Start with the sails.
Find your trim on a reach, then try a tack or gybe. Practice getting out of irons, meeting a gust, or catching a lifting hull.
HOBIE GETAWAY · PRACTICE WATER
Find your feel
for the wind.
Your own stretch of water. A Hobie Getaway. Time to try things.
Ease the main and watch the boat settle. Carry your speed through a tack. Meet a gust, then rewind and try a different response. Explore the give and take of sailing, one small change at a time.
MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME
Pick a practice. See what happens.
A coach alongside.
Listen to short cues as you sail, or read them on screen. Cedar and Marin are recorded, AI-generated voices by OpenAI. You can mute them at any time.
Give it another go.
Rewind ten seconds to try a different response. Turn on ghost sails and tiller when you want a visual trim suggestion to compare against your own.
YOUR HANDS ON THE BOAT
A few simple controls.
Use the sliders beside the water with a mouse or touch. On a keyboard, hold a key to adjust, then release it to keep the setting.
The tiller follows the sailor’s seat: ↑ pushes it away and ↓ pulls it closer. On the keypad, upper keys let out and lower keys pull in.
| Control | Let out / away | Pull in / closer |
|---|---|---|
| Tiller | ↑ | ↓ |
| Jib sheet | Keypad 7 | Keypad 1 |
| Mainsheet | Keypad 8 | Keypad 2 |
| Traveler | Keypad 9 | Keypad 3 |
C centers the tiller · Space pauses · R rewinds
Click the water to use sailing shortcuts. The keypad is optional; all sailing controls are also on screen.
ABOUT THIS MODEL
Practice water, with room to grow.
This is an evolving model by Matt Schneider, made to explore sailing cause and effect. Speed, heel, and capsize timing are estimates, not calibrated Hobie Getaway measurements. It is no substitute for instruction and experience on the water.
The model includes separate main and jib forces, crew weight, reverse steering, hull lift, and side capsize. Waves, collisions, pitchpoling, turtling, and righting are outside its scope. Open Field notes in the simulator for more detail and the research behind it.
Your voice and coaching preferences stay in this browser. The simulator does not use your microphone. It needs JavaScript and a browser with WebGL; a laptop or desktop gives you more room to see the boat and controls together.
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