Leg 10 : Port Said - Tersane ada

[Paradise]

thanks a lot for your extensive explanation of the start sequence.

My boat is drifted now to Cyprus, but luckily at 1800, she will be placed at the start, that is good.
Now I am not around between 1800 and 0000 french time, so the boat will either sit at its anchor till I take the helm, or it will listen to the 1st instruction on the scheduler at 20:01 , with a 2nd instruction at 20:11 if the first one does not work.

tomorrow 00:01, I will see the result.
and .......... I might be happy with a boat sailing the waves, or we have to talk more

fair winds

[Coromandel]

Hi blzblz,

I'm a little confused about using the schedule for an auto start at 20:00. You say that the schedule should be set at 20:01 while in the info that I read from stakk says 20:00 should be used. Which is correct?

Thanks for your help

Frank


quote from stakk

The start procedure is always the same whenever the race. The game interface opens 2 days before the start date. You can then sail freely, try the game interface, the boat sails and get familiar with the race elements : coast, gates, buoys and finish line.

Two hours before the start, all the boats jump automatically at the start location and cannot move any more till the point of start. During the two hours before the start, you can prepare the start and your future route. To well understand the way the game engine displays the boat route projection, read the following carefully. The start is at 20:00 and the duration of the first iteration is equal to the iteration minute. If the iteration minute is 9 (like in week races), the first iteration will then last after 9 minutes instead of 10 for a regular iteration. Further iterations will last 10 minutes as regular iterations.

There are three ways to start :
1) Manual start : select the heading and put the right sail according to the polars of the sails. At 20:00, your boat will sail and at the end of the first iteration, your boat will have moved according to the boat speed.
2) Use the scheduler with a schedule item at 20:00. Define a schedule item with time = 20:00 and a sail that will unable your boat to move in the scheduled direction.
2) Use a way-point at 20:00. Similar as start using the scheduler : define a way-point with time = 20:00 and a sail that will unable your boat to move.

When using the scheduler or a way-point at 20:00, the boat route projection will show you the exact route of your boat starting at 20:00.
Warning : the winds that will be used by the game engine for the start are known at 18:30 (wind logo becomes green). So boat route trajectories displayed by the game interface before 18:30 are likely to be misleading and will be recomputed rightly after 18:30.

If you start from the pilot boat, your boat will start behind the pilot boat position : at the position where was the pilot boat two iterations ago.

[mAKi]

hi Franck,
excuse me for my kitchen english , i use google translator....
the instructions given by stakk have not been updated for a long time, it is better to use the manual in French and to translate it

so: autostart at 20:00 with sail and heading, then 20h01 for the first schedule

Valérie

[smiticks42]

Hello guys is it ok for you ? i enjoy

[Coromandel]

I'm gradually getting to understand the tools and how it works with the cells. I tried the autostart using the schedule timer, but that didn't work out for me at all.

[blzblz]

hi Coromandel,

Your boat did not start ?
At what time did you put your first schedule point ?
First schedule point doesn't work at 20h00 for autostart, time must be 20h01.

But best, if you can be online between 18h00 and 20h00 is to set a sail and a heading, this way you won't loose the first minute.
(The very best is to set sail after 18h30, when the new forecasts are available, or a bit later, check the wind logo that has to be green)

[Coromandel]

I had placed the boat on 20:00 autostart departure following the old post placed by stakk, while I should have put on 20:01. No problem, we learn as we go.

Thanks for the help

[blzblz]

Ok !

Sorry, I've just updated stakk thread "Tutorials" / "Manual" / "Start procedure and pilot boat" about the first schedule point needing to be set at 20h01 and not 20h00.

Thanks to have pointed out this mistake

[smiticks42]

Ok !

Sorry, I've just updated stakk thread "Tutorials" / "Manual" / "Start procedure and pilot boat" about the first schedule point needing to be set at 20h01 and not 20h00.

Thanks to have pointed out this mistake

New players bring good

[Paradise]

Hurraaah, finished my first race in RG

with a bad start, climbed from 45 to 31. not too bad for a first

next weekend , try to be better