On the beach
The family, while the race is on
They open the link on a phone and see where their sailor is. Until now that meant an hour and a half watching three white dots on the horizon with no idea which was which.
GPS tracking for sailing races
A GPS unit on every boat and a link that opens on a phone. Families follow the race from the beach and, once it is over, the sailors can see why they won or lost.
A race is not only watched by the people sailing it. Each of them needs to see something different, which is why there is more than one screen.
On the beach
They open the link on a phone and see where their sailor is. Until now that meant an hour and a half watching three white dots on the horizon with no idea which was which.
Afterwards
Run the race again at any speed, with the whole fleet at once. Where the gap opened, how many tacks each boat made and who was pointing highest.
At the club
TV mode puts the chart, the standings and the gaps on a big screen and keeps them up to date on its own. Nobody has to stand there working a mouse.
38°
In race 2 at Cubelles the winning boat beat at an average of 38° off the wind. The other two managed 45° and 47°. You cannot see that from the beach, and the GPS measures it.
What a race can be measured on →