
[8:13] Surfwidow Beaumont: my text may be jumbled – lag sorry about that
[8:13] Hpathe Boucher: Nemme can you move out of my head?
[8:13] ameronk Allen: how is it controlled
[8:13] joepie Korobase: lol
[8:13] Surfwidow Beaumont: shifting sides is important for the following reasons
[8:14] Surfwidow Beaumont: 1. you will be sailing a lot closer than you ever did with a tako
[8:14] Surfwidow Beaumont: and you can tactically move to avoid someone
[8:14] Ophelia Elswit: Hi
[8:14] life Cabaret: HI
[8:14] Abella Beck: we can ask questions when surf is donw
[8:14] Orca Flotta: Hi Oph
[8:14] Abella Beck: done
[8:14] Surfwidow Beaumont: 2. at the marks a shift can make a lot a difference
[8:15] Surfwidow Beaumont: 3. it makes sense to have the wind behind you leaning aginst the wind
[8:15] Orca Flotta: Hi life
[8:15] Armchair Binder: the controls are similar to Tako; up/down=trim ; left/right=steer ; page up/down=shift yourself from one side to the other
[8:15] Surfwidow Beaumont: if you do not sail in this way you will become confused
[[8:15] Surfwidow Beaumont: there is a little tail sink set when you are off the plan when turning
[8:16] Surfwidow Beaumont: when planing this rises like the real thing
[8:16] Orca Flotta: cool
[8:16] Surfwidow Beaumont: the board and rig are mod
[8:16] Surfwidow Beaumont: i caution aginst changing the sizes of the board and sail texture
[8:16] Surfwidow Beaumont: as this is opne design
[8:17] Orca Flotta: lol
[8:17] Surfwidow Beaumont: you can change the textures of the baord but this has loads of colours built in and color charts are supplied
[8:18] Charlz Price: Surf when will it be available for purchase
[8:18] Surfwidow Beaumont: the sound effects of the board are authentic i even rattle my monofilm sails to get a little rattle when planing
[8:18] Orca Flotta: who’s the manufacturer of board and rigg in RL?
[8:18] Surfwidow Beaumont: just wanted to get and introduction out of the way
[8:18] Fiona Haworth: /hug charlz
[8:18] Surfwidow Beaumont: ok
[8:18] Fiona gives Charlz a big hug.
[8:18] Surfwidow Beaumont: Armchair can field questions about how it sails
[8:19] Surfwidow Beaumont: is he here
[8:19] Johannx Speculaas: hi Chad
[8:19] Armchair Binder: It sails very easily; Easy=Fun
[8:19] Hans Zinnemann shouts: Does it capsize Arm?
[8:19] BeeJee Boucher: lol
[8:19] Fairie McCarey: welcome back Johannx
[8:19] Johannx Speculaas: thansk
[8:19] Armchair Binder: this version does not capsize
[8:19] Abella Beck: I’ve sailed it a little too
[8:19] Surfwidow Beaumont: come up on the stage ARM
[8:19] Abella Beck: I LOVE IT
[8:19] Chad Sawson: Hi Johannx
[8:19] Epicurus Emmons: does is shadow?
[8:19] Surfwidow Beaumont: arm and abella and beejee
[8:19] BeeJee Boucher: i nevber saw a board capsize???
[8:19] Liv Leigh: does a board capsize.. i think people fall off right?
[8:20] Armchair Binder: I have been her crash test dummy ; LOL
[8:20] Liv Leigh: at least..i would
[8:20] BennyThe Boozehound: yea Ive fallen off a few
[8:20] Orca Flotta: oh yes, they can capsize alright BeeJ
[8:20] Surfwidow Beaumont: windsurfers dont capsise you either get catapulted or you drop down into the water
[8:20] BeeJee Boucher: lol

