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4 MAIN SCREEN

1. Navigation Data visualization. It 

is possible to select 2 data per 
time, until 8 minor screen by 
pressing on arrows on the side of 
the screen (see pg 11)

2. Target Display: wind angle and and 

boat speed for best WMG (bowline and 
stern)

3. Target Speed indication for any wind 

angle

pag. 7

the screen (see pg 11)

4. Starting Procedure: time and 

distance from the starting line.

All different screen are reachable by swiping left or right the finger on the screen.

Summary of Contents for esa Regatta

Page 1: ...Operative Manual 1 1 3 2015 esa Regatta Watch ...

Page 2: ...al procedure and main screens page 5 Main screens navigation data performance target performance polar page 7 Main screens starting procedure page 14 Other screens setting page 17 Attachments 1 4 file transfer from pc new polar file data file log app upgrade page 19 pag 2 ...

Page 3: ...ts to improve the basic setting of his sails both in cruise and regatta for the racers which searches for the best performances on his boat without renouncing to use a professional Introduction welcome in esa Regatta Watch easy sailing assistance pag 3 for the racers which searches for the best performances on his boat without renouncing to use a professional instrumentation that usually has much ...

Page 4: ...esa displays Initial Denomination Meaning pag 4 BS Boat speed Boat speed on water knots Pol Boat speed polar Boat speed as polar knots AWA Apparent Wind Angle Apparent wind angle respect to the bow from right from left AWS Apparent Wind Speed Apparent Wind Speed Knots TWA True Wind Angle True Wind Angle respect to the bow from right from left TWS True Wind Speed True Wind Speed Knots TWD True Wind...

Page 5: ...onscreen instructions In particular please remind to write with your reference email for esa Regatta Watch at the address displayed below licensing astrayacht com By this Astra will be able to freely send to you all esa upgrades via email through apk files to be installed on your esa Watch pag 5 ...

Page 6: ...tself from the list After this it is possible to restart esa from zero The following presentation is for getting in the way of functioning of esa It s recommended to use demo to practice in esa with the help of this manual 2 Press Connect button 3 Choose Between Wi Fi or Demo in case of Demo is sufficient press Start then 4 In case of Wi Fi select ESA or NMEA esa Watch o be previously connected wi...

Page 7: ...on the side of the screen see pg 11 2 Target Display wind angle and and boat speed for best WMG bowline and stern 3 Target Speed indication for any wind angle pag 7 the screen see pg 11 4 Starting Procedure time and distance from the starting line All different screen are reachable by swiping left or right the finger on the screen ...

Page 8: ... updated depending on wind intensity and angle continuous interpolation Data collection of navigation and possible storage on your PC Damping setting Possibility to insert target data polar of the boat by putting them in the appropriate folder Possibility to ask Astra Yacht s r l specific analysis esa Functionalities OTHER ASPECTS pag 8 ...

Page 9: ... be one of those present by default in esa or entered by the user Starting Screen choiche of the reference polar Wi Fi signal strenght pag 9 in esa or entered by the user REFERENCE POLAR FILE Select a file in storage A new polar can be inserted following the appropriate procedure see page 19 21 pag 9 ...

Page 10: ...pressing the arrows on the side of the screen left and right In addition to data obtained by boat s instrumentation there are those calculated by esa BS tg Opp Tack Main Screen NAVIGATION DATA 1 2 pag 10 Couple of data display switchable by arrow press on the side of the screen pag 10 ...

Page 11: ...Here below all the possible combination of navigation data displayable Main Screen NAVIGATION DATA 2 2 pag 11 pag 11 ...

Page 12: ...es are compared with the values obtained from the vessel and provides an indication of the percentage VMG current than the Main Screen PERFORMANCE TARGET bowline and stern 1 2 pag 12 True wind Angle shown also by the instrumentation needle and the red one on the graphics Target BS target speed of the boat for max VMG for the max VMG shown with a white triangle Boat Speed real time boat speed pag 1...

