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SAP Launches New Mobile App for Global Sailing Community to Create Races and Access Live Tracking Data

WALLDORF — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) and partner Sailing Yacht Research Foundation (SYRF) today announced the launch of Sail Insight, a new mobile app designed for the global sailing community. The user-friendly app allows users to create, track and manage their own races and provides live data and analytics to improve performance and training.

The app is available for download on iOS and Google Play and has been endorsed by World Sailing, the world’s governing body for the sport of sailing.

Historically, tracking and analyzing live sailing action has been cost prohibitive for many sailors, coaches and race organizers and has made events and regattas invisible to fans watching from shore. Now, Sail Insight can be used at thousands of regattas and training races around the world to benefit various sailing audiences and the sport overall. Clubs and race organizers can create their own races and provide live tracking for teams, participants and fans. Sailors can access live leaderboards and live race performance data. Coaches can base their tips and instructions on training and in-race tracking analytics, and fans can use their own devices to follow sailors and teams during races.

The Sail Insight mobile app is available for free through 2020. The free version of the app will allow users to test all features, create a sailor profile, participate in regattas, conduct self-tracking, share results and send invitations on social media. In 2021, the app will shift to offer both free access and a subscription-based model, which will unlock additional features.

The app utilizes SAP Sailing Analytics , the world’s largest and most robust sailing database. It provides insights and transparency using cloud and in-memory technology, processing GPS and wind measurement data in real time. For the first time, SAP is bringing the capabilities of SAP Sailing Analytics to the broader sailing community by introducing, together with SYRF, the new Sail Insight mobile app.

“Since 2011, SAP has been a trusted partner and innovation leader across the sport of sailing, creating solutions that improve performance for sailors, teams and race organizers while also growing fan interest and participation,” SAP Chief Technology Officer and Executive Board Member Juergen Mueller said. “The new app leverages the power of our sailing analytics database to create a mobile app that allows members of the sailing community to access data and information to help improve performance and enhance their race and event experience.”

The app provides sailors, coaches, clubs and fans with live data and analytics beyond professional one-design racing into other forms of sailing including big boat formula, performance cruiser and club regattas. Users for the first time can access live leaderboards and handicap racing leaderboards for live predictive handicap scoring. When clubs, sailors or coaches set up races from the app, they also can share a link with other participants and fans to follow along.

“We are thrilled to be working with SAP to help grow sailing worldwide,” SYRF Technical Director Larry Rosenfeld said. “The technology and capabilities that SAP bring are tremendous, and together with our board’s lifetime of work in the sport, we believe we can make progress even faster together by introducing and getting feedback from the community now.”

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About Sailing Yacht Research Foundation (SYRF)

The  Sailing Yacht Research Foundation  (SYRF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to growing the sport of sailboat racing using technology. The main focus currently is contributing our funds, experience and connections to building a data platform for the sport with SAP. Founded in 2006, SYRF has funded numerous projects such as improving computer modeling for fluid dynamics and speed prediction of sails, hulls and foiling, the rating of boats, and now live handicap scoring. SYRF’s board is composed of a number of offshore and Olympic sailors and technologists including Stan Honey, Chairman, Jay Hansen, President, and Larry Rosenfeld, Technical Director. For more information, visit www.sailyachtresearch.org .

About World Sailing

World Sailing is the world governing body for the sport of sailing, officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Founded in 1907, World Sailing’s vision is for a world in which millions more people fall in love with sailing; inspired by the unique relationship between sport, technology and the forces of nature, we all work to protect the waters of the world. World Sailing is made up of 144 Member National Authorities, the national governing bodies for sailing around the world, and 117 World Sailing Class Associations. Visit www.sailing.org or contact [email protected] to find out more.

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Updates from Sailing Yacht Research Foundation

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This paper completes a multi-part study that used fluid-structure interaction (FSI) modeling to produce a publicly available set of results comprised of all the aerodynamic moments and forces for a range of downwind sails, angles, and wind speeds.

Phase 2C examined these effects at deep apparent wind angles, and its findings have significant implications for parametric changes in spinnaker sheet trimming.

A companion paper has also been written that examines more closely the use of RANS simulations in determining optimal downwind sail trim, showing in more detail the effects of sheet tension and trim angle on drive force coefficients in downwind sails. This paper has been submitted and is pending publication soon.

To help promote this collaboration, SYRF has partnered with Innov’ Sail 2017 being held over 28-30 June in Lorient, France to provide an in-person forum for researchers and designers to review and compare their CFD methodologies and results, using the 14M Model Hull as the baseline for comparison.

“This is an exciting time for us,” says Steve Benjamin, Chairman of SYRF. “The completion of these studies after years of planning and research has yielded interesting and meaningful results that are being embraced by the global research and design community, which exactly fits our mission to advance the science behind sailboat performance. Our new website is also a refreshing and more interactive display of all that we do, so we look forward to more interest and traffic through this important portal to SYRF-supported projects.”

Also, SYRF has partnered with Numeca International for a free hands-on seminar about Numeca’s FINE™/Marine simulation software for marine design to be held at the New York Yacht Club on Wednesday, May 10th. An overview of FINE™/Marine capabilities and benefits for simulation in naval architecture will be presented by Benoit Mallol, product manager of the marine group at Numeca International.

This is a unique opportunity to also listen to industry leaders on how they take advantage of FINE™/Marine in their design process, with speakers including Len Imas from Oracle Team USA.

The seminar will feature live demonstrations with FINE™/Marine software that gives new users the chance to experience automated simulations during hands-on exercises. For those interested, this free introduction is followed by two days of intensive training on the use of FINE™/Marine.

SYRF website: www.sailyachtresearch.org

Source: SYRF

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