update 2008
- "ORCint" scoring type (former "IMS")
- "IRC" scoring type
- Race protocols can now vary for each scoring group.
- Supplementary help texts for all error messages in English and German.
- New option, which allows to globally disallow a particular race to become dicarded.
- New option, which switches the DNC score between being equal with (DNS, DSQ, etc) and RRS A9 (boat does not count as an entry for the race)
- New option to automatically assign DNC (acc. A9) to all yachts that did not receive any result.
- Enhanced ORC-Club scoring offers a larger set of options.
- Each handicap is available in a inshore and a offshore variant.
- New ORCint and ORC-Club options, providing "double-handed" handicaps.
(Function will be available as soon as certificate files contain these handicaps)
- New datafields added to the CSV import
- New web site representation including a forum
http://www.velumNG.com
http://forum.velumNG.com
- Diverse bug fixing and internal revisions.
update 2007
new features in version 2007:
- New Wizzard for 4-class sailing and Final Race
- optimisation of the race calculation (speed up 8x)
- printing of sailing time and calulation time inside the overall result
general functions
- Triple Number handicap calculation for IMS & ORC
- intelligent editing dialog for IMS/ORC certificates
- Yardstick scoring options time-on-time, time-on-distance
- Option to adjust elapsed time (seconds or percent), or yardstick handicap individually race by race
- Australian start option
- Configuration wizard for olympic race (fleetrace) and & 4-group-sailing
- Team results
- Scoring at marks possible, including individual course length to each of the marks before the finishing line
- Additional dialog for easy registration of results: "Race Real Time Dialog"
- GPS calculation as stand-alone utility and in connection with the IMS constructed course option
- National and ISAF accreditation
- Automized group assignment
- Additional form to print-out
characteristics
- Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/VISTA
- New development in the years 2003-2004 as a joint venture between Markus Wegmann and Harald Schnitzler
- Combines the functionality of the (in the German speaking regions leading) race management softwares Next-Regatta-Generation (Markus Wegmann) and Velum [DOS] (Harald Schnitzler) ... and will replace and outperform those!
- Based on together 30 years experience in worldwide 300 software licences, unnumbered regattas, many high ranking championchips, up to the worlds largest regattas (Nordsee-Woche, Kieler-Woche, Travemünder-Woche, etc...)
- Multiple language capability
views + printouts
- Yachts Lists (common list or scoring groups)
- Starting lists
- Scratch sheets
- Finishing lists
- Race results
- Series results
- A large set of options is applicable to each list, the required datafields can be selected individually.
- Graphics and logos can be added to the printout.
- NEW 2006: free definable printouts e.g. receipt, documents, ...
specifications
- Conforms to the actual rules of sailing (ISAF)
- Allows for all scoring options, penalties, redresses, etc...
- Scoring types: Class, IMS, ORC-Club, Yardstick, Dansk-Handicap, Catstick
- NEW 2006: Yardstick Calculation with TimeOnTime, TimeOnDistance and Känguruh
- NEW 2006: Class-Sailing and Fleetrace
- NEW 2006: Teamresults
- Full featured IMS & ORC-Club scoring compliant to the ORC, NEW 2006 TripleNum Calculation
- Allows all IMS-handicap-systems (e.g. “variable-course”) and IMS-calculation methods (e.g. "performance-curve"). Handicap certificates can be imported from the official certificate data files (*.rms).
- Unlimited number of
Yachts
Races
Starting/Scoring groups
- Huge flexibility in defining the scoring groups.
- A yacht can be scored in many different ways / scoring groups.
Furthermore, a scoring group can include other groups.
Yachts of different starting groups can still be evaluated in a common scoring group.
- Global switches to simplify for
regattas without IMS/ORC-Club
class scoring only
races starting and finishing on the same day
- Databases for club names and yardstick numbers
- Large variety of import/export functions
Interface for swiss-sailing regatta calender in work
- NEW 2006: GPS Course-Calculation