iRegatta Pro
$9.99
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About iRegatta Pro
iRegatta is a tactical Regatta application for android devices, used for yachting and sailing regattas.
You can try "iRegatta" instead of "iRegatta Pro", it'll give you 4 minutes of testing at each startup, and you can then buy all the features you need as In-App purchases.
The built-in GPS unit and the unique graphical possibilities of these devices, make them ideal for such an application.
IMPORTANT: iRegatta requires internal GPS or Bluetooth/WiFi connection to NMEA data, to get the sailing data required for calculations.
iRegatta has been available for iPhone/iPad for years, and has a lot of useful features.
Now the Android version has similar features, except that NMEA instrument data also can be used with a BlueTooth connection (or a Wifi connection).
If you have a Android phone anyway, this is a cheap way to introduce you to the benefits of a GPS device, to help you leverage your regatta sailing performance.
A downside is of course the fact that most phones are not waterproof! But there are products out there, you can put your device into, to make it waterproof and still be able to operate it while sailing. In this way you can either mount it near your other instruments on your keelboat or strap it to your arm if you are sailing a dinghy.
Features:
Main View.
Here you can see your the 4 most important readouts, for instance Heading, Speed, VMG and Wind Direction.
By tapping and holding one of the 4 main readouts for 2 seconds, they become configurable. Scroll down the list to chose the information you want to display. Many of the possible readouts are only updated if you have NMEA input.
If navigating towards a waypoint, you can configure your readouts to display distance/bearing.
There is also a lift indicator, showing you if you have been lifted by a wind shift, and graphs showing the development in your speed and VMG over a configurable amount of time and a performance bar.
Wind direction.
Set your wind direction by storing your heading while sailing on upwind on starboard and port tack, or simply type it in.
Start view.
Here you have your start countdown (including sync), and you can mark your starting line and iRegatta will calculate the distance to the line and indicate the favored end of the line, if wind direction is set.
Waypoints.
Navigate to your favorite pre-stored waypoints, create a route of waypoints or create a new temporary waypoint by distance/bearing.
Statistics view.
Here you can see your location (Lat & Lon), Max speed and Trip odometer. On the left hand side there is a polar diagram. tap it and it'll increase in size. Change the wind speed to see the different polars. These polars are the base for the performance bar in the race view.
NMEA
If you choose to turn on "NMEA input via BlueTooth" in the iRegatta setting, you will be able to receive instrument data from your boat, if it's able to transmit NMEA information using BlueTooth.
Be aware that information from different instruments can be transmitted in different NMEA syntaxes. Not all NMEA syntaxes are implemented in iRegatta.
AIS
If you have an AIS receiver that transmits AIS data as NMEA sentences, an AIS radar-like display will show all vessel information received.
You can try "iRegatta" instead of "iRegatta Pro", it'll give you 4 minutes of testing at each startup, and you can then buy all the features you need as In-App purchases.
The built-in GPS unit and the unique graphical possibilities of these devices, make them ideal for such an application.
IMPORTANT: iRegatta requires internal GPS or Bluetooth/WiFi connection to NMEA data, to get the sailing data required for calculations.
iRegatta has been available for iPhone/iPad for years, and has a lot of useful features.
Now the Android version has similar features, except that NMEA instrument data also can be used with a BlueTooth connection (or a Wifi connection).
If you have a Android phone anyway, this is a cheap way to introduce you to the benefits of a GPS device, to help you leverage your regatta sailing performance.
A downside is of course the fact that most phones are not waterproof! But there are products out there, you can put your device into, to make it waterproof and still be able to operate it while sailing. In this way you can either mount it near your other instruments on your keelboat or strap it to your arm if you are sailing a dinghy.
Features:
Main View.
Here you can see your the 4 most important readouts, for instance Heading, Speed, VMG and Wind Direction.
By tapping and holding one of the 4 main readouts for 2 seconds, they become configurable. Scroll down the list to chose the information you want to display. Many of the possible readouts are only updated if you have NMEA input.
If navigating towards a waypoint, you can configure your readouts to display distance/bearing.
There is also a lift indicator, showing you if you have been lifted by a wind shift, and graphs showing the development in your speed and VMG over a configurable amount of time and a performance bar.
Wind direction.
Set your wind direction by storing your heading while sailing on upwind on starboard and port tack, or simply type it in.
Start view.
Here you have your start countdown (including sync), and you can mark your starting line and iRegatta will calculate the distance to the line and indicate the favored end of the line, if wind direction is set.
Waypoints.
Navigate to your favorite pre-stored waypoints, create a route of waypoints or create a new temporary waypoint by distance/bearing.
