Project 8 : Racing Yacht Sail Control System

You are a team of engineers designed to develop a sail control system for a racing yacht. This system is designed to ensure the optimum sail settings for given weather conditions. Thus the position of the wind relative to the desired sailing direction will determine the positioning of the sail while the wind strength and the loading of the mast will determine the amount of sail put out as excessive sail in strong winds can lead to snapped masts.

Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Yacht control software (Route Planning)


After reading Jarretts post I did a bit more research into Yacht route planning software. It seems that Deckman v9.1 is a well regarded software but it does have competitiors. One of these competitiors is a software program, again run through a laptop, that offers all the same services as Deckman but also has the ability to integrate a multitude of external components. These components assist with route planning by offering the planning software (Expedition in this case) a more informed version of the full picture.

Here is a list of the components that are fully integratable with the Expedition software; obviuosly the list highlights the versatility of this system:
AIS receivers,
B&G,
Cosworth,
Koden radar,
KVH Quadro,
Navico broadband radar,
Nexus NX2, FDX and NXR,
NKE,
NMEA 0183,
NMEA 2000 (not yet certified),
Ockam,
Racing Bravo,
Tacktick,
Various compasses, lasers and other sensors,
Networking support.

The link below accesses the website:

http://www.tasmanbaynav.co.nz/about.htm
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