[8:20] Armchair Binder: No capsize on this version; no explosions either and no beer holder ; LOL
[8:20] BennyThe Boozehound: but never used a harness before
[8:20] Millie Thompson: lol
[8:20] JeanCarlo Kepler: darn
[8:20] Orca Flotta: crap
[8:20] Surfwidow Beaumont: so no point really as most olympic sailors do not fall off
[8:20] BeeJee Boucher: i can say its fun
[8:20] Hans Zinnemann shouts: Are there any organised races planned?
[8:20] j3rry Paine: NO BEER HOLDER ((
[8:21] Liv Leigh shouts: PROTEST
[8:21] Armchair Binder: Surfwidow will add extra features depending on the popularity
[8:21] BeeJee Boucher: i even bought my own startline to have racewind
[8:21] Surfwidow Beaumont: wind shodowing is uneccessary
[8:21] Surfwidow Beaumont: as you will discover
[8:21] Liv Leigh: does it have an ashtray?
[8:21] Chaos Mandelbrot: votes for herring holders
[8:21] Yuukie Onmura: lool
[8:21] Surfwidow Beaumont: the proximity of racing is sometimes so tight
[8:21] Orca Flotta: OMG
[8:21] Abella Beck: I would like to point out the handy camera hud she added
[8:21] Armchair Binder: They are aimed at FUN sailing ; not complicated/complex sailing
[8:21] Epicurus Emmons: did you write the sailscript yourself or is it based on tako 2.1?
[8:21] Surfwidow Beaumont: that it could cause more problems than it saolves
[8:22] Abella Beck: allows you to pan around effortlessly
[8:22] Abella Beck: I love it
[8:22] Armchair Binder: they turn very sharp, like the 3.3 tako
[8:22] Surfwidow Beaumont: i based it on the original tako script
[8:22] BeeJee Boucher: can i jump in the futere
[8:23] Surfwidow Beaumont: and then rewrote some parts
[8:23] Liv Leigh: jump int he future..? you need a timechanine
[8:23] Liv Leigh: machine
[8:23] Surfwidow Beaumont: that needed changing to make sense
[8:23] Orca Flotta: it’s a racing board, not a wave board Beej
[8:23] Kees Carthage: lol
[8:23] BennyThe Boozehound: or a delorean
[8:23] Kittlyn Cuttita: Can you gybe the land sim?
[8:23] Armchair Binder: you can jump right now Beej ; watch me ; LOL
[8:23] BeeJee Boucher: lol
[8:23] Armchair Binder: Alright!!!!
[8:23] BeeJee Boucher: YAY! (yay!)
[8:23] Hans Zinnemann: YAY! (yay!)
[8:23] Epicurus Emmons: or go to space like the silversurfer?
[8:23] Abella Beck elbows beej
[8:23] Abella Beck:
[8:23] Liv Leigh: can we try it… i m dying to jump on
[8:24] Surfwidow Beaumont: is there anything you want to know
[8:24] BeeJee Boucher: i protest Abella
[8:24] Hans Zinnemann shouts: Are there races?
[8:24] Abella Beck: haha
[8:24] Charlz Price: when can i purchase one
[8:24] Yuukie Onmura: yep
[8:24] Yuukie Onmura: where’s the vending machine
[8:24] Surfwidow Beaumont: well i have launched a group
[8:24] JeanCarlo Kepler: how much it costs ?
[8:24] Surfwidow Beaumont: i will rez it in a sec
[8:24] Armchair Binder: I like using high winds; they are more fun with higher winds ; around 15-20
[8:24] Abella Beck: $375 I believe
[8:24] Surfwidow Beaumont: RS:X Windsurfing Club
[8:24] BeeJee Boucher: i love 20
[8:24] Orca Flotta: yay
[8:24] Georgina Menges shouts: is there a demo version available
[8:24] Surfwidow Beaumont: it is 375
[8:24] Armchair Binder: I have not crashed on a sim crossing yet with it
[8:24] Yuukie Onmura: gawd yet another group
[8:25] JeanCarlo Kepler: thnks
[8:25] Elisha Paklena: that is not that expensive
[8:25] Surfwidow Beaumont: this is to maintain the tradition of low cost boats fizz tako etc
[8:25] Abella Beck: Hi Alvargi
[8:25] Surfwidow Beaumont: the reason it is a little more is because some additional clothing items are supplied
[8:25] Armchair Binder: and more money for beer
[8:25] Alvargi Daniels: Hello
[8:25] BeeJee Boucher: lol
[8:25] Abella Beck: lol Arm
[8:25] Surfwidow Beaumont: and after all we want people to race em
[8:25] Jumpy Broome: Does it have group permissions?
[8:25] Hpathe Boucher: the wide board is good, more room for the cooler
[8:25] Surfwidow Beaumont: well the board is copy mod
[8:25] Elisha Paklena: Is it color customizable??
[8:25] BennyThe Boozehound: more money for beer sounds good, what perms does it have? can you let others sail it as well?
[8:25] Surfwidow Beaumont: you can set your own i guess
[8:26] Armchair Binder: yes, very many colors
[8:26] Surfwidow Beaumont: yes it is color customisable
[8:26] Petra Blachere: hi there
[8:26] Jumpy Broome: Does it have group permissions?
[8:26] Surfwidow Beaumont: VERY MANY colors
[8:26] Abella Beck: all you need is one of those hats that hold the beer and a straw to your mouth
[8:26] Surfwidow Beaumont: there are images supplied in the pack
[8:26] JeanCarlo Kepler: is it recognized byt the Startilne ?
[8:26] Elisha Paklena: hi petra
[8:26] BennyThe Boozehound: I need one of those Abella
[8:26] Abella Beck: hehe benny
[8:26] Surfwidow Beaumont: one explains about harness adjustment for nebws
[8:26] Surfwidow Beaumont: newbs
[8:27] BeeJee Boucher: please
[8:27] Surfwidow Beaumont: the others are color charts
[8:27] Armchair Binder: yes, the starting line recognized it
[8:27] Surfwidow Beaumont: and the sail ID numbers
[8:27] Surfwidow Beaumont: now this is a bit of an issue atm
[8:27] Surfwidow Beaumont: as i had adopted the fizz registry
[8:28] Orca Flotta: OMG, will we have bricks above our heads?
[8:28] Jumpy Broome: Group permissions?
[8:28] Surfwidow Beaumont: but suggest you use the tako numbers and just add a 0 in fron if you have a similar number to someone else
[8:28] Surfwidow Beaumont: no
[8:28] Surfwidow Beaumont: if you right click the sail to my right
[8:28] Hpathe Boucher: the Fizz is adopting the Tako regitry
[8:28] Surfwidow Beaumont: you will see the number boxes built into the sail
[8:28] joepie Korobase: cool
[8:28] Surfwidow Beaumont: just drag you numbers to those boxes and repeat for each side and thats it
[8:29] Surfwidow Beaumont: id the board as you would normally
[8:29] joepie Korobase: you mentioned updates will they be free?
[8:29] Surfwidow Beaumont: id#000
[8:29] marineblue Allen: Windsurfing
[8:29] Surfwidow Beaumont: thats about it really

