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AWS "A Windsurf Session" utility for iPhone &iPad

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Created by FranzN > 9 months ago, 16 Mar 2013
FranzN
WA, 7 posts
16 Mar 2013 1:31PM
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Hello,

after many months of development & testing, I finally managed to finish and publish my iPhone/ iPad app.
It's available on the Apple App-store: apps.apple.com/us/app/aws-a-windsurf-session/id613638929

a small extract of the description:
The AWS "A Windsurf Session" app is THE essential tool to keep track of all your windsurfing equipment, your settings and tuning parameters as well as your sessions on the water.
AWS will help you to select your most appropriate windsurf equipment for the wind conditions.


Have fun trying it out and don't hesitate to contact me if you have questions or suggestions.
Franz

dan berry
WA, 2562 posts
16 Mar 2013 1:39PM
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Or you could throw caution to the wind and use your brain[}:)]

Cluffy
NSW, 422 posts
16 Mar 2013 8:17PM
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actually storing boom and mast base settings on my phone would be very handy simply because I'm a spaz at remembering that stuff. Gimme a break I'm a geriatric old vegetable you know.

Pity my phone is a bloody android :-(

dan berry
WA, 2562 posts
17 Mar 2013 5:19PM
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And in case you lose your phone you can find the same numbers written on the foot of the sail.

FranzN
WA, 7 posts
18 Mar 2013 1:02AM
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dan berry said...
.. you can find the same numbers written on the foot of the sail...


yes and no. Which screw do you need to fix the 10 fins on your 5 boards? I always used to pick 3 wrong ones before finding the right one. Where do you place the harness lines? What's the best height for the boom for your body height? This is not written on the sail.
And if you don't use all the gear from the same manufacturer, the length you need to set it may be a little bit different from what's written on your sail.
I also had a boom where all the numbers were washed off/ not readable anymore. I now document the number of holes which need to stay visible when set at the right length.
Small tricks for an ageing memory...

have fun
Franz

FranzN
WA, 7 posts
18 Mar 2013 1:11AM
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Cluffy said...
Pity my phone is a bloody android :-(


hey, Santa Claus is coming soon.

Franz

dan berry
WA, 2562 posts
18 Mar 2013 4:49AM
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If you don't know which of your 10 fins to put in which of you r 5 boards you probably shouldn't have 5 boards and 10 fins. If you don't know how tall you are in relation to your boom height an app certainly ain't going to save you.

FranzN
WA, 7 posts
25 Mar 2013 6:54AM
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Hello,

a free but limited version of AWS was added to the itunes app-store.
It permits to test all the functions and possibilities of AWS. The only limitation is the maximum number of rigs (2), windsurfs (3) and sessions(5).
So...hate it or love it , but try it out.

have fun
Franz

dan berry
WA, 2562 posts
25 Mar 2013 8:39AM
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What the difference between a "windsurfs" and a "sessions"?

dan berry
WA, 2562 posts
25 Mar 2013 8:58AM
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Or do you mean board?

Carantoc
WA, 7194 posts
25 Mar 2013 10:32AM
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Sounds more like bored to me

northsail
NSW, 97 posts
25 Mar 2013 8:54PM
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Downloaded. Looked. Deleted.

FranzN
WA, 7 posts
26 Mar 2013 1:02AM
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dan berry said...
Or do you mean board?


Glad you asked.

the trick is that the nomenclature for the stuff we use is somewhat fuzzy:
you take a board, fit a fin into it and you still call it a board. Take the board and your rig and go on the water: you surf on your board...

I had to create some new notations:
It's evident that a "Rig" = "Sail' + "Mast" + "Boom" + "Extension".
In AWS, a "Board" is a naked board.
a "Surf" (short for surfboard) is a "Board" + "Fin".. As you probably have several fins which you use with the same board, you will have several (AWS-)"Surf".
A "Windsurf" = "Surf' + "Rig".
As you can fit different "Rigs" on your "Surfs', you end up with many "Windsurfs".

A "Session" should be clear to everybody. You combine a "Windsurf", a "Spot" and some wind conditions...

if you have a better nomenclature, I would be glad to use it.
Franz

BenKirk
NSW, 600 posts
26 Mar 2013 9:06AM
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To save people time (if they're like me and have no idea what nomenclature is):

Nomenclature is a term that applies to either a list of names or terms, or to refer to something that is a term or to the system of principles, procedures and terms related to naming—which is the assigning of a word or phrase to a particular object, event, or property...

northsail
NSW, 97 posts
26 Mar 2013 9:30AM
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dan berry
WA, 2562 posts
26 Mar 2013 6:46AM
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Good to see you're simplifying things for us.

dan berry
WA, 2562 posts
26 Mar 2013 7:18AM
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German yea?

FranzN
WA, 7 posts
27 Mar 2013 1:05AM
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dan berry said...
German yea?


Me? No!
Luxembourg.



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