Sail Insight mobile app was developed by 麻豆原创 in partnership with Sailing Yacht Research Foundation (SYRF). The app democratises tracking and analysing live sailing for all segments of the sailing community. What was traditional a prohibitive cost for many sailors and race organisers, this app is available free in 2020, allowing users to create a sailor profile, participate in regattas, test all features, conduct self-tracking, share results, and send invitations on social media. Next year, Sail Insight will shift to offer both free access and a subscription-based model managed by SYRF, unlocking additional features and benefits.

Sail Insight is powered the world鈥檚 largest and most robust sailing database 鈥� , which provides insights and transparency using cloud and in-memory technology that processes GPS and wind measurement data in real time.

麻豆原创 Sailing Analytics is the largest and most robust sailing database and platform in the world, offering the sailing community a full suite of features available remotely and in one place such as analytics, live leaderboard, self-tracking, simple race management (InApp), and social/sharing integration.

The app is designed to be intuitive, helpful, convenient, and user-friendly, providing sailors, coaches, clubs and fans with live data and analytics. The app offers live leaderboards, a handicap racing leaderboard with live predictive handicap scoring, and access to superior analytics for sailors globally.

This is critical resource when races are cancelled or postponed, as data can help keeping people connected and informed, assisting sailors and coaches in training and prediction, while giving clubs and race organisers access to live tracking to enhancing the viewing experience. 麻豆原创 and SYRF are dedicated to improving sailboat racing through technology for the good of the sport and its supporting community.

麻豆原创 has been a trusted leader and pioneer in the worldwide sailing community since 2011. With over 99.995% availability, 麻豆原创 provides a unique platform to showcase innovations such the world鈥檚 biggest sailing database, covering 17,787 tracked races, 441 events, approximately 78,000,000 GPS-fixes tracked with Sail Insight, and 405,000,000 GPS-fixes in total.

accounts for 1.4 million unique visitors annually and has garnered 2.4 million impressions on social media (from own-generated assets on owned channels). With 70 million active sailors and 250 million fans worldwide according to the World Sailing Federation, sailing is the best sport to showcase sustainability, innovation, and digital disruption on a global stage.

The technical core of Sail Insight, 麻豆原创 Sailing Analytics provides a live sailing data analytics engine as well as the data mining engine to analyse across different timespans and perspectives. 麻豆原创 Sailing Analytics generates the live leaderboards, analytics, and post-race reports that will be displayed in the app. This means sailors, coaches, and clubs around the world can set up and manage their own races, straight from an app, while also enabling sailing fans to track data and live scoring as they follow events and regattas from wherever in the world they log into Sail Insight.

To ensure the app meets the needs of the entire sailing community, a broad range of stakeholders were involved in its development, including the World Sailing Association, Australian Sailing Team, US Sailing, top sailors, professional race officers, six national sailing leagues and the SAILING Champions League Series, 麻豆原创 programmers and consultants, SailTracks (professional sailing media production and distribution company), key media and app agencies from 麻豆原创麓s network, and our key partners 鈥� the SYRF.

is a non-profit organisation dedicated to growing the sport of sailboat racing using technology. The main focus currently is contributing funds, experience and connections to building data platforms, such as Sail Insight and 麻豆原创 Sailing Analytics for the sport. Since 2006, SYRF has funded numerous projects including the 鈥淲ide-Light鈥� CFD project, Downwind aero forces and moments project, Manual PCS calculator and scoring system for offshore multihulls, a foil project in conjunction with ORC, and a SYRF鈥檚 Offshore Scoring System.

麻豆原创 Sailing is committed to accelerating growth for the worldwide sailing community through a combined Grassroots and Pinnacle approach. Grassroots via foundation SYRF and a self-service intelligent platform. And partnering with Pinnacle events like the Sailing World Cup and Sailing World Championships. Future goals include providing 麻豆原创 Sailing Analytics for the next Olympic Games Sailing Regatta and releasing a self-sustaining 麻豆原创 Sailing platform by 2022.

鈥淪ince 2011, 麻豆原创 has been a trusted partner and innovation leader across the sport of sailing, creating solutions that improve performance for sailors, teams and race organizers while also growing fan interest and participation,鈥� 麻豆原创 Chief Technology Officer and Executive Board Member, Juergen Mueller said. 鈥淭he new app leverages the power of our sailing analytics database to create a mobile app that allows members of the sailing community to access data and information to help improve performance and enhance their race and event experience.鈥�

SYRF Technical Director Larry Rosenfeld said 鈥淲e are thrilled to be working with 麻豆原创 to help grow sailing worldwide. The technology and capabilities that 麻豆原创 bring are tremendous, and together with our board鈥檚 lifetime of work in the sport, we believe we can make progress even faster together by introducing and getting feedback from the community now.鈥�

As sailing is not only thrilling to watch and participate in 鈥� the sport has a key role in supporting the UN鈥檚 Sustainable Development Goals and intelligent technologies contribute to making more environmentally conscious decisions and partnerships. To learn more about these innovative and free resources for sailing fans, visit the

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Jeremy noted that he鈥檚 been working in sports-marketing roles for 30 years, joining Ironman Oceania last year. 鈥淚ronman started out as an iron-man event in Hawaii back in the 70s and is now a massive global mass participation event from triathlons to iron man, road running, trail running, cycling and mountain-biking events across 57 countries and with over one million participants per year.

