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    Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 9:20am
Right... the big question is which ones do people think are best? I have heard a lot of people raving about the tacktick which seems good but limited in its options. I really want something that does speed as well but don't really want to fork out £500 for the top of the range one! I heard a rumour about something called a velocitrex but must be spelling it wrong as I can't find anything about it online. Any ideas?
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Hi,

Try looking on the Sailing Anarchy web site there is a link http://www.sailinganarchy.com/

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If you want a tactical compass, Tacktick is good.

If you want speed for general interest, any GPS will provide that, carried in a waterproof bag (which are made for the purpose). If you want speed for tuning, forget GPS; it isn't accurate enough to be useful. Keelboats use impellers (through-hull units) to give speed and various manufacturers make readout units (which are specific to the impeller type). However if you are a dinghy sailor, I doubt you want to go that route.
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Originally posted by timnoyce

Right... the big question is which ones do people think are best? I have heard a lot of people raving about the tacktick which seems good but limited in its options. I really want something that does speed as well but don't really want to fork out £500 for the top of the range one! I heard a rumour about something called a velocitrex but must be spelling it wrong as I can't find anything about it online. Any ideas?


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Yep. I was hoping for something along the lines of the tacktick but it seems rather expensive for basically a compass! The speed thing is only for sh*ts and giggles really, just so i can say "i was going xx knots when i ruined you downwind" etc
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Tim,  what you are looking for is a Velocitek
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Nice one Fergus. Cheers for that, I'll have to try and fund that now... 
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mmm, it seems that the VMG function could be useful apart from the fact that it relies on you defining 2 waypoints so that it can work out the calculations. Not sure there would be time before racing to buzz the course to enter the co-ordinates?!

Maybe thats where the skilled rescue boat driver comes into play to update my co-ordinates between races!

http://www.velocitekspeed.com/vmg.php


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Is there a UK dealer?
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theres a french one, seems close enough.
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