The Annual TYC Boat Show featuring working sailboats from SL's most creative people, live demonstrations, nautical vendors, and special events. This is on scale and on mass with the annual hair show.
Runs December 1, 2008 through December 27th in the sim of Dears Garden
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dears%20Garden/129/239/26
Updates on the show can be found at the shows's website:
http://sltyc.com
This is a MAJOR SL event and will be hugely attended over the four weeks. The Tradewinds Yacht Club is again this years organizing group. Last year they successfully ran the first ever Boat Show strictly for working sailboats. "People were really surprised that Second Life had such an astounding array of talent just in sailboats and nautical accessories which would justify a Boat Show just for them," said Tasha Kostolany, commodore of the Tradewinds Yacht Club group and organizer the last two boat shows. "This is a huge event for a wide community of people in Second Life," she said. It always grows as the show progresses and at the end, it's a job to be able to squeeze everything in."
All of the major boat builders will be represented with their latest creations along with Special Exhibits scattered over the four weeks. The first of these exhibits is a true to scale recreation of a Grand Banks fishing schooner "Ernestina". A gorgeous black schooner 112 feet long with a 13 foot draft and 8,500 square feet of sail. The original was designed by George McClain of Gloucester who was one of the pioneer of designers for a new type of fishing schooner that gave fine lines offering extra speed to market for the best price and a deep, heavily ballasted hull for stability to withstand North Atlantic gales.
The in-world version is made by RJ Kikuchiyo, a master 3D modeler with 18 years of experience and two and a half of those years building in SecondLife. "This thing is in a class by itself," said Kostolany. "We've seen great sailboat builds before but this beats them all. The day I saw RJ's schooner was the day I decided another boat show was a must. When you step onto it, it's spooky how life-like it feels -- in a good way. People are going to love this."
The show will feature a whole range of fun things to see. Many of the items you can buy but not all, Kostolany added. "This is an opportunity to show off peoples own personal passions about sailing in Secondlife, and a lot of these people custom make things for themselves, or modify their boat without thought of trying to sell it. They also sometimes give it away for free"
What is the draw to sailing? Ravishal Bentham who originally broached the idea of a boat show to the Tradewinds Yacht Club last year said it's a way of life. "Sailing is a form of escape, relaxation, a slower, more pleasant way of living both here an in real life. The items shown not only portray artistry and craftsmanship, but they also evoke a certain lifestyle."
"This is the best chance to see the best boats all over sl on one place without teleporting around which takes forever," said SophieLauren Allen, who hosts Tradewinds new clubhouse in the Sea of Jazz sim. "You can find fair offers, high detailed products! meet the community, see what's possible to build in sl and get free test-rides."
Although the show is run and organized by Tradewinds, a well established SL Yacht Club. It would not have come off without the generosity of disisme Misfit, one of Tradewinds Race Directors, who donated the Dear Garden sim exclusively for the event. " SL sailing needs this," Misfit said. "After the depressive state of play pushed onto the community by the Lindens with the change on open sims effectively wiping out a lot of sailable water, SL sailing has been declining badly. I see a need to excite it again and this is the perfect opportunity to put some optimism into the entire community. We do it expecting to make a large financial loss . . .a very large loss but if it kicks starts sailing again, so be it" When asked if she thought this show would send a signal to Linden Labs she replied "perhaps the wrong one. They might see the community doing well or better than they think. This event is actually being held for the opposite reason - to try and reestablish the community into a positive growth situation, rather than a massive decline.
Kostolany confirmed this. "We recently lost our former home in Hukilau Ridge because of Linden Lab's change in open water sims making it financially infeasible. SL right now is experiencing a massive brain drain of talent. I'm not sure Linden Labs understands that, or even cares. There is a huge push by coders who have left SL to get the OSGrid (that open source 3d world) viable for sailing." Then she paused, "That's a good thing, I just don't want sailing to die in SL and if the Lindens don't either they better do something!"
That seems to have been the motivation for Misfit as well, "My personal market and customer base is holding strong so far," she said. "Business has never been better with my sailing line. But I see things on the water. Sever depletion of sims to sail on, old hands are leaving, and aren't being replaced by the new hands at anything like the same rate. To us, the people dedicating their time and resources into this show, it is our goal to build excitement, to rattle cages, to make people realize once again that SL Sailing is more than just water and boats, but the joy of sailing and camaraderie.
DON'T MISS IT!
THE 2ND ANNUAL TYC BOAT SHOW COMES ONLINE DECEMBER 1ST
ALL WORKING BOATS
SAILING YACHTS
CANOES
DAYSAILERS
RESCUE BOATS
DON'T MISS IT
EVEN SEX GEN SAILBOATS -- maybe
YOU DON'T KNOW SEDUCTION UNTIL YOU'VE DONE IT AT SEA
COME SEE IT ALL
IF YOU'VE MISSED THE WATERLIFE SCENE HERE
COME CATCH UP ON THE WILDEST MOST BEAUTIFUL LIFE IN SECONDLIFE
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