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Originally Posted by tommays
Well its sure NOT anything new as Flyer had the first full systems allmost 30 years ago in the Whitbread (Now Volvo race)
Many basic handhelds give a VMG readout if you know were your going
We have and Ockam system and you dont want to know thats it worth about 25k BUT it does not really matter were you need to get it takes wind speed ,dirrection ,boat dirrection ect and if you want to add another module give a % of what you should be doing
We pretty much wing it and use the knotmeter as the Ockam cant really figure out the current and other boats  |
So you have $25,000 worth of instruments in the best system available and all you use is the boatspeed indicator? I'll offer a favor; I'll be happy to take the rest of the system off your hands. I'll come and collect the stuff, and only charge a small, discounted rate for my time
I am building up a Nexus system which is quite nice. I selected it because I already had a server and log and depth transducers that came with the boat, and I am adding compass and wind transducers. I am more interested in getting true wind direction then VMG.
But I was wondering how to find the marks, regardless of the instrument package. If the RC provides distance and bearing for set marks or otherwise tells us ahead of time what the marks are it's easy.
I mostly raced dinghys so you could generally see the marks.