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A new Expert Guide published by Voiles & Boat

Posted on18 November 202213 January 2024

Navigate with a Digital Tablet and a Smartphone has just been published by Editions Sails & Boat, available in bookstores and specialized stores, since the Sails shop & Boat, on FNAC Books and Amazon. One digital version specific is online at Apple Books Store.

Tablets and smartphones : choose the right device and the essential accessories on board.
Navigation apps : review and detailed description according to your type of navigation, per day, coastal, or offshore.
The integration from mobile devices to on-board instruments : understand and implement.

A step by step 128 pages to update yourself with the latest developments and equip yourself wisely today. 19,90 € Read more …

Update "Introduction to Marine Weather"

Posted on22 November 202117 November 2022

Update 1.7 of the Manual « Introduction to Marine Weather »For Amazon Kindle.

Addition of a summary allowing direct access to the pages by a tap on their number.
Addition of a back to summary button on all pages.
Addition of new illustrations.
Correction of links.
Minor fixes and improvements.

Routing : from game to reality (Continue)

Posted on12 November 202012 November 2020

Friday 13 November will not be a lucky day for the Vendée Globe skippers 2020 (¹). They will have to negotiate the meeting with the tropical storm "Theta" which crosses their course with average winds which can reach the 40 knots and strong gusts. Especially the sea will be to fear because, strongly crossed when passing the low pressure center, the waves may exceed the 6 meters and surge chaotically. Read more …

Android Marine embarks for the Vendée Globe 2020

Posted on8 November 20208 November 2020

eh yes, everything happens ! In my entire IT-nautical career I had never played any game on a computer, not even the historic Windows card game that cost businesses thousands of idle office hours… but you should never say : never !

Or donc, here I am registered at Virtual Regatta, one among the more than 340.000 players registered at this time, ready to start the Vendée Globe tomorrow at 1:02 p.m.. Like any beginner, I watched some videos to quickly understand this game, who, are all, seems relatively simple for a confirmed sailor. But from there to playing with the big boys, there are still several oceans to cross !

SailGrib embarks for the Vendée Globe 2020

Posted on20 October 202020 October 2020

Not, This is not a joke ! SailGrib embark with Weather4D on the Vendée Globe 2020 with Virtual Regatta. The two friends Henri and Olivier have jointly developed a routing module directly integrated into the game.

Philippe Guigné, the creator of the online game Virtual Regatta, explains in an interview with Sails & Boat :

«… we want the virtual Vendée Globe to be aimed at the general public and it is therefore logical that we help neophytes by providing new tools. So, for this edition we are offering a routing assistance system, directly integrated into the game, in partnership with SailGrib and Weather4D. These routings will first be simplified so that everyone can use them. In a second time, we will set up more elaborate routings that will allow us to determine long-term strategies…"

A new evolution for the two leaders in navigation applications, weather and routing on mobile devices, which should allow them to popularize their applications to a large audience, and perhaps spark vocations among the large number of players who have never set foot on water.

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ECMWF weather data soon open to the public [2part]

Posted on1 October 20202 October 2020

Source : The Parliament Mag by Umberto Modigliani, deputy director of forecasts of ECMWF, responsible, with the department director, continuous production of forecasts and user relations.

Beginning of October, the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (CEPMMT) will take a big step forward by making hundreds of its forecast maps freely available to all.
These changes are part of a large European initiative to make public sector data free and open, to encourage innovation and support a thriving data-driven digital economy.

Until now, full access to these forecast charts was restricted to national meteorological and hydrological services of ECMWF Member States and Cooperating States, to members of the World Meteorological Organization and to business customers. Access was subject to a series of custom licenses and high fees. Read more …

ECMWF weather data soon open to the public [11st part]

Posted on1 October 20205 October 2020

Created in 1975 at the initiative of members of the European Union, the European Center for Medium-Term Meteorological Forecasting is an independent intergovernmental organization with, until this day, is located in Reading, England. ECMWF is funded by 22 member states and 12 associated states. It employs nearly 350 people, and its supercomputer equipment is one of the largest in Europe. For about fifteen years, ECMWF forecasts tend to be among the most accurate in the world, according to verification data from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). ECMWF is currently headed by French meteorologist Florence Rabier, who worked at the local Meteorological Office of Météo-France.

But, since the advent of Brexit, the situation has changed. UK no longer part of the EU, CEPMMET must move to a European country, and this may have, for weather data users, consequences… positives. Read more …

Weather4D offers GRIB Météo-France

Posted on2 August 201528 August 2020Comment

Short summer : Weather4D becomes the first application of weather and navigation to provide the ARPEGE and AROME forecasting models of Météo-France, now available for free at GRIB.

Model ARPEGE : resolution of 0.5 ° (30MN) for the world, 0,1° (6 MN) for Europe, Maturity up 96 h. Available all 6 hours.
Model AROME for France : resolution of 0.025 ° (1,5 MN), Maturity up 36 hours no 1 time. Available all 3 hours.

Update 1.1 To download on Google Play.

Marine electronics manufacturers and the Tablet phenomenon

Posted on22 November 201430 November 20143 Comments

A few days before the opening of Paris Nautic where, I would remind, I will be present on the stand iTabNav (Hall 2.1 – D31), an overview is required. And precisely, in our immediate horizon we will have, like every year, the proximity of their representatives and marine electronics manufacturers.

In the previous edition of the boat show, I could see the nervousness - not to say hostility - manufacturers respect the phenomenon Crescent of tablets and other smartphones on the market of navigation. (A) promote these devices and their applications, I do probably not have only friends in this environment. However, the strong pressure of the purchasers of boats, and so navigation electronics, a forced such manufacturers to incorporate a minimum of interactivity between their own equipment and mobile devices now owned by a majority of browsers.

What prompts me to do a quick update on the State of the supplied applications and the progress of the proposed functions.

Shoot the sky your next sailing cheap

Posted on16 January 201429 October 2022Comment

You dream of filming your boat navigation on your next holiday ? To impress your friends with aerial views of the crew ? It is now within the reach of your scholarship : not need to hire the services of a helicopter or microlight, a thousand euros and a little practice enough (¹) !

The Phantom 2 Vision (²) Chinese society DJI Innovations is for you. This remote controlled drone ships WiFi HD 1080p video camera taking photos 14 Mpx. Remote control associated with a smartphone can completely control the flight direct vision from the camera, controlling the vertical and horizontal rotation of the camera, and manipulate shots, films ou clichés. Read more …