Journal for aschilba

So right now in the world of offshore sailing, there are a couple of big competitions going on. I am following the Volvo Ocean Race which started a little over a month ago. For those of you interested in it here is the wikipedia link.

The site has a huge online sailing game where you set up your boat and then try to race it. The wind charts are all real time, though simplified, and you can select a number of different sail combinations and headings. My boat is called "three sheets to the wind." I messed up on the color scheme, so it looks a bit dorky and not as cool as other boats. There are people all over the world who are playing, and it is neat to check out other people's profiles and boats.

I suffered on the first leg because I started out a couple of days late. Then to make it worse, I didn't really check my status and heading all too much while in Russia. Due to this I managed to crash into the Canary Islands AND the African coast. But all fingers are crossed for a successful second leg.