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GMSC Racing Schedule:
Download to Your PC/Mac/PDA
2010 Centerboard Schedule
Download the schedule right into your calendar. From
there it goes to your phone or PDA next time you synch it with your PC.
Go ahead and download the schedule
now, or read on for instructions, caveats, etc.
I use this with Outlook, but it should work with any other calendar that allows
importing an "internet
calendar," "virtual calendar," "iCalendar," "iCal,"
or ".ics" file. The easiest way to find out is just click the link and see
whether it works. Instructions below
are for Outlook; the process for other calendars should be similar.
If you browse with Safari, you'll be happy to know I fixed the problem you had with
last summer's centerboard schedule. Safari didn't know what to do with that schedule, but
this one works – at least on my machine.
Harbor Gun Warning
As of this writing (15 April 2010), Harbor Gun times for 4 race days
are still TBA on the GMSC site. This calendar uses the suggested times,
but they aren't official. It might be updated when the
official GMSC schedule is fixed, but that won't change the entries in your calendar.
How To
You can keep the schedule as a separate calendar or merge it into your regular
calendar. As a separate calendar, you can view it on its own or overlay it with
your regular calendar. Keeping it separate will make it easy to delete the
entire schedule and start over when the TBA times are decreed. Otherwise you
can manually update those 4 entries. (Keep in mind they were published at the last
minute for the '09 centerboard series.)
Import as separate calendar
The process is really simple:
- Click download schedule
- Click Open in the dialog
- Outlook will open and display the schedule
Let me know if you need me to explain that further –
especially you Hobie sailors. ;-)
If you don't like it as a separate calendar, delete it and follow the directions
below. To delete it, right-click on the schedule tab, select
"Delete GMSCKeelboatSchedule09.ics..." and your sins will be
forgiven.
Import into your regular calendar
This way is a little more trouble, you have to save it to your PC, then open the
file you saved. Here's how to do it using Outlook on a PC:
- Click download schedule
- Click Save
- Save it (remember where you put it)
- In Outlook, in the File menu, click "Import and Export..."
- Select "Import an iCalendar (.ics) or vCalendar (.vcs)"
- In the Browse dialog, find the file you saved (it's named
"GMSCKeelboatSchedule09.ics" unless you changed it). If it doesn't appear,
be sure to select
"iCalendar Format (*.ics)" in the "Files of type:" box
- Select the file you saved and click OK
- Outlook will display the schedule
If you're using a calendar other than Outlook, the process should be pretty
similar, just play around with it.
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