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 :)

https://www.npmjs.com/package/windy-plugin-regadata : shows the tracks of the boats sailing the Vendée Globe based on the data I publish here : https://vg2020.regadata.com/vg2020/

(this actually based on the example "boat tracker" plugin listed in the official windy-plugins repo, and the original data seems to be itself based on my the previous version of regadata I published 4 years ago : http://vg2016.regadata.org/en/doc/json :) )

@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 :/

Hi @justinlimbo ,

I have just published v1.2.0 with quite some changes : it now shows a sidebar on the left with the current ranking and check boxes for each boat, allowing you to select which route you want to display. (because of a bug i'm still fighting against, I had to disable the "uncheck" option, so once a route is selected you cannot hide it unless you refresh the page and the plugin.

@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 you are right!
I spoke with him on the phone short after submitting my last message. He contacted me so we could integrate the routing his team has been working on. As you spotted, they are using the API and did not know how to turn it into a plugin. So we will "join forces" to make the routing bit available to everybody. We'll see if the race org starts using it.
Also https://www.facebook.com/marineweatherandstrategy/posts/3958519977516189

@ivo Yoann Richomme, an offshore skipper, publishes new weather analysis every Monday, and he uses the plugin while explaining the situations :

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!

@ivo yesterday it made it to the weather forecast of one of the national tv channel! :D
https://www.france.tv/france-2/meteo-2/2079877-emission-du-mercredi-25-novembre-2020.html

@kbsali UTC, i'll try to fix that

@idefix37 can you try again with the latest version please?

@idefix37 thanks a lot :)

Hello everybody, not sure whether the information reached this forum : the Vendée Globe organizers have asked me to unpublish the plugin :/ You can still install it from its URL as pointed out by @wrgecko and I have published an ugly page just in case some need instructions here : https://regadata.com/plugin

@idefix37 it is on the todo list! And indeed, the work done 4 years ago should help! Thanks for reminding though :)

@idefix37 forgot to let you know that the ipad issue should be fixed

BTW we have added a nice little feature to show the distance between the boat selected in the side bar, and whichever other boat around hovered

hey guys,

sorry, I am not getting email notifications when being mentioned in this forum...
Thanks a lot for the comments, keep them coming! If you have suggestions, @seb12345 and I are ready for more features & improvements!

@idefix37 yes we have (it is 2 of us working on the plugin :)), what would you suggest?
When you select/highlight a boat, its routing path gets more opacity

@Pichulonco glad ou like it :)

hey @InsomniaSailing , strange I thought I fixed it... 🤔
next release I guess! 😅

@idefix37

• strange, it should default to english 🤔
• and ok for ipad, we haven't tested those devices...

Thanks for the feedback!