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8/01/2017 10:34 am  #1


I don't understand........

.......why when on, say, a close fetch to the the next mark, the Course panel shows time on Port AND Starboard in the details for that leg.

Why?  I'm on a fetch to the mark.  No tacking required.  What's going on?


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8/01/2017 11:00 am  #2


Re: I don't understand........

I can see two reasons for that behavior; the instrument TWA is wrong (probably offset to one side) and/or there is a problem with polars showing a too large optimum tacking angle. 

 

8/01/2017 11:18 am  #3


Re: I don't understand........

Hmmm not sure about those suggestions.


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8/01/2017 12:10 pm  #4


Re: I don't understand........

If I check with the simulator I see (in my example) Time on port= 0  but indeed distance on port still showing a (negative) value  (while the course is a starboard reach to the mark).    

Edit:  the above is what I see in the number boxes.   And indeed, the course panel shows both a time on port and on starboard.  The one that should have been 0 is displaying a negative value.

@Nick:  this seems to be a bug  (10.6.5)

Last edited by ZeeZee (8/01/2017 12:18 pm)

 

8/01/2017 12:12 pm  #5


Re: I don't understand........

Yes, sounds like what I'm seeing.
 


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8/01/2017 12:20 pm  #6


Re: I don't understand........

I updated my reply above.  Indeed looks like a bug.

 

8/01/2017 12:43 pm  #7


Re: I don't understand........

The negative laylines number was introduced a while back. It just means you are over-stood. There is an option to limit the displayed number to zero in race settings. 

 

8/01/2017 12:58 pm  #8


Re: I don't understand........

What is the setting called?


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8/01/2017 1:01 pm  #9


Re: I don't understand........

That's correct Nick.
However, that setting only impacts the time to layline in the number boxes (distance remains negative regardless of this setting).   In the course window the time also remains visible as a negative number regardless the setting.



 

 

8/01/2017 1:02 pm  #10


Re: I don't understand........

Agree with ZeeZee


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