In any sport its important to do post match analysis. Sailing is no exception.
With all the races that we do on Jengu we try to assess what we did right, what went wrong and what we could do better next time.
The sources of information on any sailing boat are vast. There are literally dozens of tools that we can use to record and review our performance.
Read MoreHow do I get the information out of my boats network?
Most modern sailing boats have networks that run on NMEA 2000 protocol or proprietary variants of that type. The networks connect the various devices on the boat together and allow the exchange of information. Rockit is expecting to receive data in NMEA 0183 format. This is an earlier easier to read version of the NMEA standard.
If you have already setup an interface between your computer and the boats network, then you can move onto the next stage in this article. If not, then read on.
Read MoreReviewing the data collected for Jengu racing to St Vaast using Rockit over the bank holiday weekend.
There was a lot of debate before departure as to which weather model was going to be right GFS or ECMWF. A lot of time was spent reviewing the maps from Predict Wind and Wind Guru; pretty inconclusively, there comes a point where you just have to wait and see what will happen.
Read MoreThe results are out.
Read MoreIn addition to the discussion in the last post.
This is the track from the Race loaded into Google Earth.
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