Virtual Skipper 3
Virtual Skipper 3 gives you a taste of nautical competition. Enjoy the most meticulously created sailing game around as you recreate the feel of racing on the open water! Solo or multiplayer games with fleet racing for up to 8 vessels Advanced 3D engine portrays yachting more accurately than any other game Tropical Map Editor lets you design your own paradise and set sail
Virtual Skipper 3 Accessories
 Ship Simulator
Ship Simulator 2008
Ship Simulator 2008
The Annapolis Book of Seamanship: Third Edition, Completely Revised, Expanded and Updated
Train Simulator - jc
Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe DVD
Virtual Skipper 5 : America's Cup The Game (DVD)
The Complete Sailor: Learning the Art of Sailing
The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Seven Unforgettable Stories (Greatest)
Age of Sail II: Privateer's Bounty
Virtual Skipper 3 Reviews
Can be a fun game to play occassionally, but gets boring after an hour or so.
My husband plays it too and they are both learning more about sailing as they play. But he loves it, and says the graphics are really cool. My husband (almost no sailing experience), and says the game is helping him to understand racing more, and my son can try different strategies and see how the game reacts. I bought this as a christmas gift for my son (10) who loves to sail. When I looked at it closely when it arrived, I worried that perhaps it would be too sophisticated for him. We live in a cold area, so it's a great way to enjoy sailing while we wait for warm weather so we can get out on the lake.
when it's behind you and you're in a multi hull, you can careen around and two hulls will be lifted out of the water, and the wake will look like you're in a motorboat. There's all the strategy and the spinnaker and port and starboard and right of way, so it's like sailing a real boat. The graphics are incredible, and the wind. I recommend this game and I really like playing it. my Dad does too.
This game is a great on value and good otherwise. Overall, a good game. The graphics paint quickly and the realism of the experience - changing sails, direction, etc - really can teach you some of the basics of sailing without actually being out on the open water.
I still do play virtual skipper 1. The thing that makes me the angriest about this game is the disk copy protection. This security feature means it takes the game 5 min+ to start up. I have a fast computer with a gig of ram and still have performance issues with the graphics. Finally, I question the rules they use and the very little feedback I have gotten from penalties. I have been involved in collisions when the starboard tack boat has gotten a penalty. It starts up and goes into a disk protection check.
Anyhow, I don't play this game much. I bought this game because I loved virtual skipper 1. I hope this helps someone else not to feel ripped off. I don't know what is up with that. I have not taken anywhere near the enjoyment out of this game. By the time that it finally starts up I have normally found something more interesting to do with my time.
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