Virtual Tacking Puts Sailors To Test

... written for Panbo by Yme Bosma and posted on Sep 3, 2004

Well this sounds like the fitness equipment I would like to have at home instead of a rowing machine...

"The Virtual Sailor VS-1, which can replicate the physical stresses and technical demands of sailing in a range of typical conditions, is thought to be a first for yachting. But the simulator is also proving a valuable tool for sailing instruction, including tactics, fitness and psychology, and for simulated races, he says."