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Sailaway - The Sailing Simulator
« on: December 15, 2019, 04:12:57 PM »


Sailaway - The Sailing Simulator brings all the world's oceans to the comfort of your PC or Mac for you to experience the ultimate in online virtual sailing!

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Have you ever dreamed of sailing along your favorit coastline or among the tropical islands of the South Pacific?
Maybe you prefer the challenge of sailing across the Southern Oceans enduring the fiercest storms they have to offer?
Or you just wish to learn to sail but have no access to a boat to do so?

With Sailaway you can do all of these things. Sailaway - The Sailing Simulator brings all the world's oceans to the comfort of your PC or Mac for you to experience the ultimate in online virtual sailing!

Warning
Sailaway is not a game. It is a simulation with an active community of sailors and sailing enthusiasts. There are no targets, goals, quests, sea monsters, health or mini games. Please do not buy Sailaway if you expect otherwise.

Sail around the world
In Sailaway, the oceans of the planet are simulated with unparalleled accuracy at actual scale. A trip across the Pacific will take months, just as it would on a real boat. With a persistent online world, adjust your settings and your boat will continue to sail even if you aren’t online.

Race against others
Since all sailboats are in the same world and can see each other, it is also possible to race together. Sailaway has a system in place that will display a start line, race buoys and an automatic finish line. The start countdown is the same as in the real world with flag and sound signals.Races. The race agenda is full of races that are organized by the community of sailors. There are long distance races that will take several days or even months to complete. And of course there are also shorter races where there is more direct interaction between the boats.

Race together
Instead of all competitors sailing in their own boat, you can also assemble a crew and sail together on 1 boat. To prevent an unfair advantage, race organizers may limit the number of sailors on one boat.

Set a record
There is also the concept of "Challenges". These are laid out tracks that can be sailed at your convenience. The sailor with the fastest time holds the record. You can compare this with the Jules Verne Trophy or the Transatlantic record.

Learn to sail
The good thing about a simulation is that nothing can go wrong and there are tutorials to get you started with the basics if you need. Feel free to practice until you get the feel for the wind and the position of your sails to make the boat move forward. The simulation can assist by pressing the "helping hand" button. and it can perform certain tasks for you, so you can focus on one aspect at a time.

Optimize sail trim
The boats in Sailaway are equipped with a full range of trim lines for each sail. Outhauls, cunninghamholes, barberhaulers, travellers, backstays, everything to give full control over the shape of the sails. This shape will not only change visibly when a trim line is adjusted, but this will also affect airflow and ultimately boat speed just like it would in the real world.

Navigate coastal waters
Over 500,000 buoys, lights and other seamarks will help you navigate along your favorit coastline.You can plan your trip, set waypoints and avoid shallow areas and rocks. For some areas the community members have made high detailed height maps and even added accurate models of real world buildings, structures and lighthouses. The rest of the world will display buildings from Open Streetmap.






































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Re: Sailaway - The Sailing Simulator
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2019, 04:16:34 PM »
Realistic simulation

Sailaway aims to bring the most realistic sailing simulation possible.


Global scale





The Sailaway server stores height maps for the entire world. This means that the simulation knows what the Dutch cost looks like, or the Swedish coast or the Madagascar coast. It knows the water depths and the height and shape of all mountains.
These height maps are automatically used to render beautiful maps and realistic landmasses wherever on the earth your boat is.


Weather

Every 6 hours GRIB data is read from NOAA providing Sailaway with up to date weather information. This data is used to simulate the clouds, fog, wind, rain and snow. The waves for the region are computed with the historic wind information, the depth and the proximity of shallow areas and landmasses. This is done for the entire earth.


Time of day

There are no compromises for usability or convenience. This means that if there is no wind, your boat will simply drift with the current. It also means that if the sun is down at the position where your boat is, your screen will be dark. And depending on the moon phase and clouds/fog it can be pitch dark. Luckily there is a small red headlight available in Sailaway II, otherwise you wouldn't see anything except a black screen.


Night sky



Speaking of dark, the nightsky is accurately simulated as well. It shows all the stars, the milky way, the moon and the planets at their actual positions. If you want you can overlay a drawing of all the starsigns


All players in one world

All sailors in Sailaway share the same world. This means you can encounter each other and race against or with each other. You can even sail on the same boat together. There are chat channels available to communicate with your friends, with people in an interest group, people of your team, your crew or with everyone.


Viewing distance

Games and simulations usually have a horizon that goes no further than 5km. This is because positioning beyond that becomes inaccurate. Sailaway uses a view horizon of 50km, and also implemented the curvature of the earth. Low objects like the hull of a boat will no be visible at that distance, but the sail might. Of course depending on the current weather and visibility.

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Re: Sailaway - The Sailing Simulator
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2019, 04:23:36 PM »
Types of licence

Free

•   2 boat models
•   1 boat per model
•   customizable boat name
•   no races
•   no challenge ranking
•   use for max. 7 days
€0


Basic

•   4 boat models
•   1 boat per model
•   boat customization limited
•   races
•   challenges
•   no sailing teams
€19


Pro
•   all boat models
•   3 boats per model
•   full boat customization
•   races
•   challenges
•   sailing teams
€39


Upgrade basic to pro
€25

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Re: Sailaway - The Sailing Simulator
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2019, 06:34:22 PM »
PvP?

Where are the deck guns???

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Re: Sailaway - The Sailing Simulator
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2019, 11:37:11 PM »
PvP?

Where are the deck guns???

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It is in reference to Racing.  :Driving



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