Badalona-Vilanova sailing trip with “executive” stop at Port Vell

We spent the day sailling with the Jadic yesterday, carrying the Spot tracking device, with excellent results as the map below shows. Garbí wind (SW) with constant wind above 20 knots, reaching 27 at some moments of the journey. Sailing against the wind with two reefs on the main sail and self-turning genova. The sea condition was pretty rough, with short front waves at 1,5-2m.

And we had a great time!

Travesía Badalona-Vilanova con parada “executive” en Port Vell

Ayer estuvimos navegando con el Spot, teniendo unos estupendos resultados, como podéis ver en el mapa adjunto.

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Congratulations again to the team that is developing the OpenCPN software.

This program is used to manage everything related to the navigation needs on board. We can connect a GPS, and install almost any format of navigational charts (vector or raster( and enjoy a simple and powerful tool. Is also free and open source.

Among the most interesting features we can highlight:

- AIS information display

- GRIB weather files reader

- Complete management of routes, waypoints, giving us indicators such as Bearing, Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA), Distance to Goal (DTG), both as the total route or the leg we are sailing.

- The interface is very intuitive and fast, and although it is very well documented, there is no need to study a manual.

OpenCPN works for both PC, Linux and Mac, and really requires little power to operate at high speed, unlike most demanding programs such as MaxSea.

You can learn more and download it from here: http://www.opencpn.org/

Currently a beta is also available for the new version 2.1, with many additions and improvements.