32nd America's Cup - The Game
Virtual Skipper 5

Sail as one of the 11 official challengers. Victory in the Louis Vuitton Cup will win you the chance to compete in the 32nd America’s Cup where you come up against the Swiss boat Alinghi in a thrilling final.

Suitable for novices to seasoned navigators. A magnificent simulation with regattas intensely contested in solo or multiplayer mode, outstanding graphics and an ultra-realistic sea modelled and animated to perfection.

OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
Processor: Pentium4 1.6GHz/ AthlonXP 1600+
Memory: 256 MB RAM (512 MB with Vista)
3D graphics card: 32 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound card: DirectX 9 compatible
DirectX: 9.0c version
Hard disk space: 1.5 GB
Multiplayer: LAN/56K modem (or higher) for online play

RRP £29.99, OUR PRICE £19.99

This CD contains all the graphics, photos, animations and videos used in the North U Tactics Seminar.
Topics covered - Rules for each leg of the course, Starting - get in control early, How to track windshifts, Mastering downwind windshifts, When to attack or hold back, Reaching vs Running tactics, Recovering from a missed shift.

Includes wind shift simulators and tactical situation maker.

This double CD set puts performance in otion and shows how changes in trim change the sailing performance of your boat. Use the interactive 'sail shaper' to see how different sail controls change sail shapes, understand how to adjust angle of attack, depth and twist to match different sailing conditions. Detailed trim guidelines are provided for mainsail, jib, genoa, spinnaker and asymetric spinnaker trim.

North U

North U's weather routing wizard links their internet weather portal to your own computer. This is the easiest and most effective way to apply the latest weather concepts and current weather data to your sailing. Suitable for racing around the buoys, sailing around the world, or checking safety for offshore cruising.

Interactive CD guide to the Racing Rules of Sailing 2005-8.
This comprehensive guide is split into the following sections:
Beginners Guide
Racers Guide
Quiz Practice
Rules Book - complete text.
What's new in 2005-8
Complex rules are clearly explained and illustrated, step by step using realistic scenarios, extensive use of 3D illustrations and animation, many with user interaction. Guides are fully narrated.

Experience the sensation of sailing - the perfect training tool for sailing and navigation - regatta sailing over the internet.

Learn to sail on your PC. 4 Sailing Areas. Multiplayer - play against a max. 15 players over the internet. Rudder and sheet control - keyboard, mouse, joystick. Navigation instruments - autopilot, chartplotter, compass, echo sounder, GPS, clock, meteo, vector, water ballast for volvo ocean racer. Fleet - America's Cup racer, Volvo Ocean racer, Tornado, Laser, FD and others, or use the Boat style editor - build your own 4 sailing areas, or build your own from scanned charts
Pentium 111 350MHz or equiv.
64 MB RAM (124 MB recommended)
Windows 95,98, Me, 2000 or XP

Stentec Sail Simulator as described above, but with additional scenery creation facility - edit land and position buoys, trees, jetties etc, create new sailing areas.

Practise manoeuvres and navigation on your computer. Choose from the fleet of 10m cruiser, runabout, launch, tugboat, twin prop 15m ocean cruiser. Several sailing areas, including a special training area with a harbour.

System req. win95/98/Me/2000/XP, pentium 111 350Mhz, 64MB RAM, 600MB HD, DirectX7.0a (or higher) compatible 3D Video card (32MB) and sound card, CD-Drive keyboard.

The 'Plus' version has all the features of the standard version described above, but has an additional scenery design toolkit to allow you to design new sailing areas.

by Posey

Practise essential cruising skills as you enjoy 1 to 5 day cruises in popular US cruising waters, or imaginary areas. Cruise areas known for thunderstorms, fog, shallow water etc.
Navigate using GPS, handbearing compass, radar. Set waypoints, and routes, plot fixes on zoomable electronic charts. Choose from sailing monohulls and multihulls or motorcraft. Set headsails, including spinnakers, trim and reef your mainsail. Wheel or tiller steering. Set multiple anchors in a crowd of boats on different ground tackle or pick up a moring. Your boat responds realistically to easy mouse and key clicks, waves and gusts.
10 skill levels. If asked the old salt offers cruising advice.

2Mb disk space, Windows 95 or later, Macintosh OS X.

by Posey

Compete against a 20 boat fleet in 11 different long distance races from 70 - 350 miles. Long distance races featuring famous US venues. Optional coach, instant protest committee decisions. Boat options - offshore racers, sprit boats, race - cruisers, catamarans. You select design characteristics, steer, select and trim sails, plan course, set waypoints, 3D 360' sailing view, zoomable navigation chart view, wind and current charts. Interactive tutorials teach strategy, tactics and rules.

2Mb hard disk space. Windows 95 or later. Macintosh OS X

Xplain

Take the helm of a yacht and master the art of skippering in realistic 3D worlds, encountering nautical challenges in coastal water. Choose from different craft (sailing yacht or powerboat).
Sail at venues like Pula in Croatia, St Malo in France, Crosshaven in Ireland or Borkum in Germany - all in different conditions (day, night, fog, rain etc.) Realistic controls and navigation instruments like radar and echosounder. Sound effects to simulate sound signals as per international colregs.
Covers - Rules of the Road, Navigation in restricted visibility, navigation lights, buoyage, safety, electronic navigation.