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SailTimer

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"What is my best sailing angle into the wind"? "How long it is going to take 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 the Tacking Time to Destination (TTD).

Fortunately, SailTimer (tm) software has been developed to resolve these long-standing seafaring problems.

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.

Product Videos

How to Use the SailTimer App (04:24)

SailTimer is a low-cost app for iPhone and iPod. Rather than a complicated instruction manual, just watch this video overview. A picture is worth 1000 words. SailTimer has a LARGE display of speed in knots that uses the GPS in iPhones. But even when there is no GPS (on an iPod) or no internet connection (for Google Maps), you can get some very helpful tacking information. 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. Standard GPS chartplotters do not account for the obvious fact that sailboats zig-zag across the wind. How can they calculate your correct ETA if they don't know how far you are tacking? Unlike the cost of GPS chartplotters, this is an inexpensive download for a device that you can carry around in your pocket. To download your own copy, just search in the App Store for SailTimer ($13.99) or SailTimer Lite (FREE). Or get the links and background information on SailTimer and on our new waterproof handheld called The Sailing GPS from www.IndepthNavigation.com