I used to do a lot of APL programming. A few years ago, I had developed
a sailing "simulator". But the only thing it did was to actually train
your eyes for calling laylines under current. The graphics showed just
somebody hiking, looking upwind. And the upwind mark would gradually
come into view. (The keelboat version showed a tactician on the rail.)
It had Laser, J-22 and J-24 versions.
It was back in 1995 or '96, I guess. I took it over to Annapolis Boat
Show and showed it to a bunch of people at the Laser booth. John
McCausland (to me, always a Laser sailor since I've always looked at his
transom in all Cooper River Laser regattas and frostbite series) and Rob
Seidelman (also from Cooper River YC) always called it right, with
hundred percent accuracy, while others were off by a mile! Those two
were good under all current and all wind (boatspeed) conditions. I got
disgusted with the accuracy of those guys! Some people...
I nevertheless liked my simulator because I knew and had faith in how
the program was operating. I believe the innards of a simulator, the
equations that make it tick, are THE features I would love to know about
before deciding whether any simulation software is good or not. I'd hate
to condition myself with electronic experiences that are not based on
"correct" descriptions of a boat's behaviour.
Any other APL freaks out there?
Shevy Gunter
DEATHROLL 134145
mailto:drlaser (at) roostergraphics.comhttp://www.RoosterGraphics.com/drlaser
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