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SailTimer

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The SailTimer app with optimal tacks and TTD(tm).

"What is my best sailing angle into the wind"? "How long it is going to be to tack to my destination"? SailTimer instantly shows you.

Even a GPS chartplotter costing hundreds more can't give you the functions you get with SailTimer (patent pending).

In sailing -- whether for long passages, short day-sails or for racing -- it is important to be able to determine the best heading upwind. Sailing off the wind increases boat speed but lengthens the distance to the destination. Heading too far upwind shortens the route but slows down the boat. So how are you supposed to know the best tacking routes to get there fastest?

Although GPS devices provide ETA calculations, these are based on linear distances which are not useful for sailboats. Sailboats need TTD (tm), our innovative measure of Tacking Time to Destination.

Just enter the angles of the wind and your destination, and presto: you get the optimal tacking angles.

Add the distance to the destination and you can tell your overall tacking distance. And if you add your boat length, you can even tell how long it is going to take to get there. Even on an iPod, with no GPS.

You can also set waypoints to sail to. Then, you can determine your tacking distances and times, and when you have internet, can see your tacking route in an aerial view on Google Maps.

It is also easy to set your current position manually (if using a device with no GPS). Just click "Drop Pin" then "Set Current Position".

Easy to use: see the YouTube demo videos at www.SailTimerApp.com

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What's new

Added notice about optimal tacks and TTD (tm).

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Last changed:

Nov 19, 2011

Category:

Navigation

Developer:

Indepth Navigation

Version:

4.1

Average Rating:

3.00 (3)

Size:

0.3 MB

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