SuroîtOn board
Plugged into the boat's instruments, with or without a connection.
On board, plugged into the boat
The Windows version is the same app, installed on the boat's computer. It reads the NMEA multiplexer over Wi-Fi or USB, shows your boat live on the map with its course-over-ground vector, and computes the true wind from the apparent wind.
AIS targets trigger a closing-distance alarm, the route goes to the autopilot and every passage is logged with its data (speed, heading, wind, depth) to be exported as GPX or replayed later. Before leaving, you prepare the area: charts, coastline and depths stay available without a connection.
On a phone, the screen switches to cockpit mode: speed and polar percentage, true wind, recommended heading and next manoeuvre, in large figures.
A Mac version is on the way. On iPhone, iPad and Android, open Suroît in the browser, then "Add to Home Screen".
Install and connect
- Open the downloaded file: Suroît installs and starts, without administrator rights.
- Sign in with your account.
- En mer › Instruments › Passerelle NMEA du PC (the app is in French for now): add the multiplexer (TCP, UDP or USB port).
The installer is not signed yet. On first launch, Windows may show "Windows protected your PC": click "More info", then "Run anyway".
And on Sundays, racing
The timer follows the 5-4-1-0 starting sequence with its sound signals and vibrations. During the sequence, the screen gives the distance to the line, the time to reach it and the favoured end. Once started, it draws the laylines to the next mark and records the roundings by itself.