 Put
Deckman conveniently in the hands of your tactician, in the cockpit
or on the rail, with our Panasonic MDWD
portable wireless handheld outdoor display!
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Deckman for
Windows - or DfW - is a tactical program which helps you make
the correct decisions to win races. Benefits of DfW include:
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calculation of optimum routes between marks or for an entire route
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- accurate determination of laylines taking account of wind and tide
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- predictions
for conditions on future legs of the course
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- information about boat performance relative to targets
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DfW has
numerous functions to assist the racing navigator: from instrument
calibration to optimum routing, data logging to tracking the position of
your competitors, DfW has facilities to improve your performance.
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Calculation of optimum routes, with the choice of a variety of sources of
information: user's own predictions in either table or graphical form,
DfW's special tidal database for popular areas, GRIB weather and current
files, or certain specialist prediction programs such as Local Knowledge
Current Server.
· Click here
to view an animation of DfW's routing facilities.
~ Flexible
data facilities, including time plots of selected variables and logging of
any variables at time periods set by the user.
· Click here
to view an illustration of DfW's wind plot for tracking wind trends.
~ Flexible
facilities for input of polar information at different wind speeds and
angles.
· Click here
to view an example of DfW's polars window.
~ Supports
inputs from different instrument systems.
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~ Facilities to recalibrate the wind data to correct for upwash and wind
shear.
~ Quick and easy zoom functions, including whole course, individual legs,
range around boat or by click-and-drag on a specific area.
~ Flexible options for accurate positioning of waypoints, including by
range and bearing from boat or previous mark, by lat/long, to an Olympic
triangle course or by click-and-drag.
~ Full colour charting; supports C-Map, Livecharts, ARCS and Maptech chart
formats.
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Possibility of networking, running copies of DfW on different computers,
but all linked to one instrument system.
~ View positions of competitors in longer races, either by inputting the
positions manually or from files from race organizers.
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~ Use of laser range finder to set positions of marks or track other
competitors.
~ Two boat telemetry for comparing performance of two boats for testing in
two boat campaigns.
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· yachtSOFT.com, LLC ·
tel: 1(800)483-8100, code #97 (outside NY Metro) or 1(516)482-8800 · fax:
1(516)482-8801 ·
· web: http://www.yachtsoft.com · e-mail: DfW@yachtsoft.com
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yachtSOFT.comtm can bundle complete packages for
you, including Deckman for Windows, marinized laptop or mini computer w/ display, and if you like, pre-installed software including
electronic charting and CD-ROM charts, weatherfax, yacht management, along with hand-held
GPS, etc., and dealer tech support, making the transition to marine computing as
easy as possible. Please contact us to assemble a system that works for you, and within
your budget.
Please e-mail or telephone us if you have any
questions about or would like to order Deckman for Windows.
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Sailmath
has been at the leading edge of racing navigation technology for
the past two decades, and has supplied equipment to every
America's Cup competition since 1983.
Sailmath's
products are used by many
of the world's top racing yachts - including the majority of
America's Cup and Volvo Ocean Race teams, as well as Around Alone,
Vendee Globe and other Grand Prix boats.