Orca introduces Sail Routing
by Orca 23 Apr 2023 08:48 UTC
Sail Routing on the Orca Display 2 © Orca
Norwegian marine tech startup, Orca, launches Sail Routing - a new and better way for sailors to plan and prepare their trips. Sail Routing uses weather forecasts and polar diagrams to accurately deliver route options for sailors.
Sail Routing is incredibly easy to use. Just set a starting point and destination, and Orca will find the way.
Orca's new Sail Routing feature - currently not offered by any other competitor in the world - compares thousands of alternative routes for the desired destination and gives sailors the best route for their boat. To accomplish this, Orca estimates the boat's speed based on the forecasted wind and tides to pick the best route. The result is carefully fine-tuned to avoid excessive tacking and navigation hazards, and is the most efficient route.
An important part of route planning is understanding the upcoming weather and tide conditions along the route. Orca solves this with its Route Timeline, an incredibly easy and quick way to understand conditions along the route.
The Route Timeline shows a summary of the entire route and the conditions along the route. Sections with heavy waves or strong tides are colour coded, making them easy to spot. The Route Timeline also shows you where sailors need to tack or gybe, making it easy to spot demanding sections along the route.
Orca is the first and only primary navigation system that delivers purpose-built routing for sailboats. Sail Routing is yet another example of how Orca's combination of incredibly powerful hardware and built-in internet connectivity allows it to deliver functionality that is out of reach for traditional chartplotters.
Amir Borovac, Co-Founder of Orca, says, "We're incredibly excited to launch Sail Routing. Until now, sailors have had to use a PC or tablet with specialised routing software to plan sail trips and those tools don't talk to chartplotters. With Orca, sailors can finally plan and sail with a single tool.
"Sail Routing has been built with feedback from sailors all over the globe, and it has been fine-tuned by Orca customers for more than six months ahead of its official launch. Moving forward, we will use real-time wind data from your boat's wind sensor to make routes far more accurate than all other routing systems."
Sail Routing is available for all Orca customers with the Orca Premium Subscription. For more information about Sail Routing and the full Orca product range, visit getorca.com.