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Mouse Instructions
- Add Boats by clicking the 'Boat:' pic in the controls. Add Marks by clicking the number.
- Drag object by the letter or number to where you want them.
- Double click boat to clone it (A1 A2 A3...). Double click a clone to remove it.
- Click boat pic again to remove them and all their clones.
- Single click a boat to select it for the controls. (Circle Shows on boat)
- Use Boat controls to change angle (the slider) or Tack ('Auto' tracks the wind).
- Use Mark controls to change type or show 'Zone' ring. Lines and Gates have two draggable ends.
- Double click a mark (or line or gate end) to set a custom label for it.
- Click the grid icon
in top right to add or remove grid lines. - Click the text icon
in top right to add Text boxes. Click the 
in a text box to remove it.
Touch Instructions
- Add Boats by tapping the 'Boat:' pic in the controls. Add Marks by tapping the number.
- Touch object to drag by the letter or number to where you want them.
- Tap boat pic again to remove them.
- Long press and release a boat in the panel to clone it. (A1 A2 A3...) Long press and release a clone to remove it.
- Tap a boat to select it for the controls. (Circle Shows on boat)
- Use Boat controls to change angle (the slider) or Tack ('Auto' tracks the wind).
- Use Mark controls to change type or show 'Zone' ring. Lines and Gates have two draggable ends.
- Long press a mark (or line or gate end) to set a custom label for it.
- Tap the grid icon in top right to add or remove grid lines.
- Tap the text icon in top right to add Text boxes. Click the in a text box to remove it.
Save/Load Instructions
- You can Save a setup of Boats, Marks, Text, etc. for re-loading later on.
- To Save a setup, fill in a filename and click the 'Save' button at the top.
- Saved files are always downloaded the way your browser handles downloads normally. Usually to a 'Downloads' folder.
- To Load a previously saved file, click the Chooser button next to the word Load: (text may vary by browser). Then select from the file dialog.
Animation Instructions
- You can animate the sailing of the boats through a path defined by the location of their clones.
- Make one or more clones of as many boats as you want.
- Position them along the sailing path.
- The boat's heading will be along a line from the first one, through the middle of the clones, ending at the last clone.
- You do not need to turn the boats to any particular heading if you don't want to.
- To have them change tack according to the wind, set the boat's tack to Auto and add the wind arrow.
- Click the Play button
to start or pause the animation. - Click the Rewind button
to stop and reset to the starting positions. - The speed between clones is adjusted so that all boats arrive at the same clone at the same time. So for example, regardless of distance, boat A and boat B will arrive at the locations of A1 and B1 at the same time.
Release Notes:
Version 1.51 - November 12, 2022- MARKS: Now single click or tap to bring up label edit dialog.
- Faster to load on slower connections.
- Added custom labels for marks. Double click/tap mark (or gate or line end) to set them.
- Lines now have a Committee Boat shape at one end, which can be custom labeled.
- You can now add text boxes with your own text. They can be dragged around. Remove them by clicking their 'X'.
- Fix touch event handling for some events using Safari.
- Added Grid lines. Click the grid icon to toggle on and off.
- Added tool tips to icons on top row.
- Fix saving the setup if it has been animated so it restores all the positions.
- Added Animation! See instructions above.
- Allow double click on the boat in the control panel to add a clone.
- Added Auto-Tack where tack changes depending on angle to wind arrow.