| OVERVIEW: Force 4 is designed for
the competitive racer, with tactical functions and displays available in no other program.
Force 4 is not designed to reproduce the functions of a primary navigation program. Force
4 comes complete with a set of charts suitable for racing and weather routing. The
Chartmaker utility allows you to create whatever other charts are desired from any screen
or web image, including satellite shots and weather forecast graphics. For the purposes
for which Force 4 is designed, there is no need to purchase commercial charts. On the
other hand, Force 4 does not read commercial charts, and so should not be used for primary
navigation, particularly in shallow water where there may be rocks and other obstacles. Unlike some tactical software, Force 4 does not attempt to adjust or edit
the instrument system data. This is left to the software provided by the instrument
manufacturer, such as Ockam or B&G. Force 4 concentrates instead on tactical functions
in order to help you win races, with unique functions and painstaking, precise
computations. Force 4 does not employ the hidden simplifications and approximations used
by its competitors. |
| EASE OF USE:
Force 4 puts emphasis on a clear, bold display, that is easy to understand at a glance.
The display maximizes your view of the chart, and avoids icon (symbol) control buttons
whose function is not obvious. Instead, Force 4 relies on a transparent, topical menu, and
a minimum of controls with self-evident labels that are easy to remember and identify.
Force 4 is also exceptional in the amount of help, descriptive text and examples built
into the program. New for 2006 is an extremely detailed web-browser (html) format
"Tutorial," which explains and illustrates all functions, menu options and
controls. A new small-scale (PDA) version is also available to operate from the cockpit. |
| ACCURATE
POINT-TO-POINT CURRENTS: During the past 10 years we have combined currrent
measurements and an array of public and private data to create hydrodynamically sound
current-prediction models for most U.S. sailing venues, and many venues abroad.
"LK" is the ONLY source of tidal-current data suitable for use with tactical
software. LK currents may be used by some 3rd-party programs, but only LK does accurate
current-dependent computations. |
| Digital or vector display;
add points anywhere for detail. |
Dynamic, animated display
to study current patterns. |
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| UNIQUE FUNCTIONS: the
graphics below represent a sampling of Force 4's unique functions and displays. CLICK ON
ANY CAPTION to bring up a full-size version with explanatory text. Only Force 4 has these
features, and much more... |
CLICK
ON BLUE & WHITE CAPTIONS BELOW TO SEE DETAILS ON THESE FEATURES |
