Ockam Fellows Kudos – these people deserve mention for their achievements in sailing and with Ockam instruments. Mike Ruhland The yacht ‘Dolphin’ and its crew are folk heroes around the Great Lakes. Despite her 35 years, this one-off Mull 54 has finished in the money 11 out
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OckamSoft 5 training videos Demos LogScanner RaceCam LogScanner is a post-race analysis tool that works with almost any instrument system. An important feature is its ability to synchronize videos with the log, letting you find out more about what caused any mistakes you find. Learn more… The
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This page discusses Expedition tips and tricks, or how to use some of the features of Expedition to interact with and receive enhanced data the Ockam system. Nick White has been involved in weather routing, yacht instrumentation and software since the 1993/4 Whitbread race, and began Explorer/Expedition
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OckamSoft 5 is a modular software package that produces graphical displays, controls the instrument system, and provides connectivity via the internet for remote services. Overview OckamSoft 5 addresses modern color graphics and the confluence of Ethernet, WiFi and Internet technologies, and the multiple devices that can exploit
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How the driver works In order to do driver setup properly, you should know what it does and how it should fit into your data distribution plan. For an overview of the driver functions, see OckamSoft 5 Driver. Setting up driver input Rules of thumb for driver
Learn more →OckamSoft 5 Download page Documentation OS5.2 new features (411Kb PDF) Loading charts (474Kb PDF) OS5 Quick start (1,3Mb PDF) Marks and courses (23Kb PDF) OckamSoft 5 manual (1.3Mb PDF) SailPlan™ crossover chart explained (282Kb PDF) OS5driver manual (165Kb PDF) Building your own SailPlan™ crossover chart (1.7Mb PDF)
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OckamSoft 5 Race is the display application for PCs OckamSoft 5 Race, EyeApp and Vysion are the display applications for OckamSoft 5, and use the same code base; Race is adapted for execution on a PC with a user interface (mouse or touch screen); EyeApp is adapted
Learn more →The OckamSoft 5 driver provides instrument connectivity, database distribution and Remote Coach™ services to all applications on your boat’s network. Input to the driver comes from the instrument system and GPS. Multiple output streams are available to allow multiple applications to access these input streams from the same
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Graphical sailing displays provide more information faster than numbers Classical sailing instruments use numeric displays to provide those vital readouts that are necessary for sailing effectively. With the advent of affordable color graphics, that is changing. Instead of a screen-full of numbers, your current situation can be
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Sailing Wind statistics let you know whether or not to tack on a shift Sailing Wind statistics provide information about shift size and length. Sometimes you have to tack, and sometimes you want to gain from a shift (see Tacking). When you tack, you lose distance to
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