July 5, 2005 22:44
The routing assumes one can sail their boat to some pre-defined performance level. Manufacturers and designers provide polars for their boats (wind speed/angle related to speed). Unfortunatley the majority of sailors cannot even come close to sailing their boats to the polars. The polars assume optimal sail configuration and condition, designed displacement, skilled driving, smooth seas, etc.
It would be interesting to work on a routing algorithm, I am not sure it would actually work in the real world where there are so many varibles
- Weather forecast N days out
- Actual sailed performance versus projected (polars)
- Sea state
It would be interesting to work on a routing algorithm, I am not sure it would actually work in the real world where there are so many varibles
- Weather forecast N days out
- Actual sailed performance versus projected (polars)
- Sea state
Scott Dillon
Sydney Australia
North Shore 38
CYCA
Sydney Australia
North Shore 38
CYCA