Twisting in the Wind

Welcome Twister, my new Trudeau 12 Metre!


The 12 Metre represents a return to the big boats, another America's Cup racer that lasts well into the 1980s, after the J-Class.  It's a lovely yacht and it has fantastic lines - literally.  Watching the ropes move and slide along the pulleys as the sail swings is fascinating to watch.  I can understand why it took so long, I think, for Jackie to come out with a new yacht.

So I took a spin in the Fruit Islands, as my original trek starting at the Leviathan didn't go so well.  A few sims away and then I was left behind.  I still don't know where the boat is...

But hey, can't complain about sailing around in paradise.



I've yet to really put it through its paces, with a full crew. I'm not a racer anyway, but still, it would be nice to see how it handles with a full crew to stop the heeling. My first impression is that this thing can really pick up some decent speed very quickly. But it can, through cap'n's ineptitude, come to a dead halt quickly too. This yacht is soooo not meant for shallow water. Try not to cut it too close by sailing too close to shore.  I think I've already scratched up my keel...

One Year Later

Amazing. I didn't realize that it had been a whole year since posting, but here it is.

I haven't been logging in a whole lot. It is sometimes months at a time between logins. And then when Linden Lab made some kind of change to the code that was unfriendly to my video card, I just stayed away since I couldn't help but crash every couple of minutes.

Lately, however, I have tried my hand at logging in and it seems that my video card issues are clear.

I did a lazy sail with the motor today. I just didn't feel like dealing with the SL wind, so I dusted off my first sailing love: Renaissance, my Trudeau Tahiti II Ketch. Renaissance signaled the rebirth of my love for Second Life, after many months leading to burnout. Other than the few close friends I keep, sailing is my true joy in SL.


Life is all about change, and Renaissance is a little dated. Her sailing technology is so much simpler than what is out there now. As much as I love the new boats with the non-flat sail technology, there is a lot to be said for simplicity in things when your life is pretty stressful.

As much as I love Triumphal Yacht Club, I wanted to sail different waters than the Blake Sea. So I just randomly picked a yacht club out of search and landed at Tradewinds Yacht Club. Tradewinds, like Triumphal, is on Nautilus continent. But instead of sailing down to the Blake Sea, I decided to try to motor up toward Corsica.

Bad idea.


As it turns out, it's heavily obstructed once again. Mind you, I made a navigational mistake and missed a set of water sims that connected Corsica to Nautilus in the middle of the continent. I had intended to sail all the way from east to west, to the far western connection to Corsica. Little did I know, however, that that would prove to be an impossible task. Once I got to Cloz, I hit a banline. From the picture, you can see that someone else was also fairly unlucky in the task of passing by, too.

As it turns out, there is no protected path through Cloz or the surrounding sims to get to the open water sims that lead to Corsica. That's a shame. Had I taken the other passage, there would have been a small protected path. Alas, I didn't remember that connection, and I got stuck thanks to yet another sociopathic banline moron.

So instead, I went over to the Fruit Islands and set sail at Mango Yacht Club. It was a beautiful, peaceful ride.


It is sad, though, that people cannot be trusted to maintain the coherence of the world.

Lazy Sailing

Heigh ho, I'm back again.

I decided to try sailing around the Fruit Islands. If my financial situation changes and I am crazy enough to want to own land again, it could be here in this estate. I would need an estate with a lot of open water. So, a little early reconnaissance doesn't hurt! Plus, I think my bestie would enjoy being in this kind of estate, with so much open sky and water. Still, too early to put all the eggs in one basket, there are other maritime estates to check out.


I was feeling lazy and didn't want to deal with the wind, so I decided to dust off my trusty Twenty, Tania, and go for a whirl using the motor (The sails are up just for show). I chose Tania instead of Renaissance, my Tahiti Ketch II, because she handles shallower water better and I didn't know what to expect.

So I put the throttle around 50% and started off from the Mango Yacht Club. I went north a bit, and then kind of meandering around west and then far north before crashing off the coast of Ziziphus.


It's a lovely estate, and everything feels so serene. I love the attention to detail... things like jumping whales, circling birds, tall ships, off-sim rocks, waterfalls and waves.


This is definitely a candidate for the future residence, unless I become independently wealthy and make my own 500-sim sailing estate! Muhahaha...! :)