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August 2021 The required Tactical Sailing program for the functions described here is version 2.210.702 or higher. __________________________________________________ © TacticalSailing.com/en Version August 2021 2 – 143 Coach´s Toolbox ______________________________________________________________________________________ Table of Contents 1 "Tactical Sailing" - Version 2.0 ......................................................................... 6 1.1 New program packages – Games and Toolbox ........................................................................................ 6 1.2 The new Coach’s Toolbox ................................................................................................................................... 7 2 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 8 2.1 Mathew Belcher and Malcom Page (AUS 11) ........................................................................................... 8 2.2 European Award for Technology Supported Learning ........................................................................ 8 2.3 Against the Wind ................................................................................................................................................... 9 2.4 Boat against Boat ................................................................................................................................................. 9 2.5 Coach’s Toolbox ................................................................................................................................................... 10 2.6 Strategy and Tactics .......................................................................................................................................... 11 2.7 Risk Management ............................................................................................................................................... 11 2.8 Technique of the Simulations ........................................................................................................................ 12 2.9 The Wind Simulator ........................................................................................................................................... 13 2.10 Coaches and Tacticians .................................................................................................................................... 18 2.11 Literature - Recommendations ..................................................................................................................... 19 3 To Operate ............................................................................................................ 21 3.1 The Cockpit - information at a glance ....................................................................................................... 22 3.2 Main Menu ............................................................................................................................................................. 23 3.3 Options ..................................................................................................................................................................... 24 3.3.1 Info Window .......................................................................................................................................... 24 3.3.2 Information at the boat ..................................................................................................................... 25 3.3.3 View at regatta field ............................................................................................................................ 25 3.3.4 Tactical Instruments .......................................................................................................................... 26 3.3.5 Tactic analysis ....................................................................................................................................... 27 3.4 Wind Simulator – Wind Machine ................................................................................................................. 28 3.4.1 Direction and force ............................................................................................................................. 29 3.4.2 Wind region 1x1 ................................................................................................................................... 29 3.4.3 Wind regions 2x2 to 8x8 .................................................................................................................. 30 3.4.4 Virtual wind system-2 ....................................................................................................................... 30 3.5 Boats ......................................................................................................................................................................... 31 3.5.1 Autopilot .................................................................................................................................................. 32 3.5.2 Training boats ....................................................................................................................................... 33 3.5.3 Racing boats ........................................................................................................................................... 35 3.5.4 Sparring partner boats – 10 boats ............................................................................................... 36 3.5.5 Boats outside the racing field ......................................................................................................... 38 3.5.6 Tactical Goals ......................................................................................................................................... 39 3.6 Shortcuts ................................................................................................................................................................. 41 4 Junior – First Steps ............................................................................................. 42 4.1 Fox hunting ............................................................................................................................................................ 42 4.1.1 Luffing Up and Bearing Away ......................................................................................................... 42 4.1.2 Tacking and Jibing ............................................................................................................................... 43 4.1.3 A chain of buoys – upwind and downwind .............................................................................. 43 4.2 Slalom – endless fun ........................................................................................................................................... 43 4.3 Setting your wind conditions ......................................................................................................................... 44 4.4 Exercises with „My Wind” ................................................................................................................................ 44 __________________________________________________ © TacticalSailing.com/en Version August 2021 3 – 143 Coach´s Toolbox ______________________________________________________________________________________ 4.5 Exercises with gusts ........................................................................................................................................... 45 4.6 Basic Racing Rules .............................................................................................................................................. 46 5 Racing Sailor – Against tHe Wind .................................................................. 47 5.1 My Race - 2 boats - Wind 1x1 to 4x4 ........................................................................................................ 47 5.2 My Race – Lay out your own course ........................................................................................................... 47 5.3 Speed and Pointing ............................................................................................................................................. 48 5.4 Start and Finish Lines – Against the wind ................................................................................................ 50 5.5 Skewed