[8:29] marineblue Allen: New product
[8:29] Surfwidow Beaumont: read the instructions is my best advice
[8:29] marineblue Allen: It is smart.
[8:29] Chad Sawson: Thanks Surf!
[8:30] You have offered friendship to Athene Cordoso
[8:30] Chaos Mandelbrot: YAY! (yay!)
[8:30] Abella Beck: YAY! (yay!)
[8:30] Hpathe Boucher: WOOOOOT!!!
[8:30] marineblue Allen: ??????
[8:30] marineblue Allen: it is useless — ???
[8:30] Abella Beck: WOOOOOT!!!!
[8:30] marineblue Allen: Does it call?
[8:30] Balthazar Fouroux: WOOOOOT!!!!
[8:30] Charlz Price: WOOOOOT!!!!
[8:30] You: WOOOOOT!!!!
[8:30] Abella Beck: lol
[8:30] Timothy Scarborough: WOOOOOT!!!!
[8:30] Abella Beck: WOOOOOT!!!!
[8:30] Orca Flotta: whoohooo
[8:31] Abella Beck: hehe
[8:31] Surfwidow Beaumont: if there are any questions when you test it arm or me or abella or beej will try and answer them
[8:31] aglia Voom: ???????
[8:31] Epicurus Emmons: are updates free?
[8:31] aglia Voom: ????????????ww
[8:31] Orca Flotta bought one
[8:31] Object shouts: Unable to add item!
[8:31] Object shouts: Unable to add item!
[8:31] aglia Voom: ?????????^^
[8:31] Object shouts: Unable to add item!
[8:32] Jumpy Broome: 39 prims?
[8:32] GoSpeed Racer shouts: If you are new to this estate then please look around and explore! We have shops, a theater/park , residential lots for sale and of course the finest sailing in all of SL!
[8:33] You: Zepplin!!!!!!
[8:34] Caf Binder: Surf… i didnt see 2 answers… are updates free? and… 39 prims?
[8:34] Armchair Binder: Again , they are easy to sail, not complex/complicated ; so aimed more for FUN racing
[8:34] joepie Korobase: hey contra
[8:35] Contra Koba: oh comes with gesture too, wow thats alot of stuff in the box nice
[8:35] Contra Koba: hey Joepie
[8:35] Charlz Price: WOOOOOT!!!!

