SailTool Software

Announcing SailTool, a new program for the measurement and parameterisation of yacht sails and rigging. The program runs on PCs running Microsoft Windows (9x, NT, or 2000) 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 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 3 gold medals.

SailTool is now available for purchase for use in your application.

Graphical user interface of SailTool
SailTool provides a windows based interface for digitisation, measurement and parameterisation. Here, mast bend is being measured.

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.

Spinnaker with flying distance measurement shown

Measure spinnaker flying distance.

Leech twist measurement.

SailTool can be used with sail boards as well as yachts.

comparison of sail stripe parameters
A comparison can be made between sail stripe parameters of all stripes on the same sail or the same stripe on different images.

For further information, please contact:
The Director, Centre for Marine Science & Technology.
Email: Director
Phone: +61 8 9266 7380
Fax: +61 8 9266 4799

Related Information:
Marine Science Products