[Greyhawkupdates] How to follow Greyhawk in the B1-2...

[Alec McCandless]

Tim,
  I'll definitely keep track of you.  Best of luck, and I saw you got a
great mention on SA the other day.
-Alec

On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 8:23 AM, GREYHAWK Bermuda 1-2 Updates <
greyhawkupdates at thorpeallen.net> wrote:

> Dear Family and Friends,
>
> I thought you might be interested in following GREYHAWK in the Bermuda
> One-Two Yacht Race coming up soon, so I have taken the liberty of
> subscribing you to a mailing list that I have created for keeping you all
> informed of my progress, "greyhawkupdates at thorpeallen.net."  I hope to
> send out an e-mail update daily from the boat by satellite phone, and using
> the mailing list means I only need to send the e-mail to just one address
> rather than 50!
>
>
> If you do NOT want to get these e-mails, you can unsubscribe from the list
> at this link:
>
>
> http://gator1289.hostgator.com/mailman/listinfo/greyhawkupdates_thorpeallen.net
>
> If there are others who you think might like to get these e-mails, please
> have them visit the link above to subscribe to the list.
>
>
> All of the boats in the race will be equipped with satellite tracking
> devices, so you can follow the race at:
> http://www.iboattrack.com/racetracking.html
>
> Updates and results will be posted throughout the event at:
> http://www.bermuda1-2.org/
>
> You might also find news and updates on the "Front Page" at Sailing Anarchy
> -- http://www.sailinganarchy.com/ -- and/or in the 2011 Bermuda 1-2 thread
> on the SA Ocean Racing Forum at:
> http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=121588&st=29
>
> My employer, Keene State College, might also be posting updates at:
> http://sites.keene.edu/newsline/
>
> You can read about my preparations leading up to the race on my "blog" at:
>  http://sailing.thorpeallen.net/Greyhawk/
>
> I will be using a special e-mail address to communicate from the boat. Do
> not reply to it unless you must, as my satellite connection is both very
> slow and very expensive. Please consider sending me an SMS text message
> instead (those are free) -- see below. If you must reply to my e-mail, don't
> quote me in your reply, keep your message brief, and definitely do not
> attach any files or embed any images (watch out for signatures!)
>
> If you want to contact me during the race or send words of encouragement,
> you can send SMS text messages of 160 characters or less by e-mail to
> 881622483078 at msg.iridium.com These are free! (Please note that I cannot
> accept "outside assistance" in the form of special information that might
> help me in the race, such as private weather forecasts.)
>
> Do not call the satellite phone -- first, it is very expensive, for you
> (especially) and for me; second, I generally will not have the phone turned
> on, so you'll just get voice mail anyway. Instead just send a SMS text
> message by e-mail as above (those are free).
>
> General e-mails can be sent to greyhawk at thorpeallen.net (aka
> tim at sailing.thorpeallen.net -- they are the same) -- I will using that
> address before the race, while in Bermuda, and after we finish back in
> Newport.
>
> PLEASE NOTE: if you do not get a daily e-mail from me, DO  NOT PANIC! There
> may be lots of reasons why I was not able to get an e-mail off -- too busy
> sailing the boat, bad sat phone connection, computer problems, etc...  Also,
> there are lots of reasons why the iboat tracker might not update.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Tim Allen
> GREYHAWK
> Keene, NH
>
> greyhawk at thorpeallen.net
> http://sailing.thorpeallen.net/Greyhawk/
>
>
>
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