Navigation Rally

TackTracker provides a complete solution for running a Navigation Rally event for power boats.

Sometimes known as Predicted Log Trials, a Navigation Rally is like a motor rally on the water, where competing boats navigate a course keeping to a nominated speed.  As each boat passes through checkpoints or "gates", penalty points are awarded for each whole second early or late through the gate.

With TackTracker, running a Nav. Rally is no longer a labor intensive process requiring spotters to be stationed around the course to manually record gate times.  Instead, scoring is totally automatic and results are available as soon as the GPS tracks are loaded.  With TackTracker, everyone can join in the rally, as spotters are not needed, and rallies are so much easier to run that they can be run more often.

Note: A Navigation Rally license and the Windows version of TackTracker are requried to run a Navigation Rally.   However competitors can download and run TackTracker free of charge to view the replay and results.  

Competitors may optionally purchase a Logged Tracking license to enable them to plot the course in TackTracker and export it to their chart plotter.  See Personal Use.

With the TackTracker Navigation Rally License:

Before the Rally, you can:

• Quickly design and layout a course, using the Navigation Rally editor.
• Create the checkpoints or scoring gates  - as many or as few as you need.
• Define the start time and starting interval.

For the Rally itself:

• Each competitor carries a GPS unit recording their times, positions and speeds around the course.
• There is no longer a need for spotters, or for boats to carry placards.

After the Rally:

• Load in the data and TackTracker will automatically compute times and scores at each gate and provide total scores for each competitor.
• The data may be copied and pasted into a spreadsheet.
• The rally may be replayed on a big screen, for competitors to review their performance.  A dynanic leaderboard shows the changing fortunes of each competitor as she navigates the course.
• You may impose manual or discretionary penalties for any competitor.