sailing software called "the passage making".

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 06 Mar 2004 13:13 PST

Hi penny71,
I have not been able to locate any software with this title. Are you
certain this is the correct name of the software? Any other details
regarding this software will help.
Regards,
Rainbow

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Request for Question Clarification by tar_heel_v-ga on 06 Mar 2004 14:30 PST

Are you possibly referring to Virtual Passages, which is a sailing simulator?

-THV

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Clarification of Question by penny71-ga on 07 Mar 2004 06:08 PST

This program creates great circle routes, or via waypoints, estimate
the eta based on the sailboat configuration, gives the average winds
speed & directions, waves for the specific date selected.

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Request for Question Clarification by markj-ga on 07 Mar 2004 06:33 PST

penny71 --

I have found a link to a site that offers software that appears to
have all the features that you are seeking, but its name is entirely
different from the one you cite.  Please take a look at this site and
let me know if this software suits your purposes.  If it does, I will
post the information as an answer, along with my search strategy:

Digital Wave: Visual Passage Planner
http://www.digwave.com/


markj-ga

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Clarification of Question by penny71-ga on 07 Mar 2004 10:50 PST

To Markj-ga
Thank you your reply fits my needs. The Visual Passage Planner is correct.
Much appreciated.
Remy

penny71 -- 

Thanks for your clarification, and I was pleased to be able to find
the information for you.

In order to make my answer "official," here again is the link to the
Digital Wave site that describes and offers the software that
interests you:

Digital Wave: Visual Passage Planner
 http://www.digwave.com/ 



Search Strategy:

After "striking out" on a variety of Google searches based on the
terms "passage making," "passagemaking," "passage maker" and
"passagemaker," I used verbal clues you provided in your first
clarification to design Google searches that would maximize the
chances of finding the software under a different name.


The one that led to the discovery of the site linked above was this:

"great circle" passage waypoints
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22great+circle%22+passage++%22waypoints%22


Based on your clarification, I am confident that this is the
information you are seeking.  If anything is unclear, please ask for
clarification before rating this answer.


markj-ga