US Olympic Sailing Team on-the-water debriefs with TracTrac

by TracTrac 1 May 2015 14:44 BST 1 May 2015

TracTrac - the leaders in live tracking

TracTrac news letter - April 2015

US Olympic Sailing Team on-the-water debriefs

In preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games the US Olympic Sailing Team is running small clinics with their top sailors throughout the year and was looking for the best way to view the races live and debrief directly on the water with their iPad.

US Sailing turned to the TracTrac Club service to support their on-the-water debriefs. Grant Spanhake, Technical Director for the US Olympic sailing team explains how the use of TracTrac helps to improve their clinics:

“The introduction of trackers for our youth development and Olympic team has been a been a huge improvement on understanding tactics and strategy. The fact that we can view on the water certainly speeds up the learning process. What used to take days, now we can learn in one session. “

Leandro Spina, US Sailing, Olympic Coach adds:

“We can also learn about tacking and gybing angles, and time to reach top speed after a maneuver. Sailors and coaches love it.”

With the addition of US Olympic Sailing, TracTrac is now supporting the 2016 Rio Olympic campaigns of Germany, The Netherlands, China and United States.

BeTomorrow new partner in France

BeTomorrow is now the official partner and distributor of TracTrac in France.

BeTomorrow is well known for their long track record of outstanding 3D visualization of live racing , and TracTrac and BeTomorrow have already worked closely together on a long range of high profile events like the Extreme Sailing Series, Kieler Woche, 505 Worlds etc.

To extend the collaboration BeTomorrow will now be offering TracTrac’s complete live tracking services TracTrac Event and TracTrac Club in France – for events and clubs that want a reliable high quality tracking.

Jean-Dominique Lauwereins, COO at BeTomorrow says about the partnership: “We are delighted about this new partnership. TracTrac and BeTomorrow have already worked together on many occasions and it was time for us to formalize a partnership that will allow us to propose a complete solution that includes 2D tracking and 3D graphics in France and Switzerland".

Wally Class @ Gaastra Palmavela 2015

The twelfth edition of the Gaastra PalmaVela opens the Mediterranean racing season with outstanding participation. Boats from 16 nations will launch from the Real Club Nautico de Palma to race for four days in the beautiful Bay of Palma.

Following the succesful collaboration with the J-Class and the SuperYacht Racing Association, TracTrac has confirmed collaboration with the Wally Class for the entire 2015 season.

The Gaastra PalmaVela 2015 regatta is the first scoring race for the official circuit in the Wally class. The racing of the Wallies at Gaastra Palmavela can be followed live at the event page on tractrac.com or via the TracTrac Apps (iOS and Android)

National Sailing Leagues start

The success of the National Sailing League concept is going from big to huge.

Only two years after the start of the innovative sailing league format in Germany (the Deutsche Segel-Bundesliga) and the kickoff of the SAILING Champions League in October 2014 in Copenhagen, many new countries are following and are establishing their own sailing club competitions.

The national league actively brings the clubs to the fore as competitors thus constituting the highest echelon of performance in sailing at club level. This makes it the ideal vehicle for members to represent the club, strengthen the club identity, generate visibility locally and provide a stepping-stone into high-performance sailing for young members.

Just over the next couple of weeks TracTrac will be providing live tracking for the start of the sailing leagues in Germany, Denmark and Russia – and more leagues will kick off in other countries during the course of 2015.