Teaching the Rules of the Road with Virtual Sailor: Using Waypoints and Autopilot to Build Real Navigation Skills This is part 2 of a 2 part series. Part 1 is here Every mariner eventually has to learn the Rules of the Road, the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGs) that govern who gives…
Building Believable Boat Traffic in Virtual Sailor: Waypoints, Autopilot, and Why Every Vessel Needs Its Own Setup This is the first of a two-part series about setting up and using the Virtual Sailor autopilot to teach rules of the road in navigation. One of the most satisfying things you can do in Virtual Sailor is…
The video below from the MuVIT YouTube Channel explains how to create scenarios you can use over and over. Once you create a scenario, you can restart it at the same location with the same boat and conditions at any time. This makes it perfect for student exercises where they can practice the same activity…
Enhancing Boating Education with Simulated Radar and Chart Plotter As boating technology continues to evolve, the U.S. Power Squadrons (America’s Boating Club) remains at the forefront of boating education—equipping both members and the public with the knowledge and confidence to operate their vessel safely in all conditions. One powerful teaching aid that supports this mission…
As has been mentioned in the past, finding areas with docks is a hit-or-miss exercise. They seem to exist at unlikely locations, not necessarily where one would expect, and not consistently with locations on charts. This makes it somewhat difficult to teach local knowledge-type activities except at a high level, which is to be expected…
I’ll start out by wishing everyone a happy New Year, may 2025 be a year of good fortune for all! We’ve had a few requests from people about what we would recommend as an initial set of boats and scenarios, also called situations on the splash screen. We put together a couple of downloads that…
We have found a version of the 1210TR training chart AKA Marthas Vineyard To Block Island which works with MuVIT. We are evaluating it to see how accurate it is, and it seems to be pretty good so far. Indeed, it appears you could do cruise planning with it at this point. It probably won’t…
Vessels We took some time today to update the Addons page. The vessels run the gamut from small pleasure craft to collections of large craft including military ships, an eclectic mix. Even if you don’t use these in classes or demonstrations the large ships are fun to play with and see how they handle. Additionally,…
I’ve been working with the Florida scenery addon from Robs VSF Addons lately. This scenery is truly the work of someone who loves what they do. It covers the entire state and out to Bermuda. The key feature is the large number of ATONS both dayboards and buoys. While it isn’t perfect, it is undoubtedly…
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