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2008-12-27 00:17:54 - Wrong Speed VMG
I have set a course in the Sydney/Hobart race with a BS of 20.17KTS and a VMG of 17.10 but when the boat changes to that course the boat is only doing 18.9KTS and a VMG of 15.9. This dosen't look right to me.
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2008-12-27 06:41:22 - Re: Wrong Speed VMG
Well, I have checked the vmg-predictor and the actual vmg without finding any bugs... Please keep reporting if you see that behaviour in the future.
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2008-12-27 07:00:14 - Re: Wrong Speed VMG
Perhaps your performance wqas not back up to 100%; hence lower speed until you recovered from lots of tacks or gybes
If it breaks, it's not strong enough!
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2008-12-27 07:33:43 - Re: Wrong Speed VMG
YES, thats most likely the reason. Thanks! :-)
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2008-12-27 09:49:36 - Re: Wrong Speed VMG
Yes I actually think you are right. Looked back about 5 mins after course change and the figures seemed right.
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2008-12-27 10:14:47 - Re: Wrong Speed VMG
And if you are on a steady course, your speed will increase a little more, and a little more and more, whilst still PERF% is 100%.

See good hhelming is essential, rather than writing your name in the ocean! LOL
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2008-12-29 16:59:44 - Re: Wrong Speed VMG
I'm curious: does the increase in speed apply to both CC and TWA?
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2008-12-29 17:03:30 - Re: Wrong Speed VMG
I'm not sure if you misunderstood what Paul meant. When doing a course adjustment you will get lower performance for a certain period (shown in the "Performance" instrument in the client). If you don't do any further adjustments the performance will rise to 100% percent, but if you do another tack etc, it will drop again. Both adjustments using CC and TWA count.
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2008-12-31 17:37:59 - Re: Wrong Speed VMG
Hi Kalle, Jacob e.a.

I understand the performance decrease and I agree with it :-)

But sometimes it seems not to be very realistic - for example when I gype, what can give me in real life a push when well done rather than a disadvantage. So playing with wind shifts could be not wise because of the decrease in performance.

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2008-12-31 19:02:03 - Re: Wrong Speed VMG
Well, we need to implement a good-enough rule that works for all boats, all conditions and at all times so I am very sure that it sometimes might be a little unrealistic. If you have suggestions on how to model the impact on performance from maneouvers- please just let me know and we will really concider it :-)
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