To all teams competing at the Tom Curtis Regatta:
There are a few things that all teams should know before coming to the Curtis this weekend. Parking - please do not park near the FJ's. You may park in the outer lot by the restaurant or the inner lot at the end of a row. You may not park near the ramps or docks. Boats - brand new - please be gentle to them when launching and when sailing. Changing - please be discreet when changing clothes in the outer parking lot. This is a public marina and not a locker room. Cafe will be open at 9AM. Do not try to get into the cafe before 9AM. Also do not eat food not purchased from the Cafe in the Cafe. Skippers meeting will be on the deck outside the cafe at 9:15PM. Last but certainly not least - A company called Kattack will be using the Curtis regatta to market some new technology. Kattack ( www.kattack.com) is basically race tracking software much like you may have seen at the America's Cup. Before racing on Saturday Kattack will put little a GPS transponder in each boat and then record every race. At the end of the day Kattack will take all the data from the races and it online for every team and coach to see. I have cut and pasted some info from the Kattack website to give you a better understanding about what it is. The people from Kattack have assured me that there will be very little if any delay to the start of racing. Please let me know if you have any questions. With any luck we will have some decent wind tomorrow. Mike Callahan Head Sailing Coach Georgetown University [image: RacePlayerScreenShot(640X480).jpg] <http://www.projectstreamer.com/users/stevepalm/MRW_2006_Farr40_Day_2_of_4_Race_4_of_10/> *Overview * Kattack is like having a coach consistently working with you to improve your performance. This new product is a web-based software application that will collect position data from boats in a race. The race can be replayed (graphic animation) and performance data displayed (tables and charts) to indicate which elements of your race can be improved: starting, boat handling, and strategy. Our goal is to provide an affordable, effortless, entertaining, and effective product for anyone interested in enhancing their yacht race performance. *Benefits* - Personal Coach: Learn from your own computer coach by recording every move and comparing your performance against others boats. - Improved Finish Places: Determine which elements of your race can be enhanced: starting, tacking, jibing, mark rounding, boat speed, strategy. - Entertainment: Replay the race with other competitors present. You can boast about the good moves and laugh about the bad ones. *Features* - Graphical race replay - Select boats to replay - Leader board will update during the race - Zoom and Pan capabilities. - Zoom windows - Forward and rewind controls - Tabular performance data - Average boat speed - Actual distance Sailed - Distance lost from a tack - Mark rounding efficiency - Time lost at start *How It Works * - Low-cost handheld GPS unit is placed on each boat prior to the race. - The track positions are stored on the GPS as the boat races around the course. - After the race, the handheld GPS units are connected to a computer. - The position track data is uploaded to our web site. - The racer will be able to replay the race with a downloaded race player. _________________________________________________ maisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=maisa
