Intensely testing is the only way to describe what both the sailors and the Race-Trax faced at the opening event of the iShares Cup in Venice.  Conditions provided close racing throughout the 17 race series, putting Race-Trax through its paces and showing how well the Race-Trax event management software performed in what could only be described as tricky conditions.

Options for positioning the Race-Trax Trackers were severely limited on these high octane boats with very few areas that were not affected by crew or equipment. Thankfully due to the compact nature of the trackers space was found and trackers were fitted to all 10 of the Extreme 40s enabling the Race-Trax software to provide a detailed set of statistics as the event progressed.

The event also showed the value of Race-Trax to everyone involved as illustrated by John Barber - Race Team Safety - iShares Cup

"It was a pleasure working with Race-Trax at the iShares Cup in Venice and I was very impressed with the capability of the system. Race-Trax can tell me the exact location of all competitors and RIB's at all times, which is a great help in ensuring the highest standards of safety, particularly at such a fast paced event"

“The opening event of a series can provide not only technical issues but logistical as well, we are therefore delighted with how well Race-Trax performed, it just confirms the flexibility of the solution – for example with very limited notice Race-Trax was tracking the pre-race events in the Golfo di Venezia from a 6.5 Mtr RIB.”  Mike Anderson-Brown – Race-Trax.