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sailfastchicago.com RSS feed on your Apple iPhone

Get sailfastchicago.com updates easily and conveniently on your Apple iPhone:
1. Use built-in Safari browser or your favorite RSS reader app. We have been using Free RSS Reader with good results. It is a free app you can download from the App Store.
2. Enter the following link:
http://www.sailfastchicago.com/site/feed/
Now you can enjoy fast, easy, convenient updates from sailfastchicago.com!
We have found that RSS feeds are an excellent way to get mobile updates from all your favorite sites.
Updates via Apple iPhone
Apple’s innovative iPhone is another historic achievement from the company known for delivering technology solutions that work, bringing new capabilities far beyond competing platforms to handheld mobile phones.
One of the many iPhone software applications now available is an open source app that directly supports updating and editing the content published on www.sailfastchicago.com via iPhone.
Contact us if you have news you want to share quickly to promote more sailing interest, or if you would like further information or assistance to better use technology for your organization or sail racing team.
2007 Chicago Mackinac Race photos
Stay tuned for Chicago Mackinac race photos, coming soon…
Chicago Mackinac 2007 – new wiki page added
New wiki page added:
2007 Chicago to Mackinac Sailboat Race
sailfastchicago.com calendars – available on Google Calendar

The following sailfastchicago.com calendars are now published on Google Calendar:
- LMRSRF Area III Racing
- Other Racing (Sailing World NOOD Regatta, Chicago Mackinac, Verve Cup Regatta, Key West Race Week, etc.)
- Sailing Events (Strictly Sail, seminars, parties, etc.)
Google Calendar is a free online service provided by www.google.com.
Your Google Calendar account will let you create and edit your own calendars online. You can keep them private for yourself, or publish them for other people to see. You can also let other people edit the calendars. Google Calendars are a good solution for organizing people and events.
You can add Google Calendar to your existing Google Mail account, or create a new account. Either way, it only takes a few seconds to sign up. It really is that quick and easy!
You can get your free account here:
With your Google Calendar account, you can also subscribe to sailfastchicago.com calendars. Race schedule information is then updated for you automatically.
Using Google Calendar– or other software supporting the iCal format, such as Apple iCal or Mozilla Sunbird– is a good solution for the tricky, time-consuming task of managing and communicating crew schedules.
Google Calendar provides an interesting feature- free text message alerts. Not guaranteed to wake up passed-out, hungover sailors on race days, though. However, automatic text alerts may be helpful if sent early the night before racing!
sailfastchicago.com calendar – software compatibility

The sailfastchicago.com calendar has been tested for compatibility with the following software:
- Apple iCal
- Mozilla Sunbird (Mozilla Lightning plug-in has not been tested, but should also work.)
- Google Calendar
If you use any of the above software, or any other that supports ical calendar format, your calendar software is compatible with sailfastchicago.com calendar.
Subscribe to the following links to receive automatic calendar updating:
- http://www.sailfastchicago.com/ical/LMSRF_Area_3_Racing.ics
- http://www.sailfastchicago.com/ical/Other_Racing.ics
- http://www.sailfastchicago.com/ical/Sailing_Events.ics
Additional calendars are available on the sailfastchicago.com calendar, they use the same URL format as shown above.
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