Sail News»SMS updates via Twitter

A link to all new Sailing articles on this site are now automatically updated to Twitter,  so you can get your race position as soon as they are posted.

If you have a Twitter account and follow http://twitter.com/RPCYC with the mobile option you will receive a text whenever a sailing post with results is put on this site.

How to follow RPCYC on Twitter

4 simple steps

  1. Sign up for a Twitter account
  2. Register your mobile against your account
  3. Find and Follow RPCYC
  4. Add mobile updates

Step 1

Follow standard Twitter signup procedure here.

Step 2 – Register your mobile

Step 3 – Find and follow RPCYC

Step 4 – Add mobile updates for RPCYC posts

Click on the RPCYC link to go to the RPCYC Twitter page.

Click on the clear mobile icon

Once it’s set it will go green.

All sailing articles will now be sent to your mobile.

Mobile options

When you get a text you can:

  • Use a computer and go to the twitter site and click through the latest tweet to the new article on www.rpcyc.co.uk
  • Use a computer and go straight to www.rpcyc.co.uk and find the article in the normal way
  • Click the link in the SMS on your mobile.  This will take you twitter from where you can click through to the article.

The image below shows Sailwave results on a mobile after clicking through from an SMS update.

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by Rob Beaton

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