VRTool
Sailing, charting and routing
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
VRTool is a sailing planner and calculator.
Calculators combine the following data:
- GPS position ( or DR position )
- Polar chart customized for your boat ( your boat performance charts )
- 144h wind forecasts from NOAA GFS.
- High resolution GSHHS world maps
Real time sailing monitor shows the polar point, TWA, sail efficiency, best course, great circle distance and course to destination. Also logs boat positions, saving boat parameters periodically.
Charting tools include: measure tool, route and track design, fixed wind angle tracks, marks, geodesic circles.
Weather routing calculation up to 144h, with land collision detection. This finds the optimized route to destination considering the wind forecasts and performance of the boat.
Wind forecasts from NOAA GFS, via VRTool webserver.
Interactive Polar Chart Editor, for customizing your boat polar charts.
VRTool can be configured to act as a NMEA talker, broadcasting GPS messages to other software connected to the boat local network ( including VRTool desktop edition)
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- Fixed issues with newer devices and OS
- Fixed app screen size on iphone X+
- Merged GPS and chart pages
- Improved weather routing
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Information
- Size
- 61.7 MB
- Category
- Sports
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 11.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 11.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Provider
Omar reis
- Omar reis has not identified itself as a trader for this app. If you are a consumer in the European Economic Area, consumer rights do not apply to agreements between you and the provider.
- Copyright
- © 2013-18 Omar Reis