Statistics view.
Here you can see your location (Lat & Lon), Max speed and Trip odometer. On the left hand side there is a polar diagram. tap it and it'll increase in size. Change the wind speed to see the different polars. These polars are the base for the performance bar in the race view.
NMEA
If you choose to turn on "NMEA input via BlueTooth" in the iRegatta setting, you will be able to receive instrument data from your boat, if it's able to transmit NMEA information using BlueTooth.
Be aware that information from different instruments can be transmitted in different NMEA syntaxes. Not all NMEA syntaxes are implemented in iRegatta.
AIS
If you have an AIS receiver that transmits AIS data as NMEA sentences, an AIS radar-like display will show all vessel information received.
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
Bug fixes.
Bug fixes.
Price update Price changed from $9.99 to $15.99.
Version update iRegatta Pro was updated to version 4.06
Version update iRegatta Pro was updated to version 3.67.1
Price update Price changed from $9.99 to $15.99.
What are users saying about iRegatta Pro
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Samsung galxy S4 9500 Android 5.1. После включения кнопки Setting приложение повторно не включается. пишет - приложение iRegatta pro остановлено . Повторный запуск возможен только после очистки данных и кэш. ЧТО ДЕЛАТЬ?
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Android version back under development and looking sexier than ever. Yay!
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Too bad isn't working on the background. If you switch off the screen all the statistics are gone.
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Between the end of android support and the new bugs which prevent external NMEA sources from working properly, I am forced to find a new app. BAD MOVE ZIFIGO. Booo.
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Unacceptable. Since this was a paid app (and not a cheap one!), the support to the paying customers should have been better. I needed access to an older version in order to install the app on Android 4.0 and the developer sent me to solve the problem with Google when in fact was very easy to point to a download link on their site or simply send me the old version.
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I paid money for this and no more updates for android? What a crappy way to treat your customers.
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No more support for the biggest OS?
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My pebble is updated to Pebble time and doesn't seem to support it and crashes when clicked Import. Also, used to work on my Nexus 7 2012 but somehow it keeps crashing now. Paid app that doesn't work now. Please fix it!
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Android version no longer under development. That sucks donkey balls.
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Great app
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I like this app. I first used Bluetooth for my wireless connection now TCP. Found a couple of issues/bugs but both fixed very quickly.
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Bought this app for the Pebble smart watch integration, never got it to work reliably now can't get it to connect at all.
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Got this PRO version because free iRegatta blurb says "buy Pro to get ALL the features enabled". So why Pebble in-app module is not working with iRegatta PRO? I already paid for the Pebble through in-app purchase. Please advise!
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Been using it in regattas for a year now to great effect. Developer is highly responsive in fixing bugs too.
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When are you going to give us the compass and accelerometer functions the ios (iphone) users get?
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Excellent sailing app, even better as you can feed data from your onboard instruments into it.
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Great app with great features, one of the best supported small developer apps I have found for Android, with good ongoing development. Highly recommended.
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As a tech nut/geek, I envied the laptop racing software the big grand prix teams used, but too expensive. Impractical to tie up a crew to carry a tablet. With i Regatta, I have the perfect, cost effective solution. My tactician or I Strap my Droid Bionic to our forearm in a waterproof case. All the graphics I need or could want: highly visible or audible. Unique pre- start graphic to burn time or to hurry up one of my favorites. Download polars easily: make a spread sheet, select csv as format for saving.
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2 40 added some nice features. Always more to be done but works great. Now the guys on the rail can check up on the back of the boat!
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High five Great work!samsung tab screen is not yet ok.e
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Well design app, outstanding support Great app with great features, one of the best supported small developer apps I have found for Android, with good ongoing development. Highly recommended.
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#1Race App now that voice added As a tech nut/geek, I envied the laptop racing software the big grand prix teams used, but too expensive. Impractical to tie up a crew to carry a tablet. With i Regatta, I have the perfect, cost effective solution. My tactician or I Strap my Droid Bionic to our forearm in a waterproof case. All the graphics I need or could want: highly visible or audible. Unique pre- start graphic to burn time or to hurry up one of my favorites. Download polars easily: make a spread sheet, select csv as format for saving.
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Best race app 2 40 added some nice features. Always more to be done but works great. Now the guys on the rail can check up on the back of the boat!
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Tab is now ok.thx High five Great work!samsung tab screen is not yet ok.e
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One of the best sailing apps Excellent sailing app, even better as you can feed data from your onboard instruments into it.
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Paid for app only to have it dumped by developer with no more support. Latest version buggy on s6.