FYI:
http://www.virtualskipper3.com/indexUk.php
Wis
_/ if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it! _
I bought Virtual Skipper 3 last night and the guy I got it from on Ebay wanted to come here and knock off a couple of Ebay dollars in fees and offer it basically retail I suppose. It is a clever sim… and something to do on those long Winter nights when it gets down in the 60’s… heheheh Anyway… since all this has been popping around me here locally… I have had a couple of guys that wanted more stick time than they could get at the pond… so this made sense. I have read the one constant theme on these sims, that being the lack of opponents interested… so I thought that this section might be a good idea and would help us get something started.
You can get Virtual Skipper 3 for about $40 USD.
I downloaded the demo, and played it and it was fun… no… I don’t think it is going to make me the next Dennis Connor… but just fun.[:D]
I like Virtual Skipper 2 better than 3, but these games are more of an arcade game because you can only adjust the main & jib together. I find that sail simulator is heaps better for the things that you can tweak, next year some time, Sail Simulator 5 will come out, its goin to be heaps better, with tell tales & everything.
I see said the blind man to the crippled nudist who put his hands in his pockets & promptly walked away.
ahhaaa sail sim 5…that could be nice…but then again…the only problem with sail sim, is the online “gaming”, not so many use-able servers
Wis
_/ if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it! _
ye, but don’t forget wis, that it is more of a simulator than the virtual skipper games are, so less people use it. i think it was designed more to teach people a bit about sailing.
I see said the blind man to the crippled nudist who put his hands in his pockets & promptly walked away.
WIS - you “turkey” … [:(!]
Thanks a bunch for putting me on to that sailing simulator! Has a bunch of practical experience relative to big boats, and certainly the boat handling is much like our little ones - especially as one lets the boat go off into the distance in the viewer, but still trying to see and control rudder and sail trim ! [:-blindfold]
Is it just me - or have others gotten addicted to this miserable software? [:-censored]
I can handle it…its always me anyway [;)]
Wis
_/ if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it! _
I was hoping that we would get some of the local guys here to get togther once in a while and chase the buoys around. It is a fun game, and most enjoyable.[:D]
Larry, we are a few here who use sailsim…again…we need a GMT time /date…then lets play online!1
Wis
_/ if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it! _
I have sailsim i think it would be great fun to race everyone else from the forum.
How many people here have Virtual Skipper 3 ? ? ? Maybe if we have some interest we can pick a time with the holiday weekend here and get together… it could become an annual event… heheheh
the FIRST ANNUAL TURKEY SKIPPER EVENT.