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    The raw data which is available from the pebble app on your is pasted below. It shows the the Wind alerts and Mark creations. I recorded the whole journey with the normal raceQs app as well and the link to that journey is also listed below. Attached are snapshots of the mark creations.

    Mark creations
    In general, the mark creations work quite well. Only WM-12:56 and LM-12:44 are way off for which I don’t have an explanations, the wind didn’t change that much in that upwind leg.

    The windward marks (WM) are mostly pinnend between the TOP mark and offset mark. I think the app just caclucates the Highest point sailed according to the wind. I think this is accurate enough since offset marks are  100 meters away at most. In an outerloop course, this method could fail however.

    Windward mark creation

    leeward mark creation

    The use of mark creations is to give automatic calls for layline. However I haven’t seen any lay-line notification on my pebble. It is possible that i Missed all of them or they never showed.

    Then there are the Pin-POS and RCB Pos. It is only showing the last recorded position, however for replay purposes i would appreciate if the previous positions are logged as well. For replay purposes it would also be nice to show exactly when the start was.

    Wind alerts
    I have copied the wind alerts to excel and did some analysis. I removed those wind alerts which occured while we were not racing. Te starts took place at 12:04, 13:24, 14:18 and 15:17. I had to remove a lot of windalerts. Next time I will reset the timer so the apps isn’t in race mode. I think the app isn’t recording windalerts when not in race mode.

    The wind direction was varying between 22 and 340. Since the wind angle was varying of the north, I adjust the wind angle. So -20 degreees means wind angle of 340. The graphs are display the wind angle and changes.

    graphs

    Things noticed:

    • Well. The log says wind Adjust by +5 from 1 to 9. But 9-1=8. I recalculated the wind alterations. The calculated wind alternations only seem to match on 11 of  66 wind alerts.
    • The peak at 15:22 is realy strange. Though it was the first tack of a new race, the wind direction isn’t calculated correctly.
    • According to the log, the wind was very shifty, however in reality we had a very stable wind.

    My opinion on the windalerts is that they are too unstable. They are not accurate enough to base your tactics on.

    Replay of races:

    http://raceqs.com/tv-beta/tv.htm#userId=1018650&divisionId=40671&updatedAt=2016-05-28T16:03:22Z&dt=2016-05-28T11:18:47+02:00..2016-05-28T18:03:27+02:00&boat=DG%20press&model=F18

    Log from phone

    version: Not yet retrieved from watch.

    platform: aplite

    model: pebble_orange

    language: en_US

    firmware: 3.12.1.

    pebbleGuid: 6b13997627959792f040fe4aa3bead07

    boatLength: 12

    bowOffset: 8

    windAlerts:

