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[_] Sailing simulator Anon 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. . 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.
>> [_] Anon 2871045 neat
>> [_] Anon 2871058 Nice to see quality stuff
>> [_] Anon 2871060 so how do I crash it
>> [_] Anon 2871063 you can't even SEE the fucking BOAT
>> [_] Anon 2871108 >># 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/c ommons/6/66/Algonquin_gyro_compass2.jpg
>> [_] Anon 2871203 Are you a bad enough dude to tack into the wind?