Show HN: Global sailing navigation simulator using real weather/ocean data

Re:Show HN: Global sailing navigation simulator using real w... by serkandurusoy on Saturday June 27, 2020 @11:18AM (#23662360)

This is awesome!

Do you plan on adding different types of boats with varying sailing characteristics?

Adding a multihull could be an amazing second option for those who want to compare downwind/upwind characteristics as usually debated.

Oh and if you ever feel like adding in internationalization to this, I'd love to help with a Turkish translation.

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Re:Show HN: Global sailing navigation simulator using real w... by ls65536 on Saturday June 27, 2020 @11:45AM (#23662525)

Hey, thanks!

Yes, different boat profiles is on my list of things to add at some point. There are some impressive global races [1][2] that happen every few years using some interesting boats, so it would be neat to follow along virtually in this way.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ocean_Race

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vend%C3%A9e_Globe

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Re:Show HN: Global sailing navigation simulator using real w... by 082349872349872 on Sunday June 28, 2020 @12:55AM (#23666834)

If you ever get tired of sea-going vessels, I read an account of the Graf Zeppelin's 1929 circumnavigation which claimed that daily route planning was very similar to sailing in that taking advantage of weather patterns gave them significant deltas on top of the motors.

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/08/19/globetro...

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Re:Show HN: Global sailing navigation simulator using real w... by serkandurusoy on Sunday June 28, 2020 @06:45AM (#23667927)

Follow along sounds neat!

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