Digital Sail Trim - How to sail faster for free?

[@gogetnic]

This is absolutely why I love sailing - it’s engineering, all the way down, and the biggest input is invisible…!

[@teakerne]

Interesting! Can you run the software + camera while under way and get continuous real time feedback?

[@svcyclops]

I wish it could. I have to take a photo. Import. Then mark the draft stripe. So I suppose to use this one needs to mark the control lines, record their positions and then take a photo. Bit of effort for a cruiser but I am in for the challenge

[@teakerne]

@@svcyclops In order to automate this and provide real time feedback, the system would need a video feed, and would need to know the state of all of the sheets too?

[@svcyclops]

@@teakerne I bet the America’s cup boats had that in training

[@johnnycomelately6341]

Thank you

[@svcyclops]

Hope you have fun trying it out

[@TheAntoine191]

why do you say camber is depth and then draft is depth too. There are 2 different measures. I have a feeling draft is important for its influence on angle of attack.

[@svcyclops]

I may have screwed up in the video. I will check. Camber(depth) % = deepest point / length of sail. Draft is the how far aft the deepest point is. Distance from luff of deepest point / length of sail.

[@TheAntoine191]

@@svcyclops you explain it well but also you say it just "more depth" for both which is not necessary.

[@patrickkleine9954]

how can i download it

[@svcyclops]

www.bsgdev.com/CMS3/index.php/menuproducts/sailpack-viewer

[@zoiberg]

is it free software ?

[@svcyclops]

Yes. They charge the sailmakers for the better version.

[@gogetnic]

This is absolutely why I love sailing - it’s engineering, all the way down, and the biggest input is invisible…!

[@svcyclops]

I enjoy the same aspect and I am not an engineer. Engineer want to be?

[@gogetnic]

Me too. Non engineer here - when I did my first sailing course (at 50!) all the 21 year old instructors were engineers of some kind.