IT'S A DRAG

We've had a comment from Rick K, who notes that our default boat doesn't feel like his Catalina 30. He says it stops too quickly and doesn't drift far enough after power is stopped.  This is because our default drag is different from that of his boat.

Boatmaster simulates the actual physics of a boat, and these settings can be changed to approximate a different boat from ours.  Just go to Boat/Adv Settings and see the menu of changes you can use to approximate your boat.

In Rick's case, reduce the drag by reducing "translational drag" till it "feels" like your boat.  My guess is that a setting of 0.02-.05 will create a more lifelike feeling for his simulated sailboat.

Be sure to read about these settings in the manual, as these are unique to Boatmaster and will be instructive to play around with.