{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Sailfaster: The Podcast For Racing Sailors","title":"How Technology Has Changed Starts Forever — with Todd Wilson","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/efde84ad\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1661,"description":"GPS-based starting systems are changing sailboat racing — whether sailors like it or not.  In this episode, Pete Boland talks to Todd Wilson, co-founder of Vakaros, about how RaceSense and modern GPS technology are transforming starts, protests, race management, and training.\n(Note this is NOT a sponsored episode!)\n\nTodd explains why even elite sailors struggle to ping a line accurately, how RaceSense works, why starts are becoming tighter and more aggressive, how Olympic, J/70, and TP52 fleets are adapting.. and why he was “happy to lose a protest” using his own system’s dataIt’s a fascinating look at the technology reshaping competitive sailing — from club racing to the Olympic level.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/SdG-9dNUER0-6ZojsqMY3BuquVrz5x4SMeUCoAPG__Q/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80ZDgw/MDQyZGJhMDRiOTMx/YjgwYTM2YTg5MmJh/OGU2ZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}