Grib
Currents
Maps
Waypoints
Barriers

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Route
Routing
Options
Open a grib
Arrows of the wind
Wind with interpolation
Wind without interpolation
Zones of the grib
Scale of the wind
Frame the grib
Arrows of the currents
Zones of the currents
Scale of the currents
Tides
Land
Shorelines
Map grid
Add a set of waypoints
Remove all waypoints
Show waypoints
Type of display
Add a set of barriers
Save all barriers
Remove all barriers
Open a route
Save the route
Remove the route
Frame the route
Stick the route to the waypoints
Parameters of the routing
Start the routing
Export the routing
Remove the routing
Frame the routing
Panels of information
Options of SimSail
Full screen
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About SimSail
SAILING BOAT ROUTING
F1 for Help
- Load a grib file (menu grib)
- Load a route or create it with the mouse
- Parameter the routing (Tab key)
- Launch the routing (Space bar)
Written in C++ (Win32 and Direct2D) with Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2013
SimSail is under GNU Public Licence, version 3
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Toolbar always visible
Opacity:
Background:
Sounds
Language
Tooltips
Tooltips visible
Tooltip:
Tooltime
Color 1:
Color 2:
Background:
Opacity:
Coast:
Land:
Sea:
Map grid:
Cities:
Barrier:
Trafic SS:
Waypoint:
Route:
Wind zone:
Current zone:
Tide:
Routing:
Sailing:
Engine:
Isochrone:
Segment:
Ellipse:
Gribs ...
Polars ...
Routes ...
Waypoints ...
Reset
Zoom:
Show lakes
Name of the cities
Show coastal cities
Show lake cities
Show capitals
Strait segment (orthodromy):
Thickness of the route:
Colors
10 colors
26 colors
Show wind barbs
Center arrows
One color per knot on interpolated map
TSS selected:
All
None
Update
Serial port:
Baud rate:
Parity:
None
Even
Odd
Show the boat
Connect
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GPS is connected
DPS is not connected
Options
Tools
Panels
Colors
Folders
Map
Route
Wind
TSS
Com
Routing Parameters
Start
Method
Scanning
Polar
Engine
Wind
Current
Sea
Obstacles
Display
Default
Start
Start
Start from the boat
No routing outside the grib
Method
Best course
Isochrones
Time Step
Auto
Max iterations:
Ellipse
Eccentricity:
First isochrone:
Next isochrones:
Step:
Prune distance:
Quality:
Very low
Low
Normal
High
Very high
Polar
Wind
Start
Value
Min
Max
Step
Iterations
Polar ...
Display
Effectiveness:
(100% means optimal speed)
Tack
Loss of speed:
(Ex.: 30% means that the speed during the tack goes down to 70% of the initial speed)
Duration:
(To retrieve the initial speed)
Engine when low speed
If boat speed is lower than:
Speed with engine:
Fuel consumption:
Intensity:
Lag:
Surface wind on the route
Minimum:
Maximum:
Constant wind
Force the wind
Speed:
Direction:
Tidal currents
Boat counters the current
Sea state
Up wind:
(% of normal speed = lesser speed)
Down wind:
(% of normal speed = better speed)
Avoid coasts
Level of details of the coasts:
Avoid barriers
0 - Crude
1 - Low
2 - Intermediate
3 - High
4 - Full
Render after each isochrone
Show the isochrones
Show the segments
Show the ellipses
Show the hours
Thickness of the routing:
Show the summary
Scanned routings in black
Current:
No current
Wind:
No wind
Wind layer:
Layer: unique
Boat
Direct2D cannot be initialised.
Grib is not a rectangle.
waypoint is on land.\nMove the waypoint!
waypoints are on land.\nMove the waypoints!
Bad route for routing
Grid:
The first waypoint is out of the grib space.
The currents cannot be loaded.\nReinstall them.
Confirm the reset of the parameters.
Reset the default parameters
The wind is constant as no grib has been loaded.
Select a directory
Select a grib
Select a polar
Select a route
Save the route
Select a set of waypoints
Select a set of barriers
Save the barriers
Save the optimal route
Scan
Polar:
Wind:
Start:
hr
Winds are out of the routing
Last waypoint not reached
Routing interrupted
SHORTCUTS
F1
F2
F3
F4
P
R
F10
F11
Tab
Space
Escape
Delete
Backspace
Help
Center boat
Center route
Center routing
Polar
Results of the routing
Options
Full screen
Parameters of the routing
Launch the routing
Stop the routing
Delete the route
Delete the routing
Left
Right
Up
Down
Page Up
Page Down
Ctrl + Page Up
Ctrl + Page Down
Shift + Page Up
Shift + Page Down
Home
End
Previous hour
Next hour
Next original layer
Previous original layer
Previous time step
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Previous 10 time steps
Next 10 time steps
Previous 60 time steps
Next 60 time steps
Start of grib or routing
End of grib or routing
Original routing
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
day
days
hr
min
s
Polar
Wind
Start
Final Waypoint
TIMES
Departure
Arrival
Duration
DISTANCES
Theoritical
Sailed
BOAT SPEED
Average
Range
ENGINE
Engine
Hours of engine
Consumption
WIND
Average
Range
POINTS OF SAIL
Engine
Up
Reaching
Down
TACKS
Portside
Starboard
Changes
CURRENT
Downstream
Upstream
Neutral
CALCULATIONS
Isochrones
Points
Valid points
Duration
Reached
Not reached
Parameter
Scan
Currents On
Currents Off
Dots
Step
Lines
Dots & Lines
Speed
Engine/Sailing
Engine
Sailing
Wind force
Wind direction
Points of sail
Up
Reaching
Down
Current
Up
Neutral
Down
Tack
Portside
Starboard
Delete the route
Reverse the route
Delete all waypoints after
Delete all waypoints before
Delete this waypoint
Prolong the route
Add a waypoint
Delete this barrier
Delete all points after
Delete all points before
Delete this point
Prolong this barrier
Add a point before
Delete all barriers
Add a new barrier
Create a route
Replace the route
Provider
No
Yes
Init Map ...
Load Tides ...
Load Currents ...
Load Winds ...
Default (SimSail)
SHOM ( France)
Precise position of the waypoint
Corrected time
Several polars
Polar:
Rating:
Modify the route or the parameters of the routing