Race to Win Sailing Podcast raceQs.com
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Get ready to experience the excitement of sailboat racing from home with this educational podcast series, based on raceQs' innovative 3D regatta replays. Watch interviews with expert sailors, learn new techniques, and learn how you can Race to Win at your next regatta.
Podcasters analyze raceQs' 3D regatta replays and review racing tactics, rules, and winning strategies for all levels. The race replays used in this podcast are created using raceQs' free smart phone app.
Do you have something to say about your last race? Are you an expert on the Rules? We invite all sailors to download the raceQs app and send us a link to your favorite race replay moments. We might interview your for our next episode!
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43 - Lipton Cup and Mobile Replays
Did you know that you can watch raceQs' replays on your phone or tablet? Just open your internet browser, and click on a replay! We look at the 2015 Lipton Cup and show you just how powerful this tool can be for your post-race analysis.
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42 - The Pebble Smartwatch
Are you ready to get all the power of raceQs analytics, on your wrist?
The new raceQs' sailing app for Pebble gives you:
Vibrating Alerts for OCS, Laylines, Wind shifts, and Course Instability
Mark Navigation: Bearing, Time to Mark, Distance to mark
Time and Distance to the starting line (Perfect Start)
All you need is your smart phone, the raceQs' apps, and a Pebble smart watch. Learn more at raceqs.com/smart-watch
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41- How does a cell phone app know the wind direction?
Using the unique Bavaria Cup regatta, this podcast explores how raceQs' sailing app calculates the wind direction without any input from wind instruments.
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40 - Finding the Bottom
Running aground is not fun. But, it happens to EVERYONE. So, when it happens to you, be ready to react quickly and get back in the race as soon as possible. Maybe no one will notice. Or, if you were in Jazz Cup, 2015, Pressure Drop will take some awesome photos so that we can all remember that glorious day, forever. On the internet. Names and faces have NOT been changed to protect the "innocent". Happy Holidays, and go double check your depth sounders!
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Podcast 39 - The Great Handicap Debate
Handicaps are always a hot issue in sailboat racing. Recently, raceQs' upgraded our interface to calculate corrected times for handicapped boats that use our app. Check out this podcast to get a basic understanding of sailing handicaps, and how to use the new handicap features in raceQs.
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38 - Race Tracking and Podcasts
As technology evolves protest hearings are evolving as well. If you plan to use a raceQs' GPS track at your protest hearing, be armed with all the facts. Since most cell phone GPS positions aren't perfect, you can expect a geographic position variation of +/- 3 meters. Watch the video to learn more about the best way to present your case.