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

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Thanks Tim!  I wish you fair winds, and the best of all possible  judgement 
and intuition for tacks, maneuvers, and out guessing the  competition!   
Love, Lucy
 
 
In a message dated 5/29/2011 8:23:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
greyhawkupdates at thorpeallen.net writes:

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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