Re: Allen? is this your machine? -- Timm

Allen wished for: >What I want is simple (?) >1) the 'turn" function so you know both where to steer the boat on a reach >and when to tack on a beat or gybe on a run. >2) Time to the line based on distance and some entered or measured >translation that takes into account how fast the boat will go, how long it >takes to turn, and how long it takes to get up to speed. These could be as >simple as a few stored profiles or the calibration run I described earlier. >Basically a stored table that says that when you are x distance from the >line, start your run to the line at y minutes and knows how to change y for >various values of x. Betcha Spithill has one. And that it displays in his sunglasses! <g> Alfred Poor 1973 Tartan 34C #288 "Jambalaya"

I bet he does. I posted this question on Sailinganarchy and the only replies I got said you need a computer to do what I want as no single product does it. I guess I could just have two gps units on board, one for starting and one for tacking. Somebody needs to build one unit that does both. Part of the problem, I think, is that most racers seemed very concerned with wind shifts. These units have wind shift indicators, something a normal GPS doesn't have. I am just not concerned with wind shifts here in SF Bay. The wind shifts but it just doesn't oscillate. Allen On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 5:44 AM, Alfred Poor <ap… [at] verizon.net> wrote: > ** > > > Allen wished for:**** > > ** ** > > >What I want is simple (?) > >1) the 'turn" function so you know both where to steer the boat on a reach > **** > > >and when to tack on a beat or gybe on a run.**** > > >2) Time to the line based on distance and some entered or measured > >translation that takes into account how fast the boat will go, how long it > >takes to turn, and how long it takes to get up to speed. These could be as > >simple as a few stored profiles or the calibration run I described > earlier. > >Basically a stored table that says that when you are x distance from the > >line, start your run to the line at y minutes and knows how to change y > for > >various values of x. > > **** > > Betcha Spithill has one. And that it displays in his sunglasses! <g>**** > > ** ** > > Alfred Poor**** > > 1973 Tartan 34C #288 “Jambalaya”**** > > ** ** > > >