Sometimes in SL an avatar will strike a pose or give you a look that will make you smile . I had such a moment earlier today while chatting with Diana Allandale in her shop in Sailors Cove:

Sigh, so precious .

Rav

So I log in today and materialize in my radio studios in Sailors Cove. Chairs rez, walls, pictures, mic, consoles…. wait… what’s this???

OMG! A big mess! A barrel of whiskey, beer mugs, beer cans.Who did this? A closer look reveals some clues:

Aussie beer, who do I know that drinks that? I edit the cans. AHA! Paisley Beebe!!!! That lush! She has a kegger in my studio and I’m not invited. I’ll make her come back and clean this mess up! In the mean time…hmmm, this can isn’t empty…

Good thing I found this before GoSpeed did. She just can’t hold her booze very well. Belccchhh!!!

Rav

http://secondlifeimagery.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/chaos-mandelbrot-rip/ 

I’d like to invite everyone to submit to us your videos of Sailors Cove. Sailing, Dancing, partying, whatever the event in Sailors Cove. Send us your links to Youtube or other video  hosting sites. These are preferred since our blog/website is limited on the amount of media it can hold.

Here’s a video of GoSpeed sailing the Flying Fizz in the Sugar Reef sim.

Also here is a video of the dance from the clubhouse on Fishers Island Sunday night.

Enjoy!

If you want to contribute to the random feed of this Flickr button, we need you to join a  Flickr “Group” called “SL – Sailors Cove” – it is free. To join you need to have a Flickr account and that’s free too.   Here is the link -  http://www.flickr.com/         Once you have a flicker account—

• Click groups and drag down to search
• The type in “Sailors Cove’
• and you will get a group listing like this
• go to SL Sailors Cove group and join it, it’s free

Here’s a video I shot and produced of the Sailors Cove skating party.

You’ll See:

Ravishal Bentham, GoSpeed Racer, Jojamela Soon, Abella Beck, Bing Sewell, and Bennythe Boozehound among many others.

Rav

Today the official launch of the Flying Fizz sailboat occurred in the Sailors Cove estate at noon SLT. Below are some of the notes for the Flying Fizz and a transcript from the public chat. Also you will find pictures of the event:

Introduction
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The Official Launch of Mothgirl Dibou’s Flying Fizz will take place Thursday, November 29th, 12pm Noon at the Tradewinds Yacht Club. The boat is on display now for the launch Event. Mothgirl will introduce the boat and then field questions followed by a special launch event race.

