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08-12-2004, 12:15 PM
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What's the tripod
thing on boats pictured in Waterski Magazine.
There's a yellow MC with some sort of contraption mounted to the windshield and a CC with the same thing. It looks almost like a camera but it's too small, is this some sort of GPS to ensure the course was run with-in limits, time or tracking? T Last edited by Farmer Ted; 08-12-2004 at 06:21 PM. 
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08-12-2004, 12:38 PM
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Tim, what issue?
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08-12-2004, 01:50 PM
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I thought those things were to gauge the boat deviation from the centerline of the course - in conjunction with the end course camera(s). I think there is some acceptable tolerance that the boat can move from side-to-side.
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12-01-2005, 11:36 AM
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Deviation is when your boat does this.
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12-01-2005, 12:13 PM
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I was also wondering about these gizmos. All the "Brand -X" towboats at the master's had them (see attachment).
So what's exactly is it ???
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12-01-2005, 12:17 PM
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They've been running them for a few years in the pros but they are basically a tracking sensor system for record capable tournaments
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12-01-2005, 12:44 PM
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off topic sorta, how long do you think it'll be until those systems follow a laser or similar down course and use it to make small adjustments to boat path.
Instead of just using it to say the boat was off after the run.
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12-01-2005, 12:56 PM
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O.K.
So, how do they work? Is it a laser based system or some other technology? What kind of tolerance is tracked? I thought the standard was defined by the boat guides.
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