VANTAGE 3.0

User Guide

Record a session, understand your sailing and prepare your next debrief.

Replay and analysis

Analyze speed

Compare speed, angle and consistency to understand your straight-line sailing.

iOS, Android and web · Core features; additional views and filters require Pro or Coach

Where to start

Activity → Advanced Analysis → Speed.

  1. Choose the sailing to analyze

    Select Full Activity or a saved segment, then choose Upwind or Downwind. The charts summarize qualifying straight-line sailing in that selection.

  2. Choose a question and its measurements

    Open Y Metrics. For an upwind speed comparison, start with SOG, VMG and CWA. These show how fast you sailed, how much progress you made toward the wind, and the angle you sailed at.

    You can also select heel, pitch and the stability measures when the required data is available.

  3. Look at the typical result and the spread

    Start with All and the Box view. The line in the box is the median; the box shows the middle half of the results. Compare both tacks and look for differences in consistency as well as speed.

  4. Explore the pattern

    With Pro or Coach, Violin shows where results are concentrated. Scatter, available on larger screens, shows the relationship between two measurements chosen through X Axis and Y Metrics.

    Return to replay to inspect the sailing behind a promising result.

Speed Analysis comparing SOG, VMG, CWA and heel with violin plots
This example uses Violin to compare the distribution of measurements across three activities. Choose the sailing mode, metrics and plot type for your question. View full size

What Top 50% and Top 20% select

These Pro/Coach filters keep the higher-VMG sailing within each activity and tack, after the relevant interval and sailing filters. For example, Top 20% helps you inspect the strongest part of the available sailing.

The selection is based on VMG, not SOG. Each sailor’s selection can come from different moments. Use All when you want to include weaker periods and judge consistency.

Select points in a scatter plot

Select a point or drag a loop around a group. The selection count shows an active selection; clear it before returning to the full set. Use X Axis to change the relationship being examined.

If a chart is empty

Try Full Activity, All and a basic GPS metric. The selected interval may not contain qualifying sailing, or the sensor channel may have no usable samples.