Hi folks and well done on a beautiful an unique game! I'm really into sailing myself so I bought the game as soon as I saw it on the app store (I run it on my mac).

I am currently on stage 6, which requires six stars to progress to stage 7. I am using the Four Winds, she is fast, but I am NOWHERE near the silver award (two stars), let alone the gold. My best time has been 1'25", and achieving 1:10 seems like impossible. I am playing without a captain and I must have tried this round over 15 times.

Am I missing something? Perhaps the point of this stage is to accumulate so much XP so that I can upgrade the boat at least once and make it through the next stage? Other than that I don't know, I just have one star and it appears to be impossible to get the 2-star award, not to mention the gold. And as far as I understand all three awards are required.

I really hope I am missing something.

Thanks for a great game, keep on innovating!