Tacticat news

Tacticat [http://www.tacticat.com] is an Internet sailing tool to train tactics and rules.

Many of you have already tried and some are actively participating on the on-line regattas and events.

In the last months we've added new boat types (skiffs and keelboats), team and match races and tools to replay and analyze a race.

UK sailing community has become the first by number of sailors (not yet on the rakings, still dominated by USA and CAN )

The next months we're hosting some important events:

- National championships (UK too), a Velocitek SC-1 unit for the Brit. winner.

- Team league

- Match Racing masters.

You're welcome to try. Tacticat is a free-for-sailors technical tool (and also an on-line game). Only requirements: to have an Internet Connection and Java installed in your computer (go to www.java.com to install if you don't have it).

aestela

Tacticat Admin.

Skype is a MUST for team races. The three or 4 boats can dicuss the tactics much more easily than having to use the boat chat.

Tacticat was NOT created as a game. It was intended as a tool to train tactics and rules. The coders are all racers, that would explain the poor quality of programming in some areas but at least we think that we've suceeded  to put the user at the same situations he/she would find during the race. Even beginners find the same challenges they normally face during the first races (which leg is this?, am I Starboard?, where's the finish?, how much is left for the start?)

Obviously nothing compares to the real thing, we are not worried by the sketchy graphics or by the unreal handling of the boat and center on the tactical aspects.

aestela.

Well that helped pass an hour on a windless sunday morning...thanks for posting the link

However I now owe apologies to half-a dozen players whose virtual boats I ploughed into over the weekend whilst trying to get a hang of the controls....where's the practice area mentioned on the front page...can't see how to get to it...and badly need it....