    11:50:33 Manual set to 339

    11:53:08 Manual set to 3

    11:53:20 Manual set to 360

    12:06:15 H (S) of -5 to 355

    12:06:46 L (S) of 5 to 1

    12:08:26 L (P) of -8 to 357

    12:08:55 H (P) of 5 to 1

    12:12:46 H (P) of 5 to 9

    12:12:55 L (P) of -5 to 4

    12:25:29 L (S) of 10 to 4

    12:25:53 H (S) of -13 to 351

    12:26:34 L (S) of 7 to 359

    12:27:40 L (S) of 6 to 9

    12:28:02 H (S) of -7 to 1

    12:30:15 H (P) of 8 to 13

    12:30:47 L (P) of -5 to 3

    12:33:48 H (P) of 11 to 10

    12:34:34 H (S) of -6 to 4

    12:35:15 L (S) of 7 to 7

    12:35:28 H (S) of -5 to 360

    12:45:38 H (S) of -7 to 0

    12:45:39 L (S) of 6 to 6

    12:50:33 L (P) of -14 to 356

    12:50:33 H (P) of 9 to 5

    13:05:08 L (P) of -6 to 5

    13:07:34 H (P) of 17 to 25

    13:07:58 L (P) of -9 to 16

    13:08:58 H (P) of 16 to 29

    13:09:13 L (P) of -9 to 22

    13:09:46 H (P) of 10 to 26

    13:10:14 L (P) of -10 to 16

    13:10:25 H (P) of 6 to 22

    13:11:08 H (P) of 5 to 31

    13:12:09 H (P) of 5 to 31

    13:29:08 L (P) of -29 to 0

    13:29:23 L (P) of -5 to 358

    13:29:56 H (P) of 7 to 5

    13:37:24 H (S) of -13 to 356

    13:37:25 L (S) of 6 to 2

    13:37:55 L (S) of 5 to 4

    13:40:21 L (S) of 6 to 7

    13:41:05 L (P) of -17 to 353

    13:41:13 H (P) of 13 to 5

    13:51:45 L (S) of 6 to 9

    13:52:33 L (S) of 8 to 16

    13:52:52 H (S) of -9 to 7

    13:53:30 L (P) of -5 to 6

    14:08:03 H (P) of 21 to 28

    14:09:51 L (P) of -5 to 28

    14:10:23 L (P) of -7 to 24

    14:23:26 L (P) of -19 to 5

    14:34:25 H (S) of -5 to 357

    14:35:58 L (S) of 7 to 5

    14:36:09 L (S) of 5 to 9

    14:46:33 H (S) of -6 to 351

    14:47:12 L (S) of 6 to 357

    14:47:45 L (S) of 5 to 359

    14:52:21 H (P) of 5 to 359

    14:59:59 H (P) of 17 to 12

    15:01:57 H (P) of 17 to 24

    15:02:06 H (P) of 6 to 30

    15:04:20 H (P) of 5 to 31

    15:05:15 L (P) of -10 to 21

    15:06:39 H (P) of 5 to 33

    15:07:11 L (P) of -19 to 18

    15:08:01 H (P) of 15 to 33

    15:08:15 L (P) of -6 to 28

    15:09:41 L (P) of -10 to 18

    15:10:46 H (S) of -64 to 314

    15:10:46 L (P) of -88 to 226

    15:10:58 H (P) of 7 to 233

    15:11:01 L (P) of -5 to 226

    15:11:40 L (S) of 31 to 257

    15:11:41 H (S) of -15 to 242

    15:12:56 Manual set to 12

    15:18:20 H (S) of -30 to 342

    15:19:13 H (S) of -6 to 340

    15:22:02 H (P) of 37 to 21

    15:22:03 L (P) of -19 to 2

    15:31:31 L (S) of 6 to 5

    15:32:50 H (S) of -6 to 359

    15:35:10 L (P) of -7 to 359

    15:38:42 H (S) of -7 to 357

    15:46:27 L (S) of 5 to 3

    15:50:47 L (P) of -5 to 346

    15:59:03 L (S) of 11 to 358

    15:59:23 H (S) of -5 to 355

    16:01:45 H (S) of -5 to 357

    16:01:50 L (S) of 7 to 4

    16:02:04 H (S) of -5 to 356

    16:02:46 H (S) of -5 to 352

    16:03:40 H (P) of 14 to 6

    16:03:41 L (P) of -6 to 0

    16:04:47 L (P) of -7 to 357

    16:07:58 H (P) of 8 to 358

    16:08:40 L (S) of 5 to 5

    16:15:27 L (S) of 5 to 7

    16:16:18 L (S) of 9 to 15

    16:16:45 H (S) of -7 to 8

    16:17:13 L (S) of 7 to 20

    17:46:52 L (P) of -31 to 343

    17:46:52 H (P) of 15 to 358

    17:50:12 L (S) of 35 to 33

    17:54:28 H (P) of 23 to 57

    17:54:28 L (P) of -12 to 45

    17:55:05 L (S) of 41 to 86

    17:55:05 H (S) of -20 to 65

    17:55:16 H (S) of -7 to 60

    RCBPos: 51.74422,3.90379

    PINPos: 51.74412,3.90029

    Pinged_Marks:

    WM-15:52: 51.76021,3.89865

    LM-15:43: 51.74489,3.90155

    WM-15:39: 51.75995,3.89879

    LM-15:31: 51.74486,3.90163

    WM-15:25: 51.75992,3.89991

    LM-14:58: 51.7429,3.90389

    WM-14:53: 51.7599,3.89891

    LM-14:45: 51.74471,3.90144

    WM-14:40: 51.75993,3.89893

    WM-14:26: 51.75993,3.89894

    WM-14:10: 51.74473,3.90912

    WM-13:56: 51.75778,3.89842

    LM-13:48: 51.74484,3.90163

    WM-13:44: 51.75778,3.89849

    LM-13:36: 51.74494,3.90182

    WM-13:32: 51.75776,3.89821

    WM-13:12: 51.74456,3.90996

    LM-13:04: 51.7425,3.90294

    WM-12:56: 51.76458,3.90825

    LM-12:44: 51.74553,3.90236

    WM-12:37: 51.76491,3.90889

    LM-12:25: 51.74497,3.90144

    WM-12:17: 51.76486,3.90858

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    I need a week to review this report! It’s amazingly complete, thanks.

    A couple of comments off the top.

    You are correct, it doesn’t generate wind alerts when not racing.

    “The log says wind Adjust by +5 from 1 to 9. But 9-1=8.” The log only reports wind shifts of 5 degrees or more, it could change by 1 or 2 degrees without generating a report. 

    I’ll try to do a fuller reply to your post over the next few days.

     

    #306346

     

    In general, the mark creations work quite well. Only WM-12:56 and LM-12:44 are way off for which I don’t have an explanations, the wind didn’t change that much in that upwind leg.

    I have re-plotted LM-12:44  at   51.74553 , 3.90236, pretty close to the stbd gate. I think you plotted its position incorrectly.

    WM 12:56 is indeed a bit off-course. I will see if I can find an explanation.

    #306361

    Further on the position of LM-12:44, it’s a bit upwind from the actual mark. It calculates the mark position as halfway between the point of losing the groove approaching the mark to regaining the groove after the mark. In the case of LM 12:44, analyzing the raceQs track, you lost the groove around 12:43:45 before putting in three jibes approaching the mark You next regained the groove 12:45:40, so it determined the mark at your position halfway between, at 12:44:45. 

    There’s always room for improvement in the algorithm and I will bear in mind this scenario in the next iteration. It doesn’t look for the most upwind or downwind position, as it’s a bit tricky, but might be worth the effort.

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