05-03-2010, 06:45 PM
A new race has begun, some of you may already know about it. It mimics the Transat AG2R.
http://www.virtualregatta.com/index_ag2r.php
It's a 2 man east/west Atlantic crossing. Currently there are about 48,000 players on line. I had a great start then got caught in dead air for two days, dropping from the top 100 to about 25,000th. I've clawed my way back to 6,800 which places me in the top 14% bracket.
New players will be dropped into the middle of the fleet at random, so you can fight your way to the front too. Naturally, I'm "PARyachts" and there are two basic strategies for the best route, the upper polar and the lower bee line.
The rumb line has the fleet driving through the mid Atlantic doldrums so you can sail north of the rumb in a polar route to short the distance and avoid sailing the the equatorial highs. The other option is to sail low and fast through the near shore gusts, on the African coast to miss the doldrums and hope to get lucky with southern latitudes trade winds on the back end near South America.
Most of the fleet is sailing close to the rumb, with the leaders and about 70% of the fleet on the northern route (which is the common route the real boats take). To find me us the "search for a player" feature or just click each boat near the forward top of the fleet, until you find me. The lower route is high risk, but could be very rewarding if the trades come on in your favor. The upper route is safer, but there's more boats to battle with and you have to dodge doldrums in mid ocean. Come on, get your butt kicked like a man . . .
http://www.virtualregatta.com/index_ag2r.php
It's a 2 man east/west Atlantic crossing. Currently there are about 48,000 players on line. I had a great start then got caught in dead air for two days, dropping from the top 100 to about 25,000th. I've clawed my way back to 6,800 which places me in the top 14% bracket.
New players will be dropped into the middle of the fleet at random, so you can fight your way to the front too. Naturally, I'm "PARyachts" and there are two basic strategies for the best route, the upper polar and the lower bee line.
The rumb line has the fleet driving through the mid Atlantic doldrums so you can sail north of the rumb in a polar route to short the distance and avoid sailing the the equatorial highs. The other option is to sail low and fast through the near shore gusts, on the African coast to miss the doldrums and hope to get lucky with southern latitudes trade winds on the back end near South America.
Most of the fleet is sailing close to the rumb, with the leaders and about 70% of the fleet on the northern route (which is the common route the real boats take). To find me us the "search for a player" feature or just click each boat near the forward top of the fleet, until you find me. The lower route is high risk, but could be very rewarding if the trades come on in your favor. The upper route is safer, but there's more boats to battle with and you have to dodge doldrums in mid ocean. Come on, get your butt kicked like a man . . .
