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[_] Sailing simulator Anonymous 08/09/15(Sun)21:35:30 No.2871026
How to use NED – the Sailing Instructor
First - mouse over each of the elements of NED and you'll learn what they do.
NED is your virtual sailing instructor. NED will teach you how to correctly trim the sails on
almost any sailboat with a mainsail and headsail.
Your sails will be correctly trimmed when your boat speed reaches its maximum for any particular
wind speed and direction.
You can turn the boat into or away from the wind, let the sails out or tighten them up and you
can adjust the speed of the wind.
NED represents the real world polar plot of a real racer cruiser sailboat. It’s the closest thing
you can get to sailing instruction online.
NED's Elements
Helm
The helm is controlled by the split button at the bottom center of NED. Online sailing instructor
Click the starboard split and the sailboat will turn to starboard.
Sails
Sails are controlled by the winches which are located on port and starboard at the bottom of NED.
NED gives you a number above each winch to represent the number of turns on the winch. The jib
sheet is winched between 12 turns (all the way out) and 45 turns (all the way in). The main sail
is winched between 5 turns (all the way out) and 35 turns (all the way in).
Wind Vector
The red triangular arrow located outside the wind dial represents where the wind is coming from.
Click on the triangular arrow and you'll be able to adjust the speed of the wind.
Heading
The heading changes when you click or hold down the helm button.
Efficiency Meter.
The horizontal meter at the bottom of NED indicates to you how efficient your sails are trimmed.
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Heel Angle
The closer your boat is trimmed to 30 degrees off the wind and the greater the wind speed, the
greater will be the heel angle.
Depth
There is no control here.
>> [_] Anonymous 08/09/15(Sun)21:55:46 No.2871045
neat
>> [_] Anonymous 08/09/15(Sun)22:12:19 No.2871058
Nice to see quality stuff
>> [_] Anonymous 08/09/15(Sun)22:12:43 No.2871060
so how do I crash it
>> [_] Anonymous 08/09/15(Sun)22:14:51 No.2871063
you can't even SEE
the fucking BOAT
>> [_] Anonymous 08/09/15(Sun)23:20:28 No.2871108
>>2871063
hehe... out on the ocean, we call that Naval Superiority.
or, "those who shoot from far away live to shoot another day".
Personally, I'd NEVER want to see a hull unless I'm deep inside it, under all that heavy armor
plate :p
Also, this simulator IS pretty cool, but a few design bugs-
no roll indicator!
sure, I'm tacking at 9 knots with the wind at my
aft quarter, but I sure as hell better know if I'm about to dip my mainsheet in the drink.
no luffing?
OK, so i set my sails slack and point into the weather... are my sails made of kevlar plate? they
seem a little... stiff.
bearing indicator-
just.... no.
That auto-correcting aspect gives me the shits... but then again, I'm used to the real thing.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Algonquin_gyro_compass2.jpg
>> [_] Anonymous 08/10/15(Mon)01:08:22 No.2871203
Are you a bad enough dude to tack into the wind?