The Flying Fizz is the NEXT GENERATION of single class boat racing. A Sculptie Prim boat with a setting for newbies as well as advanced sailors. Newbies can sail the boat without having to worry about capsizing or trimming sail and advanced racer can take advantage of Race Wind, Genaker, Tapeze, Capsizing, Slashing, 30 knot planing.

Priced at an ASTONISHINGLY affordable $L 250. Mothgirl truly wants this boat to be in the reach of all SL citizens

Come see this world class boat at the world class venue – the Tradewinds Yacht Club – part of the Sailors Cove grouping of sims – we are owned by sailors, managed by sailors, with a genuine concern and love of sailing – the best place to live in SL

About the Boat
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The Flying Fizz is a two-handed sailing dinghy that can also be sailed by one person. It has various operating modes, making it suitable for both experienced and inexperienced sailors.

The Fizz tries to simulate RL sailing as much as possible. You have to adjust the sails to match the wind direction, keep the boat upright with your weight and prevent it from capsizing. Boat heel, apparent wind, wind drag, water drag, weight distribution and wether or not the boat is planing is calculated real time to optimise your experience.

If you want to participate in races, keep posted on new developments and meet with other sailors, you should join the group “Fizz Fanatics”. Membership is free.

You can find vendors in various places. Here are some landmarks:

Inexperienced sailors
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Inexperienced sailors are advised to always use “fun mode” when the boat prompts you. In funmode you do not have to control, the sails manually and do not have to move your weight to balance the boat. The only thing you need to do is steer.

A sailboat moves by wind force and it is not possible to sail against the wind. You can see the wind direction in the display and by looking at the red and green wind indicators. As long as you dont point the boat straight towards the wind you will be able to move forward.

Do not set the wind to maximum (15 m/s). Sailing will become more difficult and the boat will probably capsize (also in fun mode).

With or without crew
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The Flying Fizz can be sailed by 1 or 2 people. If only one person is seated, the boat is equally fast and handles exactly the same. The second person is crew and to that second person you can delegate tasks. The crew could, for instance, handle the sheets while the helmsman steers and concentrates on tactics. Both sailors should stay aware of their sitting position, unless you are in “fun mode”. With the PgUp and PgDn key both sailors should make sure they change their position in the boat so that the boat is leveled as much as possible. A boat that is sailed upright is faster and will not capsize.

Chatlog:

