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 action 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 asymmetric spinnaker trim.

By J. Cutler and H. Menin
Modern Match Racing Tactics and Techniques

Co-authored by one of the top racers and one of the premier referees on the world match racing circuit, the Match Racing CD is an ebook, combining text and color illustrations to explain the intricacies of match racing. Special sections cover rules, upwind and downwind tactics, mark roundings, and finishing. Of particular interest is the section covering the pre-start, with special insights into starting rituals, including dial up, dial down, and circling tactics.

Over 100 pages in PDF format on CD-ROM. Windows and Mac compatible.

Xplain

12 learning games for boaters - great fun and a good learning tool.
Graphics and animations help you to visually remember the facts, integrated quizzes, allows you to practice your recognition of lights, shapes, flags, buoys and chart symbols. Gain practice with rules of the road.

by RulesMaster

A comprehensive and highly interactive CD guide to the Racing Rules of Sailing 2009-12.
This comprehensive guide is split into the following sections:
Beginners Guide
Racers Guide
Quiz Practice
Rules Book - complete text.
What's new in 2009-12
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.

The latest version of the regatta simulation computer game. Virtual Skipper 5 is packed with features including a campaign dedicated to the America's Cup. The game enables you to skipper the finest competition boats currently available in over 14 different ocean water courses. Features include; 3D regatta simulation, A vast single player game, featuring an America's Cup campaign as the highlight of the game, Skipper the 12 official boats of the America's Cup, the Trimaran Open 60, the Offshore Racer and the Melges 24 in single-player or multiplayer games. Navigate the 14 legendary ocean water courses, including Valencia, Marseille, Trapani and Malmö, official sites of the America's Cup. Discover the prime locations for competitive sailing such as San Francisco, Sydney, Porto Cervo, Auckland, Vancouver, the Isle of Wight, Quiberon and Qingdao

A special training course manual assists you while you are practising in the sail training area. The ideal dry-land training tool and is used for training at sailing schools. Test your skills against other virtual sailors in a range of boats. Both rudder and sheet controls with a wide variety of navigational instruments, even water ballast for the Volvo Ocean Racer!

The fleet consists of the spectacular Stentec Laser, the fast Volvo Ocean 70 racer with canting keel, a regatta Valk (6.5m) and the YD40 keel yacht, the Olympic 470 with trapeze and spinnaker and the Bavaria 36.

System requirements: PC with winXP, Vista or win7 with DirectX9 and 3D-videocard with Shader model 3 or higher (Nvidia 6100 or better)

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.