About Live-Regatta.com
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Starting on the 20th September 2008, the eyes of the sailing world will be looking at Dún Laoghaire.
With the help of Live Regatta, the organisers are putting on a show to place the
inaugural Laser SB3 World Championship firmly on the map.
Live regatta is providing a multimedia and GPS tracking solution to promote the event Live via the internet. Live Video and GPS broadcasting from four of the top boats will be available on both Thursday 25th September and Friday 26th September 2008. We are also tracking a further 16 boats with GPS only devices. Live Streaming for this event has now finished, but you can watch back the captured Video and GPS data by using the links below. |
SB3 World Championships 2008 - Video and GPS Playback
| Date | Video & GPS Tracking | GPS Only Tracking | Information |
| 23rd September 2008 |
Single boat: Race 1
Race 2 |
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Scheduled test run #1 |
| 24th September 2008 |
Three boats:
Race 1 |
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Scheduled test run #2 |
| 25th September 2008 |
Poor weather conditions & a late start Three boats broadcasting from 2pm |
GPS track - sixteen boats | Live broadcasting & tracking |
| 26th September 2008 |
Race #1 -
Three boats broadcasting Race #2 - Three boats broadcasting |
GPS track - sixteen boats | Live broadcasting & tracking |
Live Regatta on YouTube
| Tony Castro interviewed about the SB3 at the world champions | Final Day SB3 world championships, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland |
Technology
We use a mixture of high-tech mobile phone technology and stardard GPS tracking devices.
The mobile phones being used for this event are Windows Mobile® - HTC Touch Diamonds with internal GPS.
The picture below shows Live Regatta's Ash Holmes and the mounting used for the mobile devices.
Contacts
For information about using Live Regatta for your events, please contact Ian Gilmour at at live-regatta@ix-m.com
For more information about the technology being used, please contact Phil Bishop at Inca X Mobile
