The latest version of SailGrib WR arrives with a completely revised list of weather and ocean models in order to allow users to benefit from the evolution of the offer of international forecast models. The number of models offered increases with new models and the addition of new resolutions available for certain models). Some models evolve and others are added. The version beta is already online. Read more …
Category : Applications
Arkea Ultim Challenge : eSail4VR optimizes the race
Nowadays, not less than 76.000 skippers accompany in Virtual Regatta real world runners. Among the players, many use one, or even several, routing applications available allowing them to optimize their trajectory. Among these applications, only one can be used identically – and synchronized – in all environments : Windows, macOS, Android, iOS/iPadOS : eSail4VR. Read more …
Sargassum, North Atlantic calamity
Sargassum (sargassum) are brown algae that grow in the Sargasso Sea, off Florida and the Bahamas, where they got their name from. Some floating species then drift in a long belt that sometimes extends for thousands of kilometers on the surface of the sea according to ocean currents and winds..
Until 2010 they developed mainly in their region of origin, the Sargasso Sea. In 2011, for a reason probably related to human pollution, but not only, the Sargasso Sea overflowed. Sargassum has formed a second sea in the ITCZ (Intertropical Convergence Zone) in the north of Brazil. Read more …
eSail4VR 1.11 available on platforms [Update]
In gestation and intensive testing for several months, the new version 1.11 is available on all platforms (¹). On the menu a large number of novelties, dont le « Mode Expert », a new routing engine, the support of the "boost" effect well known to specialists. Improvements mainly concern the user interface to meet the many requests and feedback from users. Let's see the details below…
[Update 29/01/2022] Fixes have been made to fix crashes on some platforms. See the latest releases at the eSail4VR page.
eSail4VR for Virtual Regatta is available on all four stores
Cross-platform app eSail4VR dedicated to routing for Virtual Regatta, I wrote about a few days ago (¹), is available for download on online stores Mac App Store (macOS), App Store (iOS/iPadOS), Google Play, Windows Store (soon activated). Just in time for the Route du Rhum !
To know everything in one click about this revolutionary application, it's on its website to install in your favorites. The application also has its FaceBook page, and its FaceBook Users Group. Read more …
eSail4VR The cross-platform revolution
In a few days the new application for Virtual Regatta will be released eSail4VR. Jointly developed by Henri Laurent (SailGrib) and Olivier Bouyssou (Weather4D), currently in intensive beta testing, the application will be available for the mythical race : the Route du Rhum. The real revolution is that it works on all platforms ! Read more …
Urgent ! Iridium GO firmware update!® et app GO!®
A new version of the firmware 2.1.22 is now available for the’Iridium GO!®. This release includes an update to correct an incorrect time and date issue for l’appareil Iridium GO!® and l’application GO!®. This issue results in incorrect time and date on device and app, which however does not affect the functionality of the device / application in any way. The calls, the data, SMS, SOS and tracking are still working normally. Only cases where a message (Fast gps, regular, SOS) contains a date / time, this will be incorrect. The order of messages in the Iridium GO application!® may not be observed, as well as missed voice calls. Upgrading the device to the new firmware version 2.1.22 will solve this problem.Navygatio : SailGrib's "Cloud" service
The latest V.6.4 update of SailGrib WR brings a major novelty : Navygatio (¹), a web interface that will allow browsing to be recorded on a server over the water, to add pictures, to share his page with relatives, to compare the tracks, to analyze performance, and many more to come. A real " cloud »at the unique service of SailGrib WR users on Android and Weather4D Routage & Navigation users with iOS. Read more …
You said "Medicane" ?
The many sailors who crisscross the "Big Blue" have known for ages that, if the navigation is relatively easy, meteorology represents a particularly difficult constraint to apprehend. Indeed, if the coasts are mostly steep and the dangers very localized, if the tides are almost negligible, if the currents are only to be taken into account in well-defined areas, the major difficulty comes from a capricious meteorology, difficult to predict, can represent a real danger by his changing moods, sudden, even brutal. Read more …
Introduction to Marine Weather [2021]
The new tutorial " Introduction to Marine Weather »Is available on the Amazon Store for e-reader and cross-platform applications Kindle.
Complete overhaul of the work initially published in 2015, new layout, clearer and more readable in portrait mode, complete revision of the text, updated videos and illustrations.
From basic knowledge to interpreting GRIB files, an educational path to help better understand the weather, the one he will do, and master the weather-routing and navigation applications, like SailGrib, Weather4D, and many others.
- 130 pages
- 15 videos
- 100 illustrations
This work replaces the previous deleted.
[Update 10 more 2021] Update V.1.3 online at Amazon.co.uk. Video correction and links.