Label : Routing

SailGrib VR – Dedicated routing for Virtual Regatta

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The brand new SailGrib app is available on the Google Play. SailGrib for Virtual Regatta is only dedicated to the game. It brings the power of SailGrib routing optimized for Virtual Regatta enthusiasts while retaining the ergonomic interface and appreciated by other SailGrib applications.

By opening the application, once your Virtual Regatta credentials have been entered, you are therefore instantly logged into your account. By default, the application opens on the last connected race. If you have other races in progress, you select them in the side menu (navigation drawer).

Position et trace du bateau affichés en temps réel

Position and track of the boat displayed in real time

Without any manipulation or adjustment, find your position displayed in real time on the planisphere. If a new weather file is available for the game, it will be automatically downloaded when opened. The same 1 ° GFS model is used in the game. Read more …

Routing : from game to reality

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On the second day of racing in this Vendée Globe 2020, we can say that the weather conditions that the skippers will experience on the descent to the Doldrums will be particularly tough. After a departure by a young lady, a first not very active cold front which passed without a hitch, the loners will cross a second much more violent front in the night and morning from Tuesday to Wednesday, for the group going to the West, and in the evening for the group spent between the DST (¹) la France.

But these conditions to come are very different for Virtual Regatta players and for sailors.… Read more …

Android Marine embarks for the Vendée Globe 2020

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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 !

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SailGrib embarks for the Vendée Globe 2020

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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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The race will take place GRIB

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This is an interesting match-racing looming Android applications in the field of Marine Weather. Indeed, since Olivier Bouyssou focused its Android software Weather4D, friendly Henri Laurent, I had the pleasure of meeting at Nautic, has been working hard to bring new features and enhancements to its application SailGrib/WR. In this "digital regatta" he thus marks a formidable opponent, although it has not yet brought the advanced features of iOS Android. This tactic to stay ahead by standing firmly in front of his opponent is often used by the best sailors. Read more …

SailGrib WR weather routing and Android

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SailGrib WRAfter the publication of my previous article on navigation applications, Henri Laurent contacted me to correct the omission of its implementation SailGrib WR, inadvertently passed through the mesh of my initial research. SailGrib SailGrib and WR are on Google Play since early 2013.

Both applications are based on queries and display GRIB files, WR version adds a routing module. Read more …