Tasha Kostolany shouts: I want to welcome everyone here to Tradewinds Yacht Club Today we have a wonderful introduction to SEcond Life
Armchair Binder: Does the Fizzz have wind shadowing?
Mothgirl Dibou: No armchair not yet
Mothgirl Dibou: I need to talk to Owen about that
You: Everyone please welcome Mothgirl Dibou–the creator of the Flying Fizz–the next generation in sailing
Liv Leigh: what is the difference between the versions we have bought the past few days and the launch?
Mothgirl Dibou: i think i’ll stand here
Mothgirl Dibou: more authority
Mothgirl Dibou: Welcome everybody
Mothgirl Dibou: I’d like to tell you a few things about the Fizz
Mothgirl Dibou: Tnight is our official Launch
Mothgirl Dibou: although many of you have been sailing it already the past few days
Kentrock Messmer: Here is to the future of SL sailing!!!!!
Betsy Chaffe: Yes!!!!!
Mothgirl Dibou: So far we have a fleet of about 70 boats already and the Fizz is only 6 days old
Mothgirl Dibou: when i started the Fizz project
Curtis Kraft: may i ask a quick question?
Mothgirl Dibou: i wanted a boat that was a lot of fun to sail
Mothgirl Dibou: sure
Curtis Kraft: will it come in that color
Mothgirl Dibou: it comes in any color you like
Mothgirl Dibou: you can change it yourself
Curtis Kraft: cool
Mothgirl Dibou: i wanted a boat that looked sexy
Kentrock Messmer: This the most realistic boat I have ever seen.
Curtis Kraft: i like that color right there
Mothgirl Dibou: with real sails
Mothgirl Dibou: that could capsize
Mothgirl Dibou: that had a real and visible sheet
Mothgirl Dibou: and moving parts
Mothgirl Dibou: like the rudder, tiller extension
Mothgirl Dibou: trapeze lines
Mothgirl Dibou: etc.
Mothgirl Dibou: with animations that would change during sailing
Mothgirl Dibou: almost every dinghy in SL used the same scripts as a basis and i wanted to do something different.
Mothgirl Dibou: so i started from scratch
Kentrock Messmer: As a Beta tester I can tell you, It’s like sailing a 470.
Mothgirl Dibou: made a spreadsheet with all the variables
Mothgirl Dibou: wind dir, wind speed, weight distribution, heel, sheet angle, boat speed
Mothgirl Dibou: and made formulas to calculate the boat speed at every course
Mothgirl Dibou: optimised those formulas to make the outcome as close to the real thing as possible.
Mothgirl Dibou: i coded all new scripts with these formulas in them
Mothgirl Dibou: and then the real challenge began: trying to make it work in SL without causing an incredible lag.
Mothgirl Dibou: i build a boat from sculpts, with non-flat sails
Mothgirl Dibou: a cardboard sail is easy to rotate as its rotation point is at the mast
Mothgirl Dibou: but the rotationpoint of a sculpty sail is in the center
Mothgirl Dibou: so behind the mast and also shifted to the side
Mothgirl Dibou: when you rotate the sails the new position has to be adjusted constantly

