Speed Made Good and VMG Calculator
Speed Made Good and VMG: a planned Super Calculator tool. Covers boat speed. Stub page: the tool, its formula and a worked example are not published yet.
Speed Made Good and VMG Calculator is a planned calculator in the transport section of Super Calculator, covering speed and distance.
What this calculator will compute
Inputs: boat speed, heading and bearing to waypoint.
Formula, recorded as scope and not yet verified against a primary source: VMG = boat speed times cos(angle between heading and rhumb line to mark).
Written for racing sailors optimizing upwind and downwind angles.
Status
This page is a stub. The calculator is not built, no figure on this page has been verified against the authority that sets it, and nothing here should be used to make a decision. The page exists so that the site structure is complete and so that articles can link this concept on first mention.
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