A watch app to support the yacht racing tactician.</p><p>Any bugs or questions, please use the "Contact Developer" at the right or below or our FaceBook page https://www.facebook.com/RaceQs-Watch-App-Beta-1686063161677280.</p><p>This app assists you with the two fundamental questions of sailboat racing: "When to tack?" and "Which heading to steer?" plus an intuitive, accurate and customised countdown timer.</p>
Course "Zero"</p><p>Our club uses the term 'Course Zero' to refer to a course that is chosen by the Race Committee which is not in the published list of courses, usually when the wind conditions are not favourable for the published courses or there is a hazard or another regatta that needs to be avoided. It is one that still only uses marks included in the published courses for the current regatta. </p>
This app requires access to:
Approach® S60
Approach® S62
Approach® S70 (42mm)
Approach® S70 (47mm)
D2™ Air
D2™ Air X10
D2™ Charlie
D2™ Delta
D2™ Delta PX
D2™ Delta S
Descent™ Mk1
Descent™ MK2, Descent™MK2i
Descent™ Mk2S
Enduro™
Enduro™ 2
epix™ (Gen 2), quatix® 7 – Sapphire Edition
Forerunner® 245
Forerunner® 245 Music
Forerunner® 255
Forerunner® 255 Music
Forerunner® 255S
Forerunner® 255S Music
Forerunner® 55
Forerunner® 645
Forerunner® 645 Music
Forerunner® 745
Forerunner® 935
Forerunner® 945
Forerunner® 945 LTE
Forerunner® 955, Forerunner® 955 Solar
Forerunner® 965
fēnix® 5, quatix® 5
fēnix® 5 Plus
fēnix® 5S
fēnix® 5S Plus
fēnix® 5X, tactix® Charlie
fēnix® 5X Plus
fēnix® 6
fēnix® 6 Dual Power
fēnix® 6 Pro, fēnix® 6 Sapphire
fēnix® 6 Pro Dual Power
fēnix® 6 Pro Solar
fēnix® 6 Solar
fēnix® 6S
fēnix® 6S Dual Power
fēnix® 6S Pro, fēnix® 6S Sapphire
fēnix® 6S Pro Dual Power
fēnix® 6S Pro Solar
fēnix® 6S Solar
fēnix® 6X Pro, fēnix® 6X Sapphire, fēnix® 6X Pro Solar, tactix® Delta Sapphire, quatix® 6X Solar, tactix® Delta Solar, tactix® Delta Solar Ballistics
fēnix® 7, fēnix® 7– Sapphire Solar Edition, fēnix® 7 Solar, quatix® 7
fēnix® 7 Pro, fēnix® 7 Pro – Solar Edition, fēnix® 7 Pro – Sapphire Solar Edition
fēnix® 7S, fēnix® 7S– Solar Edition, fēnix® 7S– Sapphire Solar Edition
fēnix® 7S Pro, fēnix® 7S Pro– Sapphire Solar Edition
fēnix® 7X, fēnix® 7X - Solar Edition, fēnix® 7X– Sapphire Solar Edition, quatix® 7X – Solar Edition
fēnix® 7X Pro, fēnix® 7X Pro– Sapphire Solar Edition
fēnix® Chronos
MARQ® (Gen 2), MARQ® Carbon Collection
MARQ® Commander (Gen 2) – Carbon Edition
MARQ™ Adventurer
MARQ™ Athlete
MARQ™ Aviator
MARQ™ Aviator (Gen 2)
MARQ™ Captain, MARQ™ Captain: American Magic Edition
MARQ™ Commander
MARQ™ Driver
MARQ™ Expedition
MARQ™ Golfer
Mercedes-Benz Venu®
Mercedes-Benz Venu® 2
Mercedes-Benz Venu® 2S
quatix® 6
quatix® 6X, quatix® 6X Solar, quatix® 6X Dual Power
tactix® 7, tactix® 7 – Pro Ballistics Edition, tactix® 7 – Pro Edition
Venu®
Venu® 2
Venu® 2 Plus
Venu® 2S
Venu® Sq.
