Can you tack on the good and the bad? Test yourself with a game!
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Dear sailors, here is a little game with minimal graphics that is addictive. It is called Windgame and is developed by Sailracer, which has also created a race tactics app. You will just have to tack on the good and the bad to cheat your opponent. The beauty is that the wind, in its variations in intensity is direction, is based on actual oscillations taken from the ultrasonic weather station at Nanny Cay Marina in the British Virgin Islands. Your boat is the red one, to tack click on the “Tack” button. Test yourselves!!! And a word of advice: “shooting the edge” does no good!
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