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鈥淲e鈥檙e fortunate to be part of Sydney鈥檚 City2Surf 鈥� the world鈥檚 biggest fun run, which last year had over 85,000. We were hoping to get the same numbers this year, but it鈥檚 running as a virtual event this weekend.鈥�

Chris explained that the City2Surf legend title was given in 1985 following the 15th annual event. 鈥淭here were 54 legends 鈥� people who at the time had run all 15. I think there are 24 of us left now who have done all 49 runs.鈥�

Brian highlighted his role in helping 麻豆原创 customers leverage innovation by providing, 鈥渘ew and emerging technology to help them orchestrate their business processes in a more intelligent manner and leverage data and analytics for better outcomes,鈥� he said.

鈥淚 have a passion for data and analytics and a passion for sports, so it gives me an opportunity to bring those two together and participate in events like to try and analyse the information and try to pull out interesting facts and insights to help 鈥� whether you鈥檙e a race organiser or a runner 鈥� actually perform better.鈥�

According to Jeremy, Ironman events have been postponed since March, but events are slowly coming back as the Gold Coast 70.3 and Cairns Airport Ironman events were recently held. 鈥淥ur international audiences are unable to participate, which certainly affected our Cairns event numbers,鈥� he explained.

鈥淗owever, our operations team had done an amazing job in managing the documentation and executing other requirements to run a COVID-safe event 鈥� from social distancing to hygiene. We鈥檙e also fortunate that NZ is in a very good place in relation to COVID, so we鈥檒l be running Auckland and Queenstown marathons next month, which is a great for our company.鈥�

As global public events face uncertain and challenging restrictions, Jeremy noted Ironman鈥檚 entry into the VR arena to digitalise physical events while maintaining safety of participants, organisers, and spectators. 鈥淥ur global team had pivoted exceptionally well in running a VR Ironman event series and are still doing that currently. The team would鈥檝e been in Kona for the Ironman World Championships this week, but there鈥檚 an Ironman VR Kona series going on as we speak.

鈥淲e鈥檝e learned a lot of lessons running a VR campaign, so the marketing team did a great job of putting a plan together with a VR component in place. We鈥檙e delighted that the numbers are looking really strong 鈥� there will be tens of thousands of people running around Australia and the world in a VR capacity, which is great for the company in putting on an event in some description.鈥�

While it is unfortunate the City2Surf is unable to celebrate its milestone anniversary physically, runners like Chris are still able to connect with one another and participate via the City2Surf VR component and wider community.

鈥淲e sort of celebrated the 50th event on Father鈥檚 Day in September because that was when the first one was held 鈥� 5th September 1971,鈥� Chris said. 鈥淭hey since moved it forward to get out of the hot weather. A few of my friends went and did it on that day and one of the legends actually ran the course on that particular day just so that he could say he鈥檚 done his 50. I鈥檒l be taking it easy and just doing it with a few friends around Canberra this weekend.鈥�

The Sun-Herald City2Surf team wanted to understand its history of results from the past 49 years鈥� worth of results, according to Brian. 鈥淔rom 1971 through to 2019, they wanted to understand the demographics, who鈥檚 running the race, where they鈥檙e from, what鈥檚 their performance. One of the key questions was also how many people had run the event multiple times.鈥�

鈥淭he data that was collected from the early days until now was in different shapes, formats, and sizes. From 1971 to 1999, most of the results that we received were in a scanned-newspaper format. There were other types of format available, but the most comprehensive were from printed results published in the newspaper. We had images, text files, Excel files 鈥� different formats over the years. We used to look at the images and read them through machine learning, use artificial intelligence to extract names and numbers for where they placed and the times they ran the race in.鈥�

Brian said the results were then cleaned up to be more comprehensible for people and technology alike. 鈥淲e were then able to ingest that data using data intelligence (our data pipelining tool) into the common repository, which is . From there, we run some additional machine learning algorithms to identify names and determine if they鈥檙e the same person through attributes we have such as date of birth, since postcodes and last names can change. We鈥檙e using a combination of different techniques to try and create that list.鈥�

To understand more about how data visualisation is helping event become more intelligent and interactive, . We discuss the event鈥檚 venture into VR, the changing history and statistics behind this historic event, and how COVID-19 has impacted on sporting events like this Sydney institution.