[12:14] Mothgirl Dibou: you cant use the port sail on the starboard side and if you change the shape while tacking, SL gives you a nice side effect.
[12:14] Mothgirl Dibou: the avatars are ejected
[[12:14] Mothgirl Dibou: i had to make 6 sails and make them invisible if not needed
[12:14] Mothgirl Dibou: with a lot of patience i managed to have the scripts take care of all this as efficient as possible
[12:14] Mothgirl Dibou: without causing too much lag
[12:15] Mothgirl Dibou: i will stop talking about the techniques now, because i dont want to boreyou
[12:15] Mothgirl Dibou: the bottom line is: it’s all new, it’s as realistic as i could make it and it’s great fun.
[12:15] Mothgirl Dibou: there are a few things i overlooked though.
[12:15] Orca Flotta: even capsizing is great fun with that boat =)
[12:16] Mothgirl Dibou: the winds in SL are very strong, many of them are 20 knots, which is a lot for a dinghy in RL.
[12:16] Mothgirl Dibou: and i tried to make it realistic so at 20 knots you easily capsize.
[12:16] Mothgirl Dibou: those of you that ever tried sailing a Laser 5000 at 20 knots, will know what i am talking about.
[12:16] Mothgirl Dibou: it turns out this is a little too sensitive
[12:17] Liv Leigh: can i ask you something? it seems not to be possible to texture it yourself?
[12:17] Kentrock Messmer: Mothgirl can I get a copy of the Trade Wind vectors?
[12:17] Mothgirl Dibou: i will get to that in a second Liv
[12:17] Mothgirl Dibou: and also SL messes up perfectly shaped sculpts when you import them.
[12:17] Mothgirl Dibou: Sure Kentrock
[12:17] Mothgirl Dibou: i have literally done hundreds of uploads to get the result you see.
[12:17] Kentrock Messmer: Thanks so much.
[12:17] Mothgirl Dibou: but the remaining problem is that it is not easy to put a texture on the hull or sails.
[12:18] Mothgirl Dibou: the planar texture mapping that SL supports doesnt work and the result is hideous when you try it.
[12:18] Betsy Chaffe: It is only using 25 prim
[12:18] Mothgirl Dibou: so basically it is hard work to make a sail texture look good, but not impossible.
[12:18] Mothgirl Dibou: the boats are full mod and i would like you all to experiment and let your wildest ideas go free.
[12:18] Mothgirl Dibou: i think it would be awesome if we have a large fleet in all the color of the rainbow
[12:18] Hal Klaxon: are the scripts modifiable?
[12:18] Mothgirl Dibou: I will try to make templates for the sails
[12:19] Mothgirl Dibou: You will need to prestretch the image
[12:19] Mothgirl Dibou: and then import it
[12:19] Mothgirl Dibou: to get a straight image on your sail
[12:19] Kentrock Messmer: Maybe transparent textures?
[12:19] Mothgirl Dibou: i did that today with a very difficult one
[12:19] Liv Leigh: sculpts are hell yes.. but i can modify the textures?
[12:19] Mothgirl Dibou: and it work but wasnt good enough to show you yet
[12:19] Mothgirl Dibou: yes you can
[12:20] Mothgirl Dibou: i sell the Fizz at a very low price, so it is affordable for everybody that wants one
[12:20] Mothgirl Dibou: even the shoes i am wearing are more expensive
[12:20] Liv Leigh: hmm ok.. one thing i like is the guest option.. to have other people try it
[12:20] Mothgirl Dibou: i hope very much that this will give a boost to SL sailing and attract a lot of new people.
[12:20] Liv Leigh: and the different modes..
[12:20] j3rry Paine: and the documentation )
[12:20] Orca Flotta: i would want one, but i don’t like the colour scheme of the launch version too much. aht now?
[12:20] Mothgirl Dibou: I will tell you a little about future plans
[12:21] Orca Flotta: what*
[12:21] Mothgirl Dibou: i want to launch a single handed version called “Frantic Fizz”
[12:21] Izabella Bentham: There are 3 different color schemes available
[12:21] Mothgirl Dibou: it will have the same speed and handling and i think the two could easily be used side by side in a race.
[12:24] Mothgirl Dibou: that is of you agree with me on this
[12:24] Mothgirl Dibou: it will also have functions to easily dock your boat and leave it in the harbour
[12:24] Liv Leigh: ok so we can all update the older versions of past days for this one?
[12:24] Mothgirl Dibou: a memory for rotation, position and sails
[12:24] joepie Korobase: can you add a animation for moored or motoring?
[12:24] Mothgirl Dibou: of course
[12:25] Nomad Zamani: What about reefing?
[12:25] j3rry Paine: on a dinghy? lol
[12:25] Mothgirl Dibou: reefing will not be an option
[12:25] Mothgirl Dibou: but extra animations to make it all more realistic are a good idea
[12:26] Glorfindel Arrow: can you use gestures??
[12:26] Mothgirl Dibou: after that i think i will focus on trimming features
