I agree that the weather can bring surprices sometimes but on the other hand that's just what real weather does.
A more frequent update could smooth things out and make things more realistic but do not create any weather data. In real life you get a forecast and it is not always the real weather mathes and the new forecast will be different from the old, as seen so many times on TV..

I would like to see all the races I have done, just for fun, a little history.
Maybe they could be added under Other races...?

I think we should scrap the participation points all together.
We have already paid a membership to do this..
And we also get points in every race we finish.
It would also be possible for new members to rech the top in reasonable time. It would be a more fair system.

To be fair, I didn't do the Finish lake race and that might explain the drop in the ranking. I just mean that the ranking is a little bit too static. It's too hard to improve by results. If you based it on the 5 most rescent races it would be a more dynamic list, also a more true list. For now I just have to start in every race to collect points and still be in the top 10, for some time.

Maybe the ranking should be based on the most rescent 5 races instead of the best 5 in 6 months? That would make it a little easier to reach the top, and it might encourage to race too.

I just had a quick look at the rankings..
I was 5th and then i won the Route of Gold part II and now I'm 6th...???
That's not right anyway you cut it..
This means that the ranking is only a list of participation. In the end it does'nt matter how you're doing.
If you want to encourage participation you should give a bonus to every 5th or 10th race, like most bonus systems do. And you could also speed up the fading process. That would encourage most to keep on sailing and try to improve. New members will not be able to reach the top even if they perform excellently.
Still a happy camper...


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I have a little problem with the white wind arrows against the white(?) background. I can not see them at all. The blue arrows is ok.

Since there are some graphical issues when paning the chart I would like a course depending center tool option. ie the boat is heading sw, then I would like a center tool to place the boat in the upper right corner. Combined with zoom in/out there might be less problem with paning.

I would like to comment on shorter races.
There is another factor against shorter races: Time spent by the computer.
On a short race it will be very important to make the best of every shift in the wind, so you can not leave the pc for too long. Maybe not at all...
Sailing short races on delayed commands..? No.. It might be possible but you will not win..
I agree with Laiska to keep the races at least 24 hrs long.