Last updated 23rd May 2025 by Jon

This version has been moved from Beta 2.38.1 to the full version and updated to 2.38.2 then to 2.38.2-1 .  If you have installed 2.38.1 or earlier versions of Sailwave, it is important to update to 2.38.2 as it fixes a bug with rounding of percentage points when using overrides for different fleets.  It adds some enhanced publishing features and also some generally fixes of minor issues

2.38.2-1 includes a fix for using the SWHelper.ini file, which now resides in the ratings directory to prevent it from being deleted when installing a new version.  If you use overrides of the default parameters with progressive handicaps, then you need to use version 2.38.2-1; otherwise,  2.38.2 is fine.  There is no change to Sailwave.exe only the included SWHelper.exe.

Included in this install are:-

• Flight information is now embedded in the HTML
• A new effect is included to optionally display the Flight information as a Letter in front of the result value
• A new effect is included to optionally display the Flight information as a coloured dot in front of the result value
• Where a rating has been specified to override the default rating, this information is now also embedded into the HTML.
• A new effect is included (RatingShow) to display the rating underneath the result. Which is very useful for Progressive/Personal handicaps
• Another new effect is included (BoatShow) to convert the rating to boat class or could distinguish between rigs used or spinnaker used.
• Publish menu reordered
• Some default Header changes
• Fix of Page breaks for Flight Assignment printouts
• New improved version of SWCList
• Fix the Hyperlink for World Sailing
• Un-exclude aliases automatically when using Sailno Wizard
• 2.38.2-1 includes a fix for the use of the SWHelper.ini file which now resides in the ratings directory to prevent it being deleted when installing new version.  If you use overrides of the default parameters with progressive handicaps then you need to use version 2.38.2-1 otherwise 2.38.2 is fine

A sample of Flight information is shown by coloured dots

A sample of Flight information is shown with text

Y=Yellow B=Blue R=Red G=Green P=Purple W= white

Sample of Rating display

Sample of converting Rating to boat name demonstrating change of rig – but many things are possible

This is issued as a full install

2.38.2 also moves the SWHelper.ini file, which is used to override the default values for ECHO and NHC, to the Ratings directory. This prevents it from getting deleted when a new Sailwave install is performed.  If you have a SWHelper.ini file in the Sailwave directory it will move it as part of the installation

2.38.2 also fixes the File – Import sail numbers from CSV file.  It also now does not delete the flight allocations when importing

Please report any issues, and I will try to fix them

You can download Version 2.38.2 from the link below.  

https://sailwave.com/download/sailwave/sw2_38_2-1.exe

For Mac and other operating systems, read
Other Operating systems

Any difficulties, please ask on the chat or the User Group

Last updated 20th January 2025 by Jon

This is an important update if you are using Racing Rules of Sailing 2025-2028 as this version is the first version to support the new rules for rounding of points for scoring penalties as specified in this edition – it is also backward compatible with the earlier RRS

RRS 2025-2028 requires Scoring penalties rounded to 0.1 whereas previously this was to a whole number. To allow scoring of series files that are using the earlier version of RRS this can be reverted to rounding to whole numbers by unticking the box

Any series created with version 2.37 will have this ticked automatically (although you can untick it if you wish to use whole-number rounding to score an older event)

If you load a series file created with an earlier version of Sailwave you will get a warning

Should you wish to keep the whole number rounding, you can ignore this message.  Once you have saved the file with the new version of Sailwave, you will not get the message when opening it.
However, if you have copied a file from last year and wish to use it this year you should follow the instructions in the message

Also included in this install are :-

• Updates to RRS plugin
• Updates to World Sailing plugin
• Updates to Irish Sailing plugin
• Updates to Country codes
• Fix some translations issues
• When merging with points – points are now preset
• Ability to translate scoring code descriptions
• Wind ratings can now be longer
• Copy and Paste of scoring codes via Ctl C/Ctl V
• iQFOiL slalom increased from 20 to 40

This is Issued as a full install

Please report any issues and I will try to fix them

You can download Version 2.37.0 from the link below.  

https://sailwave.com/download/sailwave/sw2_37_0.exe

For Mac and other operating systems read
Other Operating systems

Any difficulties please ask on the chat or User Group

Last updated 6th June 2024 by Jon

Most of the changes have been in support of the Irish Sailing interface and the RRS interface

Based on 2.33.2 with a fix for publishing individual races using the ECHO rating system – now displays the rating for the next race.

