http://thebench.ockam.com Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:30:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 ... since I've updated this blog. The recent economic unpleasantness certainly had an effect on the yachting industry, with some big names going out of business or changing in dramatic fashion. Ockam Instruments is still here, producing some interesting products.We have produced a new version of OckamSoft, called OckamSoft 5. ... http://thebench.ockam.com/index.php?p=45 How does St. Nick know where to steer his sleigh? He must have a GPS connected to the Ockam system in his sleigh! Being the patron saint of sailors, St. Nicolas wants you to know where you are, too. Place your order for an 041 GPS interface from now until ... http://thebench.ockam.com/index.php?p=44 The Vysion displays are up and running on a few boats now, and all who have used them are quite happy. They are highly visible, can be almost infinitely customized, and have several features not found on any other display.We now have a demo program available that can be run ... http://thebench.ockam.com/index.php?p=41 Congratulations to Victory '83 for winning the Modern division at the 12M Worlds. The crew worked hard to get that victory. We have worked with them over many months to refine many points of the instrument system and help develop new training solutions. All that hard work paid off! http://thebench.ockam.com/index.php?p=42 Here's a YouTube clip of the new Titan in action... note the Ockam displays at the mast and helm. http://thebench.ockam.com/index.php?p=40 A BIG congratulations to Kjeld Hestehave and the crew of Velos on their outstanding performance in class IRC B of the 2009 Rolex Big Boat Series in San Francisco. You can't get better than 6 first place finishes!!! http://thebench.ockam.com/index.php?p=39 So what's new here at Ockam? A few things...First, the new Vysion system has now been installed on a few boats. We've encountered some growing pains with these, but that's the price to pay for bleeding-edge technology! We continue to improve the system, and all involved seem to be pretty ... http://thebench.ockam.com/index.php?p=38 The story of one boat having calibration problems was recently relayed to us. The crew was having difficulty obtaining reasonable numbers from their instrument system, so they began to "calibrate" the instruments. I used quotes because what they were doing was not actually calibration, but fiddling and guessing. After a ... http://thebench.ockam.com/index.php?p=36 We're entering the second year of public release of DeWiggler, and there is now enough data to make some general conclusions. Probably the single most important conclusion gleaned from the data analysis concerns the compass.The first half of the DeWiggler tests calibrate the boat speed (Vs) and compass heading (Ms), ... http://thebench.ockam.com/index.php?p=35 I just received an email from Kjeld Hesthave, the owner of the Tanton 73 "Velos", regarding the 2008 Pacific Cup (the "fun race" to Hawaii). He was letting me know of their 2nd place finish in class F (big boats), with a 13th place overall.The great thing about this is ... http://thebench.ockam.com/index.php?p=34