Boats that would use this system
- Production one design racing yachts
- Custom built racing yachts
Yachts in this class require certain specifications
- Rugged reliability
- High performance
- Advanced calibration and damping features
- Easy to view information
- Tactical software
Benefits of this system
- Fast and accurate wind calculations
- Hercules Performance CPU allows full integration with Deckman via H-Link™ and provides polar performance data
- Dynamic Damping for faster changes in displayed numbers during manoeuvres
- Boat speed linearity and heel corrections
- Re-calculated apparent wind values offer superior performance and accuracy
Complimentary hardware and software
- WTP2 can replace the existing processor to give more accurate data by correcting errors caused by the motion of the yacht
- A heel sensor can be added to improve accuracy of wind calculations and resolve tack-to-tack boatspeed errors
- Add a Halcyon Gyro-Stabilised Compass to improve heading data and provide heel and trim data, for highly accurate true wind calculations
Recommended Simrad equipment
- RS82 VHF
- HT50 Handheld VHF
- CX44 NavStation
Tips
- Accurate use of polar data relies on well calibrated boat speed and wind data
- Display Target Speed on a 20/20 to give the crew something to aim for while accelerating out of the tack
- In general, target boat speed is best upwind, % reaching performance when reaching and target true wind angle downwind