I dont have time to research it, but if you are talking about the
...97? Transpac (or was it 99?) Pye wasnt the only boat
to brake Merlins record. I think 5 or 6 boats did that year, and, as
with any distance record, it had as much to do with WX and
WX routing as it did with software (though I think
thats pretty neat to have a constant "here's how yer doin'"
electronic feedback.
whatever, fast darn boats!!!
cheers,
tf
Phil Agur wrote:
When Pyewacket shattered Merlin's the twenty year old TransPac record by a
full day they did so using a computer program which stored polar performance
data associated with sail configuration, rig loads, and sea state and
informed the crew whenever they were dogging it. It was a 24/7 nag program,
written by navigator Stan Honey which fed back what had been was faster
before and by how much.
