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| Date | 2007-12-20 08:53:24 | 2007-12-20 11:32:07 | |||
| Editor | Jakob Kuttenkeuler | Jakob Kuttenkeuler | |||
| Tags | |||||
| 2007-12-20 08:53:24 by Jakob Kuttenkeuler | 2007-12-20 11:32:07 by Jakob Kuttenkeuler | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 67 | ||||
| 68 | **Bow:** The nose of the boat. | 68 | **Bow:** The nose of the boat. | ||
| 69 | 69 | ||||
| 70 | **Stern:** The aft most part of the boat. | 70 | **Stern:** The aft most part of the boat. | ||
| 71 | 71 | ||||
| n | 72 | **TWA:** True Wind Angle (from 0 to 180 degrees), | n | 72 | **TWA:** True Wind Angle (ranging from -180 to 180 |
| > | i.e the angle between the boat centerline and the | > | degrees), i.e the angle between the boat centerli | ||
| > | incoming wind. TWA=0 means that the wind comes in | > | ne and the incoming wind. TWA=0 means that the win | ||
| > | from over the boat bow. TWA<0 indicates wind from | > | d comes in straight from over the boat bow. Negati | ||
| > | the port side. | > | ve TWAs indicates wind from the port side. | ||
| 73 | 73 | ||||
| n | 74 | **TWD:** True Wind Direction is the angle from whe | n | 74 | **TWD:** True Wind Direction (ranging from 0 to 36 |
| > | re the wind blows. TWD=0 means wind from the north | > | 0 degrees)is the angle *from * where the wind blow | ||
| > | , TWA=90 means wind from the east etc. | > | s. TWD=0 means wind *from* the north, TWA=90 means | ||
| > | wind from the east etc. | ||||
| 75 | 75 | ||||
| n | 76 | **TWS:** True Wind Speed in meters/second or knots | n | 76 | **TWS:** True Wind Speed in either of the units me |
| > | . | > | ters/second (m/s) or knots (kn). | ||
| 77 | 77 | ||||
| t | 78 | **Course:** The direction of the boat velocity whi | t | 78 | **Course:** The direction of the boat velocity (0 |
| > | ch in this game is equal to the boat heading since | > | to 360 degrees) which in this game is equal to the | ||
| > | no water currents are present. | > | boat heading since no water currents are present. | ||
| > | |||||
| 79 | 79 | ||||
| 80 | **Distance:** is in this nautical game measured in | 80 | **Distance:** is in this nautical game measured in | ||
| > | nautical miles. One nautical mile equals 1.852 km | > | nautical miles. One nautical mile equals 1.852 km | ||
| > | /h. | > | /h. | ||
| 81 | 81 | ||||
| 82 | **BS:** Boat Speed is measured in knots. One knot | 82 | **BS:** Boat Speed is measured in knots. One knot | ||
| > | equals one nautical mile per hour. | > | equals one nautical mile per hour. | ||
| 83 | 83 | ||||
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