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Naples, FL | Anyone use that app yet? How'd it work for you?
Jay
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Naples, FL | does it burn a lot of battery?
Download ads into your phone? Russian brides?
I wear a tin-foil hat just so you know..
Jay
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South Carolina Jake
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South Carolina | does it burn a lot of battery?
Download ads into your phone? Russian brides?
I wear a tin-foil hat just so you know.. We're going to try this out at our club later this year...I'll let you know.
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Naples, FL | Buzzelli regatta is asking all sailors to use that, too. So I may end up using it. If only to show how poorly I navigate...
Jay
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South Carolina | Buzzelli regatta is asking all sailors to use that, too. So I may end up using it. If only to show how poorly I navigate... I'm not a fan of putting my phone on a catamaran...but I don't mind on my J22 where there are usually several dry spots even after a big windy day.
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Naples, FL | the phone touts that it is "waterproof" (yeah, right), however I'm sure it will reside in a waterproof bag ... preferably in the cabin if I can get GPS signals down there.
As an alternative they said you could upload your Garmin or Magellin GPS file to their group site. sheeewt, that's too high-tech for me.
Good luck trying to find a dry area on your F18 even in light air...
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Fort Myers/Cape Coral, FL | I agree with SeanT. Myself and two other boats used it in Sarasota last month, and for a free app it worked pretty well. Did not kill the battery at all and recorded for 4 hours. Then it automatically matches with other boats that uploaded for easy race watching on your computer.
Could re-watch races and totaly see where opportunities were missed. It also shows the other boats, so its like watching virtual eye from the americas cup.
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The winds were light and fluky and we could see how we failed to tack on several headers. I recommend trying it. I used a waterproof phone bag on the tramp inside a small gear bag. I turned on the app before the first signal and left the phone on all day. I might shut off the app between races next time just to avoid extraneous data that you'll want to delete.
