Two years after its launch for the Route du Rhum 2022, the cross-platform routing application dedicated to gaming Virtual Regatta Offshore has been the subject of an essential update in the run-up to the Vendée Globe. It has been available since September 29 th, (¹), to support the all-new options of Virtual Regatta 7.0. Read more …
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SailGrib VR – Dedicated routing for Virtual Regatta
The brand new SailGrib application is available on the Google Play. SailGrib pour Virtual Regatta is solely dedicated to gaming. It brings the power of SailGrib routing optimized for Virtual Regatta enthusiasts while retaining the ergonomic and popular interface of other SailGrib applications..
By opening the application, once your Virtual Regatta credentials have been entered, you are then instantly connected to your account. By default the application opens on the last connected race. If you have other races in progress, you select them in the side menu (navigation drawer).
Position and track of the boat displayed in real time
Without any manipulation or adjustment, find your position displayed in real time on the planisphere. If a new weather file is available for the game, it will be automatically downloaded when opened. This is the same 1° GFS model that is used in the game. Read more …
Routing : from game to reality
On the second day of racing of this Vendée Globe 2020, we can say that the weather conditions that the skippers will experience on the descent towards the Doldrums will be particularly tough. After leaving in lousy weather, a first not very active cold front passed without incident, the loners will cross a second, much more violent front during the night and morning from Tuesday to Wednesday, for the group going to the West, and in the evening for the group passed between the DST (¹) and la in French.
But these future conditions are very different for Virtual Regatta players and for sailors… Read more …
Android Marine sets sail for the Vendée Globe 2020
Oh yes, everything happens ! In my entire computer-nautical career I had never played any computer game whatsoever., not even the historic Windows card game that cost businesses thousands of idle office hours… but you should never say : Never !
Or donc, here I am registered for Virtual Regatta, one among the most 340.000 players registered at this time, ready to start the Vendée Globe tomorrow at 1:02 p.m.. Like any beginner, I watched a few videos to quickly understand this game, Who, we are all, seems relatively simple for an experienced sailor. But from there to playing in the big leagues, there are still several oceans to cross !
SailGrib sets sail for the Vendée Globe 2020
Non, it's not a joke ! SailGrib embark with Weather4D on the Vendée Globe 2020 with Virtual Regatta. The two friends Henri and Olivier have together developed a routing module directly integrated into the game.
Philippe Guigné, the creator of the online game Virtual Regatta, explains in an interview with Sails & Sailboats :
«… we want the virtual Vendée Globe to be aimed at the general public and it is therefore logical that we help newbies by providing new tools. So, For this edition we are offering a routing assistance system, directly integrated into the game, in partnership with SailGrib and Weather4D. These routings will first be simplified so that everyone can use them. In a second step, we will put in place more elaborate routings which will allow us to determine long-term strategies…"
A new development for the two leaders in navigation applications, weather and routing on mobile devices, which should allow them to popularize their applications to a wide audience, and perhaps trigger vocations among the large number of players who have never set foot on the water.
The GRIB race will take place
It’s an interesting match-racing game that’s emerging on Android in the field of marine weather applications.. Indeed, since Olivier Bouyssou ported his software to Android Weather4D, the friendly Henri Laurent, who I had the pleasure of meeting at the Nautic, has worked hard to bring new features and improvements to its application SailGrib/WR. In this “digital regatta” he thus marks a formidable opponent, although it has not yet carried the advanced functions of the iOS version to Android. This tactic, which aims to maintain a lead by placing yourself resolutely in front of your opponent, is often used by the best sailors.. Read more …
SailGrib WR weather and routing on Android
After the publication of my previous article on navigation applications, Henri Laurent contacted me to correct the omission of his SailGrib WR application, unfortunately slipped through the meshes of my first research. SailGrib and SailGrib WR have been on Google Play since the beginning 2013.
These two applications are based on queries and the display of GRIB files, the WR version adds a routing module. Read more …