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| Title | |||||
| Date | 2008-02-02 12:20:56 | 2008-02-02 12:21:58 | |||
| Editor | Jeroen Tiel | Jeroen Tiel | |||
| Tags | |||||
| 2008-02-02 12:20:56 by Jeroen Tiel | 2008-02-02 12:21:58 by Jeroen Tiel | ||||
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| 90 | 90 | ||||
| 91 | **VMG:** Velocity Made Good is the velocity compon | 91 | **VMG:** Velocity Made Good is the velocity compon | ||
| > | ent parallel to the TWD. By convention, positive V | > | ent parallel to the TWD. By convention, positive V | ||
| > | MG means that you are sailing towards the wind. | > | MG means that you are sailing towards the wind. | ||
| 92 | 92 | ||||
| 93 | **Time:** Is throughout the game measured with ref | 93 | **Time:** Is throughout the game measured with ref | ||
| > | erence to Universal Time Coordinated UTC. | > | erence to Universal Time Coordinated UTC. | ||
| 94 | 94 | ||||
| t | 95 | **Performance:** The percentage of boat speed you | t | 95 | **Performance:** The percentage of boat speed you |
| > | have in relation to the performance polar. You wil | > | have in relation to the performance polar. You wil | ||
| > | l have 100% if you haven’t hit land, your performa | > | l have 100% if you haven’t hit land or just made a | ||
| > | nce will go down for some time if you have hit lan | > | course change, your performance will go down for | ||
| > | d. | > | some time if you have hit land. | ||
| 96 | 96 | ||||
| 97 | **Great circle:** | 97 | **Great circle:** | ||
| 98 | A great circle constitute the shortest route betwe | 98 | A great circle constitute the shortest route betwe | ||
| > | en two locations on the globe. In the map projecti | > | en two locations on the globe. In the map projecti | ||
| > | on we use a great circle may appear to have a curv | > | on we use a great circle may appear to have a curv | ||
| > | ature, however on the globe the path is straight. | > | ature, however on the globe the path is straight. | ||
| > | See Wikipedia, [Great circle] (http://en.wikipedia | > | See Wikipedia, [Great circle] (http://en.wikipedia | ||
| > | .org/wiki/Great_circle). In Sailonline you can cho | > | .org/wiki/Great_circle). In Sailonline you can cho | ||
| > | ose to navigate using great circles. | > | ose to navigate using great circles. | ||
| 99 | 99 | ||||
| 100 | **Loxodrome (Rhumb line):** | 100 | **Loxodrome (Rhumb line):** | ||
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