2024 Vendee Globe Yacht Tracking

idefix37

Thank you !
They have developed a plugin displaying the position of the boats and their track and ECWMF or GFS forecasts.
Then they have added a routing feature (Adrena)
At least they mention and show the Windy name and logo.

idefix37

On this YouTube video Chris Pratt said the skippers use Windy a lot on board as they are all equipped with broadband internet connection.

ronus

in the video, Chris Pratt says the name of the API is "Gradian" or "Gradient" maybe?

kbsali

Hi all,
I'm waiting for the administrators' approval for the version 2024 of the plugin I worked on 4 years ago. Because of the changes made by Windy on the plugin system since then, it is not yet as advance as last time, but I'm will try to improve it on a regular basis :)

guigshk

@kbsali dfg . I've just installed it, that's perfect ! Thank you so much !

dexter75007

@kbsali
Merci Kevin

Paspox

@kbsali I dont see it in the "Windy plugins" list. Should it appear there or do I have to download it from a different URL ?

kbsali

@Paspox Windy's admins need to validate its publication, until then you can load it with this url https://windy-plugins.com/2427993/windy-plugin-regadata-tracker/1.0.2/plugin.min.js
See the screenshot :

unfortunately this is not ideal as I will update the plugin regularly and its url will change on every new version published :/

Paspox

@kbsali it works, thanks a lot !
When you update, will you post the new URL on this feed ?

kbsali

@Paspox the plugin has been validated and published, you will find it in the list of plugins.
Unfortunately, every time I update it, we will have to wait for its publication by the admins...

idefix37

@kbsali
Hi Kevin,
Is the Report date in UTC time ? Or at local time of the user in Windy?

kbsali

@kbsali UTC, i'll try to fix that

David Polášek

@kbsali Mega job, Kevin. Thanks a lot! You might want to join our plugin developers channel on Slack, where you
can get in touch with our dev team. May I send you an invite? If so, please send me an email address to DM.

seb12345

Hello!

@kbsali Very nice work, thank for publishing this plugin !

I didn't know someone was working on a plugin already so I created my own very quickly last week-end.

Not sure it is suitable for publication though because I grabbed some material from VG website, especialy skipper images.

But anyway if someone is interested, the sources are available here:

https://github.com/dev-seb/windy-plugin-vg2024

idefix37

@seb12345
I like your layout, but the advantage of @kbsali plugin is that it is in English. It is reachable to more people.

seb12345

@idefix37 It is actually translated depending on browser headers but my browser was sending French as preferred language. (there is only english and french in the translations so far).

But as it is likely not aimed to be published, anyone can fork it or take some code from it if needed, it is an ephemeral project due to the nature of the event!

kbsali

@seb12345 I think we should join forces ;) I contacted you through linkedin to discuss this further

kbsali

@David-Polášek very interested in joining the slack yes, i DM'ed my email address

idefix37

@kbsali
I wonder how, unlike the other competitors, Jean Le Cam, with a speed of 15.8 knots, covered 15.8 NM in half an hour.

pandanade

Thanks for sharing your great plugins to track the vendee globe within windy, @kbsali and @seb12345.

If I remember correctly, the plugin 4 years ago had a weather routing feature - which I found really interesting and really improved the way I could follow the vendee globe. Is anything planned in this direction or does anyone know how you could get access to something similar?

Thanks a lot! :)