polar – Navigation Mac

DataLinker and Sail Racer come to us from Lithuania

Posted on26 February 20166 th 20244 comments

SailRacer UAB is a small Lithuanian company founded in 2013 by a team of experienced developers and regatta passionate . They design solutions for the sailors and clubs, both software and devices, focusing on developing applications and essential accessories to the processing of navigation data for mobile devices and their operation through the Cloud. They provide an application specifically dedicated to the regatta, Sail Racer, and the first Bluetooth NMEA gateway in the market, DataLinker.

DataLinker, a Bluetooth NMEA gateway

On September DataLinker allows to receive data from the instruments on a smartphone, a tablet or other compatible mobile device, thanks to the Bluetooth Smart technology (¹). Wind data can be used, compass, speedometer, sounder and GPS with a dedicated application while remaining connected to the internet via Wi-Fi and thus share this data via the Cloud.

iPolar 2.0 and new Weather4D have arrived

Posted on8 October 201415 th 2021

iPolar 2.0 arrives with several improvements, including one expected from the beginning : the possibility of exporting fleeces by email. Done, and moreover the export of fleeces (single or multi-sail) is systematically done in 3 file formats : CSV, TXT and POL. Enough to reuse the fleeces with any application on Mac, PC or other mobile devices.

The dream !

iPolar generates speed polars for Weather4D PRO

Posted on25 November 201222 January 20216 comments

You dreamed of it since Weather4D Pro has featured its powerful routing module. He did it !

Our Toulousian crazy developer, Olivier Bouyssou, just sent Apple a new app : iPolar.

Developed in collaboration with — and on behalf of — KND SailingPerformance, iPolar calculates the performance polars of a sailboat based on specific parameters, Easy to identify : Read more …

Routing comes up in Weather4D PRO 1.3

Posted on12 th 201211 th 20249 comments

After several months of intensive development and testing, under the conditions mentioned in a previous post, Olivier Bouyssou will offer his latest version of Weather4D PRO 1.3.0. At no additional cost, the routing module will simply be added with the update !

A career as a computer developer in the service of technical engineering combined with a solid mathematical background (¹) has enabled it to develop routing algorithms that have nothing to envy to the market leaders (²). Added to an interface that everyone agrees with, this new advanced feature that will appeal to both racers and cruisers, want to optimize their trips in the best conditions of safety and comfort. The new features will :

Routing :

Routing isochronous mixed (Sail and engine).
Polar efficiency adjustment in percentage.
Management of polar combined with multiple sails sets.
Refreshment of a route from actual location.
Importing Fleeces (CSV files) by the "Open in… ” data..
Export route calculated by mail and "Open in… ” data..
Conversion of the calculated route to a "normal" route (export to iNavX).

GRIB Files :

Request for fine grids files WRF by email (email, XGate, Iridium Mail) as for the GFS.