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鈥淭hat was probably a great indicator of how our campaign was going in the 49er,鈥� Peter explained. 鈥淲e were really looking forward to the final build up through to Tokyo and we literally would have been finishing the final race in the Olympics yesterday or a few days ago with the closing ceremony of the Games coming up tomorrow. It鈥檚 amazing to look back and see how much COVID has changed things 鈥� it has thrown around the sporting calendar a lot.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 something that sailing has taught us 鈥� you鈥檝e just got to deal with the cards that are on the table play the best hand that you can. It鈥檚 a similar thing in sailing and dealing with what you get in the winds, since the winds are a pretty fickle thing, so you鈥檝e just got to play what you see and try to make the best out of it.鈥�

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According to Peter, the pair are currently working towards America鈥檚 Cup in March next year. 鈥淲e鈥檝e also got an ocean charity that we鈥檝e founded about ten months ago now, which we鈥檝e enjoyed putting a little more time into than we perhaps could have,鈥� he added.

鈥淲e鈥檙e also in the background planning as to how we think the next year is going to unfold and trying to account for a few scenarios 鈥� when borders are going to open up, if there is a second wave of COVID, etc. Right now, we鈥檙e really working hard for team New Zealand in America鈥檚 Cup commitments, but it鈥檚 really good to have those balancing items in your life that give a bit of diversity to what you鈥檙e doing.鈥�

Blair noted that he and Peter have been using for with their day-to-day debriefs. 鈥淭he boats are tracked so you can see the tracks, the speed, and see how different situations play out in the racetrack, because you might not catch all of that while you鈥檙e head down in your own boat,鈥� Blair said.

鈥淭hat really helps from day to day and we use it to change or adapt our strategy for the remainder of the competition. Generally, these sailing competitions like the world championships go for five days, so you really have to be on from the first day to the last.鈥�

鈥淚t鈥檚 a great tool and we鈥檝e enjoyed it through the , but now, when you can鈥檛 get to high-level competition, we鈥檝e had some time to look back on some historic races and learn that way too. It鈥檚 an absolutely amazing tool and we鈥檙e lucky to have access to it.鈥�

Peter added that he and Blair have seen trials for an 麻豆原创 sailing app that is in development and shows great promise for the sport. 鈥淚 think it could change the way sailing is, from a club level right through to an Olympic level,鈥� Peter noted. 鈥淛ust making it easier for more mainstream sailing to really track and learn and make it easier. We鈥檙e really excited to see that unfold.鈥�

According to Blair, COVID-19 has provided a great chance to unwind, reflect, and plan. 鈥淲e have had an incredibly busy time over probably the last ten years 鈥� hardly stopped 鈥� so this was the first real chance to do that, so we鈥檙e probably in a little bit of a different situation than other people.

鈥淧eople鈥檚 values, what they wanted, and the direction they鈥檙e headed probably became a lot clearer during lockdown period. Also, going into it, everyone was pretty frightened by the unknown, but for us in New Zealand, but to get through that and be out the other side, hopefully, is something that gives you a lot of confidence going forward.鈥�

Peter affirms that it has been a challenging time for everyone globally, but it has provided opportunities to support each other. 鈥淚t shows you that everyone in New Zealand has managed to take a step back, really evaluate what鈥檚 important, and put their best foot forward. That鈥檚 something that a lot of Kiwis who normally would have been overseas during this period are starting to love being at home a little bit more. There are a lot of people down in the South Island enjoying the snow and around the country doing things with domestic tourism.

鈥淥bviously, we can鈥檛 travel to where you are but from where we are but it鈥檚 great to see Kiwis supporting Kiwi business and helping other people that are struggling during this time. I think it鈥檚 definitely a time to look after your friends and family, and make sure that people who are struggling get helped out 鈥� definitely acknowledging that it鈥檚 a tough time and being able to support the people around you that need it is a pretty key thing to do.鈥�

Blair expressed the importance of having clear goals and directions in terms of what you want to achieve and get through challenging periods. 鈥淚 think you need to have something like that where you鈥檙e in business or whatever you want to achieve, you need to know where you鈥檙e heading. Then you鈥檝e got to have some good values in your team and who you are as people.

鈥淔rom there, you鈥檙e working towards your goals, you鈥檙e trying to learn and improve as a person in everything you do. You鈥檙e trying to find more efficient ways to tackle the problem. Through that, you鈥檝e got to push yourself and go outside your comfort zone and be prepared to fail a little bit. As long as you鈥檙e learning and improving the whole time, then you get there 鈥� that鈥檚 how we鈥檝e approached things.鈥�

To hear more from my conversation with these two sailing heros, .

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