YOU-TACK! Lite: The Guide to the Racing Rules of Sailing
FREE
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App Details
- Category:
- Sports
- Release Date:
- Jul 02, 2010
- Homepage:
- http://www.you-tack.com
- Publisher:
- dp associates inc.
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The ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing with Quizzes, Definitions and Signal Flags
You-Tack! is the first iPhone app to offer the official ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing with illustrations, explanations, 3D Animated Quizzes with a Scoreboard to track your answers, images of all the Racing Signals with detailed descriptions, and Definitions with clear illustrations. It’s easy to use, with cross-links between the rules and definitions. Learn the rules with the illustrations, the explanations, and the 3D quizzes - which will test your knowledge in various real life situations, track the rules you’re unsure of, and allow you to keep them in your Favorites folder, so you can quickly brush up before the next race, or after it’s over, on the club porch.
You-Tack! Lite contains all of the functionality found in You-Tack! Pro, but not all of the content. As a racing sailor, You-Tack! Lite should meet many of your needs. If you need the complete Racing Rules, or would like to enjoy the full selection of animated quizzes, please consider a purchase of You-Tack! Pro.
Features include:
RULES:
- The rules are the official rules from The International Sailing
Association Federation, current to January 2010, as printed in The Racing Rules of Sailing 2009 - 2012 (RRS).
- In You-Tack! Lite only the rules in Part 1 and Part 2 section A are available. All of the rules shown in the table of contents are available in You-Tack! Pro.
- Within each Rule there are hyperlinks to other noted Rules and Definitions, along with brief explanations of each rule, and some illustrations.
- Add a rule to the Favorites list for quick reference.
QUIZZES:
- You-Tack! Lite contains two quiz questions for your enjoyment.
- In You-Tack! Pro there are 7 quiz categories, each with 6 quizzes:
The Start; Sailing Upwind; The Upwind Mark; Sailing Downwind; The Downwind Mark; The Finish; Signals
- Each quiz has a Situation, a Question, an Illustration, and a 3D animation. Answer the quiz and find out if you're right or wrong, and then review the rationale behind each answer.
- Tap anywhere on the quiz illustration to view and play the 3D Animation.
- Check the Rules relating to each Quiz: After you answer the quiz, select References to view the Rules and Definitions that figure in the decision.
- A Scoreboard in the Quiz section keeps track of your answers, so you
can see how many quizzes you answered correctly and which Rules to Review you need to brush up on. Select Reset Scores to clear the Scoreboard and restart the quizzes.
- The quizzes are taken from the The International Sailing Association Federation CASE BOOK for 2009-2012, which consists of the authoritative worldwide interpretations of the Racing Rules of Sailing ("RRS"); and from The Royal Yachting Association Case Book for 2009-2012, which contains the final decisions on appeals brought before the RYA.
SIGNALS:
- All the official ISAF racing signals are illustrated, with explanations.
- All the International Code Flags are also illustrated.
DEFINITIONS:
Only the official ISAF Definitions of terms used in the RRS are
listed, with illustrations appended to the most significant
definitions.
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Reviews
Bayracer
L.I.S. Match racer
Version: 1.0
Version: 1.0
This Lite demo gave me an excellent view as to what the Pro version is like. Everything is clear and easy to follow. Love the Rules illustration examples & the 3D quiz animations are awesome.
I would like to see more rules than just #1-13, but I guess that's why it's a demo.
What's not to like? I'll probably go for the Pro.
