Navigate the seven seas, one minute at a time
June 28, 2020 4:21 AM   Subscribe

 
This is right up my alley. Thanks for sharing!
posted by dominik at 5:21 AM on June 28, 2020


This is the 1997 web at it's best, and I'm absolutely here for it.
posted by matthewr at 5:25 AM on June 28, 2020 [1 favorite]


Great timing – the online Newport–Bermuda Race finished yesterday! Should we start a MetaFilter version?
posted by nicwolff at 6:03 AM on June 28, 2020 [3 favorites]


Oh, I'm gonna capsize sooo many yachts.
posted by pykrete jungle at 7:15 AM on June 28, 2020


Oh, wait, it looks like there's no way for the boats to capsize or take damage. Meaning the failure conditions would be getting grounded, becalmed, or going the wrong way.
posted by pykrete jungle at 7:20 AM on June 28, 2020


Are SailNavSim and Sailonline.org related or separate?
posted by Bwithh at 4:24 PM on June 28 [1 favorite +] [!]
Doesn't look like it.

I'd be up for a MetaFilter regatta.
posted by dominik at 7:50 AM on June 28, 2020


The physics engine seems pretty simplistic. I wonder if you could “cheat” by sailing into a storm and gaining a speed boost without any danger.
posted by Monochrome at 8:15 AM on June 28, 2020


I started the Newport-Bermuda race on sailonline.org a few days late and spent a couple of boring days moving pretty slowly but did complete it in just under 4 days. Unfortnately the one other skipper I was really competing against was asleep at the wheel and sailed off into the south Atlantic instead of giving me any competition near the finish line. I'd be up for doing another one either with anyone else as a crew or against anyone.
posted by thefool at 11:05 AM on June 28, 2020 [1 favorite]


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