2024 Vendee Globe Yacht Tracking

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! :)

Paspox

@pandanade Not sure that is what you're after but on the Initiatives Coeur website (Sam Davies) you can click on the "Routages" button (top left) and it'll show routings for all the boats.
https://live.initiatives-coeur.fr/vendee-globe/2024

pandanade

@Paspox Wow, that's a nice tracker. Like that one way more than the official Vendee Globe one and also really love the routing feature. Thanks for sharing!

@kbsali Your plugin isn't open source, is it?

mr_arnaud

@kbsali Thanks Very much Kévin ! ;)

Keanu R. Perm

Who ever made this Plugin for the Vendée Globe 2024 - Thank you a thousend times. Merci beaucoup.

Keanu R. Perm

@Keanu-R-Perm now i can send my thousands thanks direct to you, @kbsali!!! Merci beaucoup. Ça m'a manqué.

kbsali

@idefix37 sorry I am not getting email notifications for those messages.
I can't tell you about those specific differences, the data is taken from the reports, no analysis what so ever :D

kbsali

Hi all,
A new version has been published this morning with a much improved UX/UI

Hope you like it!
If you have ideas/wishes etc... don't hesitate.
Next big improvement : routings!

idefix37

@kbsali

The new layout is much better indeed, I like it !
It is fine to see the boats with foils and the ones without.