SOFTWARE OPTIONS


There are three software options – Cruiser, Racer and, for racing in its most competitive form, Grand Prix.

Besides their ranges of navigational functions, all three options include Seatrack’s safety at sea features - its enhanced Man Overboard function and its AIS function, which counters the risk of being run down with its minute-to-minute collision threat assessment, while Racer’s and Grand Prix’s tactical and performance functions give an invaluable competitive edge.


Range of Functions

The three options provide the following functions:
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Cruiser
Racer
Grand Prix
Advanced Chart Plotting
yes
yes
yes
Additional Navigation Screen
yes
 
 
AIS (Automatic Information System)
yes
yes
yes
Man Overboard
yes
yes
yes
Route Management
yes
yes
yes
Tides
yes
yes
yes
Virtual Instruments
yes
yes
yes
Weather Forecast
yes
yes
yes
Performance & Tactical Data Analysis
 
yes
yes
Optimum Routing*
 
yes
yes
Polar Management
 
yes
yes
Sail Chart
 
yes
yes
Tactical Planning
 
yes
yes
Tactics - This Leg
 
yes
yes
Tactics - Next Leg
 
yes
yes
Target Speeds and Angles
 
yes
yes
Target Tracking
 
yes
yes
Winning Tides*
 
yes
yes
Handicap Calculator
 
 
yes
Instrument Calibration
 
 
yes
Start Line
 
 
yes
Trend Monitor
 
 
yes



  * The Optimum Routing and Winning Tides functions are optional extras
        

Seatrack Cruiser


Cruiser is the right product for the navigator who needs a comprehensive chart plotting system without requiring boat performance data.

Routes can be created by marking waypoints and the final destination directly onto the electronic chart or from a waypoint library. Passage plans can be optimised by, for example, entering proposed time of departure and assumed boat speed.

Seatrack Cruiser includes full tidal calculations with the ability to use its own proprietary tidal information or the tidal data held within C-Map charts and Navionic Gold charts.

 

Seatrack Racer


Racer combines all of the navigational features of Seatrack Cruiser with extensive performance data acquisition and manipulation features.

Target speeds and angles are generated by reference to the yacht's polars, which are themselves created and updated by the Seatrack system. Inclusion of boat's polars, wind direction and wind speed enable detailed planning for each leg of a race.

The performance management functions combined with the tactical information derived from, for example, the Next Leg Tactics and Sail Chart functions provide a race-winning competitive advantage.

Seatrack Grand Prix


Grand Prix is the ultimate tool for the racing tactician/ navigator, with all the navigation and performance features of Seatrack Cruiser and Seatrack Racer, together with dynamic instrument calibration, handicap and start line features as well as trend plotting.


The importance of instrument calibration cannot be over-emphasised. Seatrack Grand Prix provides unique facilities to eradicate the inherent errors in most instruments' wind data calculations.

Grand Prix's Start Line, Handicap Calculator and Trend Monitor functions are unique to Seatrack, providing the tactician/navigator critical advantages over the competition.