[12:26] Mothgirl Dibou: the fizz has a vang
[12:26] Mothgirl Dibou: but i’d like to add more
[12:26] Mothgirl Dibou: cunningham, vang, sit in the front or the back of the boat, etc
[12:27] Mothgirl Dibou: i want you tp be able to adjust the shape of the sail to match the wind speed and angle
[12:27] Mothgirl Dibou: this woud have to have a direct influence on the boat speed
[12:27] Mothgirl Dibou: but that’s for 2008
[12:27] Mothgirl Dibou: for now all i want is for people to have lots of sailing and hopefully racing
[12:28] Mothgirl Dibou: we willgive away a free copy of the boat next to me
[12:28] Mothgirl Dibou: it is available only today
[12:28] Mothgirl Dibou: a special TYC launch version
[12:28] Riffey4 DeGroot:
[12:28] GJ Carnell: yay
[12:28] Mothgirl Dibou: since i dont have anything automated here
[12:29] Mothgirl Dibou: i will give it to the first person that tells “i’d like to have one”
[12:29] Nomad Zamani: I’d like to have one
[12:29] Liv Leigh: i’d like to have one
[12:29] Armchair Binder: me
[12:29] joepie Korobase: lol
[12:29] Mothgirl Dibou: nomad is the lucky guy
[12:30] Mothgirl Dibou: have fun with it Nomad
[12:30] Mothgirl Dibou: are there any questions so far?
[12:30] Liv Leigh: you can race your alts then lol
[12:31] Glorfindel Arrow: can you use gestres?
[12:31] Bea Woodget: yes
[12:31] Glorfindel Arrow: gestures
[12:31] Mothgirl Dibou: I believe Bea and Joepie have already made a set of gestures
[12:31] You: You can buy from the vendors to your left
[12:31] Mothgirl Dibou: i will see if i can find to to maka standard set
[12:31] Liv Leigh: but i won t mind making a set myself if it suits me better
[12:31] Mothgirl Dibou: it shouldnt be no copy
[12:31] Epicurus Emmons: i believe the tako gestures work for the fizz as well dont they?
[12:32] Bea Woodget: it is
[12:32] Thorvald Larsen: mine is nocopy
[12:32] Liv Leigh: well the thing is:
[12:32] Bea Woodget: mine also
[12:32] Mothgirl Dibou: those of you that bought one will get a new one after this
[12:32] Liv Leigh: if you rezz it the one you rzz is
[12:32] Riffey4 DeGroot: yep… same here… Im sure she’s gonna fix that
[12:32] Bea Woodget: ok
[12:32] Riffey4 DeGroot:
[12:32] Liv Leigh: that s inconvenient
[12:32] joepie Korobase: permissiond are a bitch
[12:32] Contra Koba: I think once you mod it becomes no copy mine did that
[12:32] Liv Leigh: no
[12:32] Bea Woodget: Mothgirl, do we have to IM you for “positive” remarks ?
[12:33] Contra Koba: I have copies of the original but my 2 mods dont copy
[12:33] Bea Woodget: (and bugs?
[12:33] You: if you rez a boat and then take it back into your inventory that boat becomes no coy but the orrgiginal boat in your inventory is still copiable
[12:33] Liv Leigh: well it s a great new boat
[12:33] Mothgirl Dibou: you can alwsy Im me
[12:33] Bea Woodget: ok i noticed several things
[12:33] Liv Leigh: sure it has some child diseases, but it s been fun so far for me
[12:33] Mothgirl Dibou: of course with a boat this new and complex there will be some issues in the beginning
[12:34] You: Thank you MothGirl, now LETS GO SAILING, to your left on the platform are vendors for the Flying Fiz, they are only 250 L — the best deal in Second LIfe. above that is the course map of the race which we will run from Plum Git — click the sign to get a copy of the course http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plum%20Gut/235/118/21
[12:34] Liv Leigh: a 40 boat regatta?
[12:34] Mothgirl Dibou: but i will work very hard to get thing sorted and the updates will be free
[12:34] Liv Leigh: that s gonna be hell
[12:34] Riffey4 DeGroot: great Moth
[12:34] You: Everyone lets give Mothgirl a big round of Woots
[12:34] Riffey4 DeGroot: WooT
[12:34] Riffey4 DeGroot: WOOT WOOT
[12:34] APPLAUSE: A Hearty round of applause bursts from the crowd
[12:34] M1sha Dallin shouts: Woooot

Special thanks to GoSpeed for uploading the pictures to Flickr.

Rav

This afternoon at 3pm SLT Diana Allandale did a reading at the Sailors Cove Theater in the Sailors Cove sim. Just up the hill , above the the theater where the waterfall forms a small pool at the base Diana sat on a big rock reading a book as small crowd sat around her in a circle:

Diana read several excerpts from stories: Diamond in the Snow (Diamond Studs anthology) and from Devil in Winter (Winter Studs anthology).

All in all it was a very enjoyable time as we listened to Diana breathlessly read some spicy/romantic material. She paused to ask if anyone had questions, but the place was quiet as were were all so wrapped up with the sensuous dialogue!.

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