Matching Tracks to a Race

When you select a track in the Loaded Tracks area in the Track Loader, you will see all matching races listed.  Tracks are matched to a race based on two criteria:

1. The track start time must precede the race start

2. The track end time must occur after the race start

Sometimes you need to load a track that does not meet the first criteria, and TackTracker does not automatically match it to your desired race. 

This can happen when a sailor forgets to turn on their GPS until after the race has started.  To avoid this, please encourage all sailors to switch on their GPS before leaving shore.

Back-Dating the Track

To recover from this situation, you can modify the track to back-date the first track point to before the event start.  To do this:

1. Select the track in the Track Loader's Loaded Tracks table.  The track will be displayed.

2. Click the Edit button in the Track Loader.  The Identify Track dialog will display:

3. Note the start time for the track.  If this time is a short time after your race's start time, you can backdate the track by clicking the Backdate button.  Each time you click Backdate, the start time will decrement by 5 minutes.

4. Save your changes by clicking Save

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