Venu® Sq. Music
vívoactive® 3
vívoactive® 3 Mercedes-Benz® Collection
vívoactive® 3 Music
vívoactive® 4, GarminActive
vívoactive® 4S, GarminActive S
vívoactive® HR
Dennis
September 24, 2023 |
Version Beta 4.5
Cant ever get it to work on fenix 5... stuck at waiting for GPS...
Developer Reply
September 24, 2023,
RaceQs
As you can see, the app is working well for many people on many watches including the Fenix 5, so your problem is related somehow to your installation. Giving a bad review is not the way to get help. Please contact us directly using the Contact Developer tab and we should be able to resolve with more information.
Mike
September 8, 2023 |
Version Beta 4.5
This app is phenomenal, simply a must have for any sailor! This is an extremely powerful tactical computer, condensed into a garmin watch app! The only other devices I’ve seen that can provide a similar level of data cost thousands of dollars!
Mike
August 27, 2023 |
Version Beta 4.4.2
This app is phenomenal, simply a must have for any sailor! This is an extremely powerful tactical computer, condensed into a garmin watch app! The only other devices I’ve seen that can provide a similar level of data cost thousands of dollars!
Ray O'Brien
August 27, 2023 |
Version 4.4.1
Enjoying the app so far. It crashed twice today during my races, both times on the 2nd time around the leeward mark heading to the finish line. Locked the watch up requiring a restart both times. When phone started again went straight to the app was able to end the race, obviously way late. Would give 5 stars otherwise!!!
Daniel Schilling
August 17, 2023 |
Version 4.4.1
Great app with very useful pre-start features and post-race analytics
Mark Mackey
August 2, 2023 |
Version Beta 4.3.2
I have it on my Fenix 6 and use it regularly, but have just upgraded to the 7 Pro Sapphire Solar and shocked to find my watch not compatible yet. Please please make my watch compatible as soon as poss! Great app but terrible atm.
Glen McCauley
June 2, 2023 |
Version Beta 4.3.2
Great app. I went and bought a Garmin watch just so I could have this app on my wrist.
Fabien Maroy
May 29, 2023 |
Version Beta 4.3.2
Great app overall, that match my need. One thing I think could make it better at least for my use is a way to skip the start timer and to directly go to the recording the session. It would be very appreciated when training.
Jens Lund
November 1, 2022 |
Version Beta 4.3.2
By far, the best racing app for Garmin watches! In particular the countdown feature is outstanding: asking for confirmation when syncing so there are no accidental syncs, shows wall clock time (including seconds) all the time (useful when races start at a wall clock time point or just seeing the time of day), possibility to adjust minutes up/down WHILE THE CLOCK IS RUNNING and without affecting the countdown seconds. This is the way it should be done! Also show SOG & COG, headers/lifts, navigation to marks, and has an advanced "chart" feature on the larger watch models. Compared to Garmin Quatix watches? Well.... Have had a Quatix 5, and found the sail race facilities completely useless to be honest. Now have a Quatix 6, but still prefer raceQs due to the clear screens, auto navigation to marks on up-down courses, and easy of use. However, the Q6 Sail Race app seem more configurable in the screens. But raceQs is available for a large range and selection of Garmin watches, so you can easily start using your normal Garmin running or smart watch for sailing as well :-) On top of this the developer is very responsive via the Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063469751184. Have had improvements done after suggestions and a bug fixed within 24 hours!
Pedro Vozone
August 27, 2022 |
Version Beta 4.1.3
Best Yatch racing app. It shows great info while you sail, can set a start line and tell you whether you’re late or early, distance to line, etc. Best of all is that it then uploads the tracks automatically to your RaceQS account, and you can analyse your race or training session from home.
Jesper Svensson
May 31, 2022 |
Version Beta 4.1.2
GUI doesn't work on Venu 2. All text is displayed ontop of each other.
Developer Reply
June 5, 2022,
RaceQs
Ah, yes, sorry. We have overlooked reformatting the "Unregistered" display for the hi resolution screens like the Venu 2. Most of our users run in the "Registered" mode, so aren't affected. A one-star rating for a bug, is a pretty harsh review, fully bug-free software is really hard to do, and there are lots of very happy users. But now it's fixed in latest version 4.1.3
Henning Kock
March 2, 2022 |
Version Beta 3.13.1
Not a great app. The activity doesn't log like sail racer. 3 minimum screen that don't do much. Speed inaccurate.
