Well it is still a fine boat , so I guess my friends just need to get their own ! Oh yeah , one other suggestion I forgot to mention was , to make an option to have the hud transparent to allow more of the view to be seen ?

Thanks Again !

Setting the keel and sails to a phantom state is a great suggestion and I will definitely do that when I update it (assuming I ever get time to update it lol). As for adding poseballs there are a few reasons I decided against it. First, it is very easy to “break” the sailboat if I allow people to modify it which adds a lot more work for me and a lot more frustration for you. Second, the main part of the boat is already at 28 prims, which allows the driver and 2 passengers to sit on it; I tried various ways to get more posses onto the boat, but for a few different reasons I won’t go into here, decided it was best to keep it in its present configuration.

This boat is very fun to sail! I have been in SL for nearly a year and have sailed various SL sailboats . I started with the Flying Tako 2.3 and was so excited about learning how to sail a boat so easily I went right out and bought a “Racing Yacht” a” Kokakola “. That boat was my 1st experience in using a larger sailboat and is nice to sail. I enjoy it a lot .

Then theres the Esprit, The 1st thing about it that I like better than the Kokakola is the HUD. The Esprit HUD is “The Esprit” if you ask me . It works very well , has all the info you need and then some to operate and modify your Esprit. The 2nd thing that impresses me about the Esprit is the Tactical section of the HUD which ingeniously displays the parameters of the wind direction and sail angle ect… This is a great instructional aid for a newby sailor SL or RL. The 3rd thing that Esprit offers that impresses me is the realistic feel of the animations and the well placed partical effects.

I do however have a few suggestions . The first being , please make an updated program to make the sails/keel phantom either temporarily or for mooring in busy places so people can move through the sail if need be . The keel being phantom or in “raised” position would come in handy in many cases also. Secondly , it would be wonderful to have the ability to add pose balls to the deck if needed. Us SLailors love to show our friends a good time !! So it would be great if they could all go along for the ride instead of having to “watch from the beach”.

All in all though, this boat is great! I highly recommend it as a 1st Sailing Yacht purchase in SL . The main reason being the ease of operation and the instructional qualities it provides to the novice yet still a challenge for the seasoned sailor .

I’ve always enjoyed sailing in the Hollywood sims, as well as Nantucket. Just DON’T MAKE A MESS, i.e. leave pieces of boat strewn about. Those sims are a great resource that are free to everyone, try them out.

(Hollywood: It can be hard to find where to rez a boat. There is open space right near where you TP into the sim, rez there, and sail away. Don’t leave your boat sitting there very long, people think you are stealing a slip.)

Would love a working spinnaker (hint, hint).

Love your boats,
Lauryn

If you are out on the ocean and you want to save the customization you’ve done on your esprit there are 2 routes:

1) Select both parts, deck and hull, and ‘take’ them into inventory. Then re-rezz them later and just make sure your HUD is set to the same channel as the channel in the description.

2) *MOST* of the customized settings are saved on the HUD itself, so re-doing it from a newly rezzed yacht isn’t very difficult.

Hope that helps, thanks for the comments Robby!

Cheers-
Brookston

If i loose myself in the ocean…how can i take away tho boat without loose nothing? (customization…?)
Thanks
Best regards..

Thanks!