VRTool helps planing sailboat routes. Focus on wind visualization. Optimized tracks by weather routing calculations.
Celestial navigation module with Star Finder.
* Interactive route and track designer
* Great circle and rhumb lines calculation (Leg calculator)
* Wind forecasts download and visualization tools (NOAA GFS winds)
* Track animation
* Boat Polar chart creation and edition
* Weather routing (track optimization)
* All data files in text format ( charts, desktops )
* Vector charts: GSHHS, SHP and custom CHT format
* Supports multiple tracks ( regattas )
* Winds: Load .grb and .bz2 grids.
* Use NOAA GPS winds
* GPS interface
* Compare boat tracks ( charts )
* Celestial navigation
* Almanac Pages
* Star Finder
* Virtual and Real regatta usage