It is also usefull to have a "voyage made good" readout. Not all GPS's have
it, and you can also obtain it from wind instruments if you have them. It
may be necessary to hook the GPS into the instrument system. I don't have
wind instruments, so I can't say much more about it.

Cheers

"A. Diesel Vents" wrote in message
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On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 20:11:23 +0000 (UTC), Amanda
wrote:

Hi

I have the opportunity to crew on a racing yacht as tactitician and
would like to learn more about racing with a GPS. Apart from the
obvious (distance and bearing to the next mark) what other uses can a
GPS be put to in yacht racing?

Speed over the ground might be an interesting statistic. It's
generally a different number than speed through the water. If there's
a current it should show up this way, and perhaps you could find a way
to either get out of it, or into it, depending on which works best for
the given situation.