New horizons and new adventures

New Life, New Sailboat

The new IF sailboat from Bandit is available for 3000L$ at the following SLurl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Dutch%20Harbor/92/37/21

Here are some notes from the Manual Notecard:

The Bandit IF is based on the real world Folkboat, a one design racing class that thanks to its unsurpassed sea going capabilities for its size acquired fame as a low budget passage maker for blue water cruising. The design may be over 70 years old, Folkboats are still being built and raced today, where the traditional wood has now been replaced by the more modern glass reinforced plastic or "GRP". The Second Life version is made in the same tradition, The focus is clearly placed on the sailing and racing aspects, but it can equally be your "home away from home" when exploring all corners of the grid.

The Bandit IF is powered by the 3rd generation BOSS Dynamic Sailing Engine. Everything about the boat is aimed at giving you a fun and realistic experience, while being both cruise friendly and accessible for beginners, yet when its manual control is fully utilized so challenging it will even inspire the most seasoned sailors to give it all they have in exciting close quarters racing!

More information on the building of the Bandit IF can be found here:
http://www.virtualworldsailing.com/index.php?/topic/561-building-the-if/

The online version of this manual can be found here:
http://www.virtualworldsailing.com/index.php?/topic/707-bandit-if-manual/

Sailing in Antiquity :: The Royal Antiquity Regatta

Living in Antiquity Cove has given me a new SL hobby....sailing....

Here are two snapshots of me sailing around the various Antiquity waterway sims not too far from my Antiquity Cove parcel where I have a cottage and offices for The Connolly Telegraph and the Second Life Bloggers group.

The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Antiquity will be hosting a Regatta on their sims this Saturday September 8th at 3:00 PM SL time. The start of the regatta will be at the Antiquity Bay sim. More specifics as the day gets closer...