This is Issued as a full install

Please report any issues and I will try to fix them

You can download Version 2.34.0 from the link below.  

https://sailwave.com/download/sailwave/sw2_34_0.exe

For Mac and other operating systems read
Other Operating systems

Any difficulties please ask on the chat or User Group

Last updated 20th April 2024 by Jon

Version 2.33.0 currently available in the download Betas (see details there) is now the preferred version as it is stable and has additional features it will be moved to this section shortly

V2.33.0
https://sailwave.com/download/sailwave/sw2_33_0.exe

V2.30.0
This is a full install with many changes /improvements

Changes since 2.29.0 are

• Fix class name generation for Race columns e.g. rank 10-39 had .rankxx applied (applies to advanced users only)
•  Fix internal chartochars routine not to use the ¬ symbol so Chinese and presumably other languages don’t get corrupted
• Fix hang if an invalid locale file is specified
  (Specifying an invalid file forces the use of the charset specified so you can see the Chinese file without switching the computer)
  Users may want to change header.txt to specify the language
•  Fixed Foils dropdown on Technical tab
•  Added a clear search box icon.
•  A  new competitor now clears the filter
• Changes to the save to JSON.  Fixed the formatting and now uses .json instead of .txt and no longer displays the file.  No longer includes excluded competitors if they are hidden
  Unused competitor fields are not included in the file (This results in the file now being much smaller)
• Fixed Merge when the file being merged to the original has had its races reordered
• Has the facility to support iQFOiL scoring
• Uses AS for Australian Sailing in place of VY for Victoria Yardstick converts VY to AS for compatibility
• Add selective starts to SailNo Wizard.   For the larger events, the Sail Number wizard now can filter presented SailNo’s based on the starts that are selected.  Using this feature makes it less likely to enter an incorrect sail number and will highlight any competitors in the wrong fleets.  It also makes entry quicker as you don’t have to type so many characters to get a match and is especially useful when multiple countries are present with the same sail number
• A New series now has the Sailwave burgees configured as standard – you can of course either delete or change them as you wish
• Upload to  PYOnline now checks that an Event name is specified and automatically ignores races with no results when sending.  It is now possible to use * to send all races even if some have not been sailed
• Changed RYA Logo and changed ISAF logo to World Sailing Logo plus added RYA icon to Plugin Menu
• Change ISAF text to World Sailing

This is Issued as a full install with an updated World Sailing Plugin – not all functionality is operational at the moment – awaiting World Sailing to supply updated details but it can check all World Sailing ID’s and can create XRR files to be sent to World Sailing

Please report any issues and I will try to fix them

You can download Version 2.30.2 from the link below.  

https://sailwave.com/download/sailwave/sw2_30_2.exe

This is an exciting upgrade for those publishing to their own websites.

This new version now includes a fully integrated support for SFTP, SSH, and FTPS in addition to a new FTP uploader for uploading published results directly to your website.  This was previously only possible if your website or service supported FTP but many are no longer supporting FTP and require SFTP or SSH uploads.  This all now comes built into your favorite scoring program Sailwave.

Documentation is available here:-
https://sailwave.com/upload-of-published-results-ftp-sftp-ssh-ftps

In addition to the support for the secure protocols, there have been some other changes.  The Base URL window now works correctly as intended which may mean if you have been using FTP previously and left this blank you will need to insert “./” in this window.  If you have entered a directory path here and been entering it in front of the filename you will no longer need it in front of the filename.
The famous Error 0 no longer applies when you get an error uploading to your website, you should now get a more informative message such as authentication failure meaning your username or password is incorrect. Note an access error means you don’t have permissions.

This is a full install and also includes

• the changes in 2.28.14 (see Beta releases) plus
• Increase buffer size for the format of columns to allow larger HTML formating from 150 to 500 chars – This allows the creation of links on any column – see user group for detail
• Increase buffer size for Fleet name to 40 from 20 in Main competitor edit window
• Increase entry size for Venue and Event burgees from 100 to 255 chars to allow long URL’s to be used

Please report any issues and I will try to fix them

You can download Version 2.29.0 from the link below.  

https://sailwave.com/download/sailwave/sw2_29_0.exe

For Mac and other operating systems read
Other Operating systems

Any difficulties please ask on the chat or User Group