SailTool software
Now available as FREEWARE!
In celebration of ten successful years of use, CMST has released SailTool as freeware – for use in your application free of charge.
The freeware version of SailTool can be downloaded here
Please note that free technical support cannot be provided in support of the use of the freeware version of SailTool. An extensive help file is provided with the program and users are encouraged to refer to this documentation. The help file can be downloaded directly here.
SailTool can determine various sail stripe parameters including draft, camber, offsets, twist, front%, back%, entry angle, exit angle, and twist.
The protractor tool can be used for angle measurement.
Measure spinnaker flying distance.
Leech twist measurement.
SailTool can be used with sail boards as well as yachts.
SailTool is a program for the measurement and parameterisation of yacht sails and rigging. The program runs on PCs running Microsoft Windows and provides a user-friendly interface for performing high accuracy measurements.
Features include:
- parameterisation of sail draft stripes
- mast bend measurement
- leech twist measurement
- spinnaker flying distance measurement
- virtual protractor and tape measure tools
- grid overlay tool
- full user-friendly windows interface
- fully featured online help
- database of commonly used yacht classes and parameters
Camera requirements: The program can process images from any source e.g., digital cameras or scanned images from film cameras. Higher resolution images allow greater measurement accuracy – subject to operator accuracy.
Suitable Image Formats: PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP.
SailTool was originally developed by the Centre for Marine Science & Technology (CMST) for the Australian Yachting Federation for use in the coaching of the 2000 Sydney Olympics yachting team. A team that was successful in winning four gold medals.
SailTool provides a windows based interface for digitisation, measurement and parameterisation. Here, mast bend is being measured.
A comparison can be made between sail stripe parameters of all stripes on the same sail or the same stripe on different images.
