Sails are controlled by the winches which are located on port and starboard at the bottom of NED. Hold the helm button down and the boat will turn 5 degrees every ½ second or so. Once the boat straightens up, you'll notice the wind angle and the heading will have changed according to how much you turned.

This is because on a real wind meter on a real boat the boat always stays pointing up and the meter tells you where the wind is in relation to your boat. You'll notice the boat will straighten up once you have released the helm button. The helm is controlled by the split button at the bottom center of NED.Ĭlick the starboard split and the sailboat will turn to starboard. NED is brought to you FREE by NauticEd – The World’s Most Advanced Online Sailing Education. Once you've mastered NED – you'll be ready for real sail trim practice on the water. It’s the closest thing you can get to sailing instruction online. NED represents the real world polar plot of a real racer cruiser sailboat. You can turn the boat into or away from the wind, let the sails out or tighten them up and you can adjust the speed of the wind.Your sails will be correctly trimmed when your boat speed reaches its maximum for any particular wind speed and direction.NED will teach you how to correctly trim the sails on almost any sailboat with a mainsail and headsail. NED is your virtual sailing instructor.First - mouse over each of the elements of NED and you'll learn what they do.View a perfectly formated version of NED for your mobile phone here How to use NED – the Sailing Simulator Have you taken NauticEd's FREE Online Sailing Course - basic sail trim? NauticEd - 21st Century Sailing Education Please enjoy our sailing simulator - NED. Then, you can turn off the tool tips button. Hover over NED's components to gain a better understanding before you start poking and clicking. You'll notice the wind direction and the HDG (compass heading) have changed appropriately. With NED, for simulation purposes and to give you a feel that the boat is turning when you activate the helm button, the boat turns with the helm but it immediately flicks back up to it's normal proper position. On a real wind meter, the boat always faces up because you're always behind the meter. You'll notice that the red triangle represents the relative position of the wind to the boat. The graphic below is representative of a real wind meter on a sailboat. Before you play with NED, read this first. NED teaches you how to set the sails for every wind angle. NED is the world's best sailing simulator for teaching basic understanding of sail trim.

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