Race Library

Note

You need a Track Loader, Logged Tracking or Club Regatta licence to access the Race Library.

The race library is your private store for races you create and save in TackTracker. You will see the Library tab in the top tab-set on the left of the TackTracker window:

The library automatically organises races by date, and presents a tree structure with a Year -> Month -> Race hierarchy. You may expand and collapse the tree by clicking on the small boxes with the + or - signs.

The library tree represents the same structure on the file system under Documents\My Tracks. If you look at the My Tracks folder in Windows Explorer, you will see the same year and month and race folders. In Windows Explorer, a race folder contains a CSV file for each track and a special file, eventData.xml, for the race definition. In the Library you can also see the tracks in a race by selecting a race and expanding the tree:

From here you can right-click a track to access a menu to delete a track or export it.

Tip

If you have created a race and don't see it in the Library, you can refresh the list by right-clicking on a year or month node and clicking Refresh.

Working with Races

Select a race in the library to open it and load it into the player.

Right-click on a race to open a powerful menu allowing you to rename, delete and export a race among other things:

Menu action	Explanation
Open	Open the race (same as left clicking the race)
Export race to TTZ file	Create a TTZ file containing the race that you may send to another TackTracker user.
Rename ...	Rename the race
Delete ...	Delete the race (you will be asked to confirm)
Lock Race / Unlock Race	When locked, the Track Loader is prevented from adding new tracks to this race
Overlay onto current race	Compare performances across two similar races by overlaying this race over the current race and aligning the start times.
Copy to new Race	Create a new race using this race's definition as a template
Import Wind Data	Import a CSV file containing wind data. See Wind Data.
Publish Race	Publish the race to the TackTracker Cloud. See Publishing

If you have a Club Regatta license, you will see three additional menu actions:

Menu action	Explanation
Add to Autoplay list	Add this race to a list of races played in rotation - for unattended replay on a big screen.
Update Competitor Schedule from Race	Update the Competitor Schedule to match boat names and details defined in this race
Update Race from Competitor Schedule	Update the boat names and details to match the Competitor Schedule.