This upgrade adds improved undo/redo functions, autosaving, and support for route optimization in lakes and ponds.  You can now optimize your Chicago-Mackinac race. 

Version 1.44 fixes a major bug in the loading of GRIB files. This error affected computers with local times located east of UTC +0.  That is, if your computer's local time is greater than GMT (normally users in the Eastern hemisphere), then this bug may affect you.  Gribs will display correctly, but the wind display in the lower right corner will generally read CALM even when the cursor is located inside a wind field.   It will also cause miscalculations in performance and optimization. Other bug fixes are included.

Bluewater Racing lets you view and manipulate Grib files, competition management, route optimization, and GPS data.  A NMEA instrument panel and and support for currents in the performance and optimization calculations is in development, as well as support for the NOAA vector chart format.

Bluewater Racing  exclusively uses high-quality, free, publicly available data from NOAA and various universities for its charting and weather routing functions.  This has two advantages.  First, you never have to pay extra money.  If you're a U.S. taxpayer, you already paid for this data.  Second, many race committees disallow the use of proprietary commercial data during the actual race.  With Bluewater, you always get to share in that Corinthian spirit.