Developer Reply
March 2, 2022,
RaceQs
Can we suggest you explore the "Automatic Upload" feature that displays your track in the raceQs replay site? It's much appreciated by many of our users. We have kept the primary user interface to three screens for ease of use, but characterising them as "don't do much" is perhaps selling them a bit short. We have no reports of "speed inaccurate". Could you be misinterpreting the smoothing that is necessary to filter out the "random noise" generated by GPS chipset that is probably tuned for speeds significantly higher than the 5-10 knot profile of a sailboat? We would thoroughly investigate any examples submitted via the Contact Developer link. are outside that scale.
Allen Johnson
February 27, 2022 |
Version Beta 3.13.1
Great, usually. But we run pursuit races that don't start on even minutes. Can we adjust seconds on the start down timer? Have asked several times but no action.
Developer Reply
March 2, 2022,
RaceQs
As you are probably aware, there is very limited ability in the watch to support numeric input on a watch, so designing and developing a simple and intuitive working method to enter a number from 0 to 60 for the dozens of device combinations that the app currently supports presents a not insignificant investment on our behalf. We believe that such a feature would be of benefit to a very small audience, so we don't see it as a worthwhile benefit/cost project. Sorry that you feel ignored. If you can offer a higher benefit profile, we could reconsider.
David
January 22, 2022 |
Version Beta 3.12.d
Amazing app, I've been using it for years in my vivoactive HR and it works perfectly.
Thelmo
October 30, 2021 |
Version Beta 3.12
This version come with some bugs working in a vivoactiveHR. -When pressing to begin the counting down to a race it asks “sync clock by 0 seconds?” -The race start is just broken!!
Developer Reply
October 30, 2021,
RaceQs
Here's the problem. You are getting this behaviour because of an unexpected "feature" of the VA-HR. I believe you're seeing this behaviour when you're using the start timer when you are not actually moving. Being a racing app, it assumes you are on a moving boat. The app's clock is driven by the signal from the GPS which normally sends a time and position report every second. On the current version of the VA-HR firmware, when the Garmin GPS software detects you are not moving, it stops sending the app this position signal. So the app's clock freezes. When you press the button first, it sets the app into "countdown" mode, but because the clock is frozen, the timer appears to be frozen. When you press the button the second time, it correctly interprets your intention to sync the timer, hence the "sync by 0 seconds" message. It's annoying and confusing. And it only happens on the VA-HR. It works fine if you are moving
Richard Vine
May 16, 2021 |
Version Beta 3.10.4
The countdown works perfectly. But once the race starts every time i look at my wrist the App is asking me if i want to quit. It appears that water splashing on the watch is the same as tapping the screen. Not much use to a dinghy racer as i spend too much time fiddling with it to try and make it work again.
José De Oliva Rubio
June 26, 2020 |
Version Beta 3.8.7
Absolutely no way to make it work with fenix 6x zafiro. A couple of versions ago it hang the watch completely at 5 or 10 minutes of racing. The new version keeps in the "login" screen and never goes beyond. The most disspointing and annoying app ever. I suggest everyone really needing one siling race/cruise app to try "... another sailing app". At least you don't end up all angry.
Developer Reply
June 26, 2020,
RaceQs
Sorry to hear of your disappointment. Yes. it's true, we have released versions that have been unreliable, but we have worked hard to overcome the issues as quickly as possible. There are quite a lot of pretty happy people using the app. Your current problem with login is an issue with your watch not connecting to your phone - the bluetooth connection often fails to operate, especially with iPhones. Please restart your watch and restart Garmin Connect on your phone and the login should proceed. If it continues to fail, please contest us through the "Contact Developer" option on this page.
Fernando Belo
June 25, 2020 |
Version Beta 3.8.7
When I use the app in my watch, I get the message 'Please Login', can someone tell me how to do it ?
Bob Graves
June 15, 2020 |
Version Beta 3.8.6
I've been using the RaceQ app on my phone for a couple of years primarily in Flying Scot regattas. I currently have the Garmin Quatix watch and downloaded the RaceQ app. It's great. It's fun to use and definitely provides good usable info during a race. Please keep the app current. Thanks
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