ASA's Sailing Challenge

Great for reviewing before you go out on the water especially for thinking of scenarios. Always best to be on the water but this is great review.

The physics of sailing are well represented in this app. Basic concepts are presented simply. Practice is realistically modeled. Highly recommended! Could have more practice scenarios.

The game is sadly far too limited, especially with an up front cost. Open sailing is particularly disappointing and limited. The sail trim practice is overly sensitive, requiring exact position of the slider without corresponding visual feedback other than speed. There’s not much to learn here because you can’t really tell the sail trim position, especially the differences between similar points of sail. More functionality and better feedback within some of the modules is needed.

Overall the app can be very helpful to learn points of sail and to start to recognize the ripple of a mainsail and when to trim. The open water maps are sadly quite limited. The British Virgian Islands Tour approaches what my expectations were going in. Even after buying the expansions, I have felt like there is something missing. Great game and learning tool! Just please ease up the sensitivity on the second Trimming task (100% under 2 minutes). Also, any additional features or maps would be

This app makes me whole. I’ve never been more satisfied. But dolphin functionality is limited. I also wish there was an option for a 70 ft sailboat and stormy weather. A giant evil whale could be a good addition.