Sail Simulator 2010, on line players ?

[Ken Sherrocks]

Hi,.......I`m a bit reluctant to raise this issue here as I think `sailing sims` are not your general fare ? However I`ve tried everywhere else including `Stentecs` own forum, but can`t get an answer anywhere........I`ve just bought `Sailing Simulator 2010` which appears to be a pretty good simulation. I hadn`t heard of it before and would have bought it much earlier if I`d known. It seems though that I`ve bought it too late to play it to full advantage.
IE:- When attempting to play on line there are never any competitors on the servers. The servers come up okay along with the event lists, but there are never any would be competitors for the events.

Is this game too old, that folk have lost interest in it I wonder ? A great shame if so, as it does appear to be a decent Sim` !!!

Comments would be much appreciated....Thanks !

Ken.

[Sailor Steve]

Hi Ken.

Originally Posted by Ken Sherrocks

Hi,.......I`m a bit reluctant to raise this issue here as I think `sailing sims` are not your general fare ?

Actually this is the perfect place, as this particular is for discussing all games not related to subsim. Our members do play them all, some of us anyway.

Is this game too old, that folk have lost interest in it I wonder ? A great shame if so, as it does appear to be a decent Sim` !!!

Some time ago I had the Virtual Sailor demo and played it all I could. I've never heard of Sailing Simulator before either. It looks cool. Part of my problem is that I was 'out of commission' for awhile during that era and never heard of a lot of things.

This one looks interesting. Another part of my problem is that I'm not wired to be competitive. The only online game I've ever played was Silent Hunter II/Destroyer Command, and that was only because I served on a destroyer and the subject interests me. I keep meaning to try some online flight combat, but never quite get there.

Anyway, you might find some members here who think the way you do, and you might get something going. I don't know. I hope so.

[Eichhörnchen]

Found this screenshot online; if this is representative of the graphics then it looks very interesting. I've told Aktung (he's our resident sailor man) and he might know more.

[Ken Sherrocks]

Hi Eichhornchen.

Your comment much appreciated. I do hope that your resident sailing man can offer something to go on. Thanks again.

Ken.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Eichhornchen

Found this screenshot online; if this is representative of the graphics then it looks very interesting. I've told Aktung (he's our resident sailor man) and he might know more.

Originally Posted by Ken Sherrocks

Hi Eichhornchen.

Your comment much appreciated. I do hope that your resident sailing man can offer something to go on. Thanks again.

Ken.

Actually GARGAMEL is the go-to guy here IMHO. I'm still looking at the trailers on this game at great length; as I head out the door to work on the damn Catalina boat rudder pintle! Torque issues with the lower gudgeon screws in the transom; our new high-tech rudder causes a lot of pressure to the bottom one-the worst to get at...naturally for an old fat guy! Rule 1; never own your own boat; it's a pain in the a$$! The game might be the way to go! The upside is: it's raining so nice and cool and we're in a bad drought.

[Gargamel]

Hey thanks for the props there AK! I just finished (a few weeks ago) building my new boat. Used mainly 3d printed parts for the structures, going to sell them as a kit, as it's a One Design class. It should cut the build time of a new boat by almost 50%. It also weighed about 10% lighter than most pre-ballast, which means I got to put more ballast in while still maintaining the minimum weight.
I'm currently designing a new boat for a smaller Developmental/Open Class, with a carbon fiber hull and keel (I guess I'm stuck using lead for ballast, my recent inquiries into obtaining depleted uranium raised a few eyebrows in the NRC I'm told). The kicker for this boat will be it's rigid wingsail. I've already got a few NACA foil designs in testing. But since the Heel Force of a wingsail is an order of magnitude or so less than regular sails, I can use less ballast, boat is lighter, goes faster.

As to the OP, It looks cool, I'm definitely going to take a look.

If your looking for Racing, check out Sailx.com. It's not a real sim in that you take full control of a boat. It's more like you are a coach that radios commands to the crew. The crew pretty much always sets the perfect trim for the sails you have up. You steer the boat, pick the course, pick the sails etc. They have multiple classes of boats.

What is amazing about the site is the rules and strategies. They sail to something similar to an Olympic level of rules enforcement. They follow the ISAF RRS There's anywhere from 5-40 boats in any race (they no longer use bots as the traffic is sufficient), and races go about every 5-10 minutes, round the clock. There's usually at least a few good protests every race, and then there is usually a very very in depth discussion in the forums about each protest. I've seen some really good ones drag on for a 100 posts and for weeks. Some of them actually get elevated to the ISAF ruling committee for further review, and a couple have even caused the ISAF to make amendments to the rule set.

While you're not setting the trim of the sails, you're in charge of the boat, and the strategies and tactics used are pretty top notch. It's helped my real world racing tremendously.

[Aktungbby]

(I guess I'm stuck using lead for ballast,

I should look into this hobby; at least I can mingle my black powder shooting: = ballast

[Gargamel]

Are those forged/cast or just pressed?

I'm planning on forging mine into a sandcast bulb.

[NeonSamurai]

Those are cast, you can see the lead being smelted in the bottom left photo.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

Are those forged/cast or just pressed?

I'm planning on forging mine into a sandcast bulb.

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