Page 13: ...d and its intensity target are constantly update in real time Main Screen PERFORMANCE TARGET in all points of sailing 2 2 pag 13 Boat Speed actual boat speed TWA true wind angle both number and needle red one Polar BS optimal speed extracted from the polar table interpolated with wind angle and intensity pag 13 The starting procedure page is on the right by swiping the finger on the screen from ri...

Page 14: ...replace the points by Main Screens STARTING PROCEDURE 1 3 pag 14 WARNING In order to the system to work is necessary to interface the onboard instrumentation with a GPS antenna and that esa receives GPS data is sufficient to verify that SOG is on with the boat under movement and the value has to be different than zero Once set the starting line the app provides all data automatically It is possibl...

Page 15: ... IN STARTING PROCEDURE Main Screens STARTING PROCEDURE 2 3 pag 15 Time needed to reach the ends of the line DISTANCE TO LINE distance to the line measured perpendicularly to line itself Positive value In Negative value out START STOP 5 minutes timer Sync timer Press for a second to change by or one minute pag 15 TTB Time to Burn is the time that we are ahead on the starting line from the current p...

Page 16: ...mpossible to reach directly one of the ends of the starting line sailing in strict bowline the time indication text is replaced by OUT Also in this way you obtain the indication that you are behind the lay line for the end in question therefore is necessary to veer at least one time to reach the end itself Note well esa does not take count of veer time for reach the point S boats on point C in fig...

Page 17: ...gh this setting is possible to set the Damping level of entering data In particular Damping is the value of softening over data variation displayed It can be selected to move from minimum of 1s established data to a maximum of 9s input data in esa very unstable pag 17 pag 17 1 1 ...

Page 18: ...s setting is possible to set the connection parameters IP Port write the data of your Wi Fi device 2 If the IP and Port fields are empty the app try to connects to the GAMP Astra Yacht Multiplexer Wi Fi with default IP and Port 2 Otherwise the app connects with IP and Port inserted 3 NOTE the number that you see on the figure 3 is only for example please check the instruction of your device to fin...

Page 19: ...rage 1 Press then Turn on USB storage 2 Select then polar file to be inserted drag it in Attachment 1 POLAR FILE UPDATE FROM FILE MANAGER 1 2 1 1 2 2 pag 19 Select then polar file to be inserted drag it in ships folder from your After inserting it it will be visible in selection screen in the app itself like one of the polar file originally inserted WARINING Use exclusively esa YardPolar txt file ...

Page 20: ...droid com filetransfer Then select the file to insert polar dragging it to the folder ships from your Mac After inserting the file will appear in the data visible in the selection screen within the program itself esa between polar and is selectable as a polar originally Attachment 1 POLAR FILE UPDATE FROM FILE MANAGER 2 2 pag 20 between polar and is selectable as a polar originally inserted pag 20...

Page 21: ...Attachment 2 how to create a new Polar File Data pag 21 pag 21 ...

Page 22: ...lable for your processing pag 22 pag 22 Here s an example of the header of the file with the type of data being stored There are some data meaningful nonstandard Ts indicates a sequential number of rescue tgt type indicates the type of polar always y Is under development a program to do simple analyzes and comparisons that will be downloadable for free from Astra Yacht log1Hz20141115_0958 log Date...

Page 23: ...ORE IN DETAIL HOW TO DO Connect the Esa Watch to the PC Turn on the USB storage at this point you will find you Esa Watch like removable Disk Copy the new Esa WiFi Regatta apk on the storage of the removable Disk Esa Watch Open the File Manager App Click on Phone Storage on File Manager At the list bottom you will find Esa Regatta WiFI apk click on Click over install button Now you have the new ve...

Page 24: ...Proceed to the installation by clicking on the file in the File Manager app 2 after making sure to authorize the installation of applications of unknown origin 3 Follow the procedures on screen 4 pressing installed to complete the upgrade 3 3 2 2 pag 24 pag 24 4 4 ...

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