Weatherfax the best budget weather solution for sailors. Finding the optimum route from point a to point b, using the latest gfs grib weather and ocean current data. Contact a supplier or the parent company directly to get a quote or to find out a price or your closest point of sale. Expeditions weather and route optimization features. Which the best way to use a weather routing software during a long oceanic passage when the weather forecast time window is smaller than the crossing time. Top yacht apps for racing and cruising yachting world. Fastseas is designed by a cruising sailor and is easy to use. The variables involved in accurate weather routeing are many and its easy to get confused with all the packages available. These parameters can include maximum acceptable wind speeds or wave heights, as well as the percentage of time that the boat will be on a particular point of sail.
Add a button in toolbar to quickly drop an active wp or a route exact actions are defined in general settings, routes tab. It is designed for recreational cruisers or demanding racers. Pip hare tests five popular programs to assess their usefulness. Isochron optimum weather routing with time steps from 0. Weather routing can seem complex and its behindthescenes calculations are not plain sailing but for end users the process involves two critical pieces of. Weather routing the professional package now includes the worlds first online weather routing. In early may, weather along this route is always chancy and it was for us, too. Sailgrib wr, our flagship app, includes all the features you will need to navigate.
Grib files download online and by email up to 16 days. These tools are available on all computers and tablets and for a variety of operating systems, such as windows, mac os, ios and android, with most tools freely available. Maxsea routing module maxseas advanced routing available as an addon module to yacht is the most advanced onboard weather routing system available. The variables involved in accurate weather routeing are many and its easy to get. Offshore routing software recommendations ocean racing. Weather routing software for sailing passage planning.
If you do not receive an email within 30 minutes, check. Our sailing weather forecasts are derived using data from the most trusted and reliable weather models available. The weather routing module is a simple yet powerful tool which calculates the fastest route for a sailboat. Please check your email after purchase to begin your webinar. As much as we love to get out on the water and disconnect, we still have a soft spot in our hearts for the apps that make life afloat a.
The updated predictwind offshore app is simply the best way to get and view grib files, weather routing, gmdss text forecasts and satellite imagery while off. The best sailing apps for navigation, weather, and more. Avoiding zones of foul weather, strong winds, hazardous waves, yet sailing in zones with fair winds to bring the yacht from a to b the fastest and. Weather routing software for sailors cruising world.
Find out all of the information about the adrena product. It will calculate the fastest route to take you from point a to point b given the current noaa gfs weather forecast, current oceanic currents, the performance of your vessel, and your comfort criteria. Are you looking for an affordable method of receiving indepth weather information while cruising. How to use a weather routing software in an oceanic crossing. In this 3 hour program peter isler delves into two of expeditions most valuable and powerful tools. Wri is a private meteorological consulting firm and is the world leader in the marine industry since 1961. A skipper using oceanpro weather routing with the best weather tools available can put the odds back in the skippers favor. With a laptop coupled with a gps receiver, and using free american charts from noaa, opencpn allows realtime navigation with standard chartplotter functions. These models include the gfs and wavewatch iii models, the same weather models that produce the grib files used by modern electronic navigation software and weather routing software. Simply drag the start and end waypoints on the map, and the predictwind server will calculate the fastest route or the most comfortable route for your boat using the high resolution 1km8km wind forecasts.
Sailgrib wr is the first app to use the android navionics sdk that allows. Without timely, detailed, long range passage weather routing, sufficient to make needed course changes early, the weather will win every time. Instead it takes into account predicted weather, currents, a boats performance characteristics, whether the boat is sailing or powering and numerous other factors. A weather routing software is an incredible tool to optimize sailing. Weather forecasts and polars allow the timezero software to provide an extremely accurate calculation on the fastest route from point a to point b. Navigation and weather routing software contact us for support or information. Searoutes is a professional tool for route and distance calculation, voyage planning of seagoing vessels. Weatherrouting tools can provide valuable information for the fastest or safest route and options to avoid bad weather. Weather fax is by far and away the best option for those o. Oceanpro weather now offers the full range of passage planning, passage weather forecasting, departure timing, near real time. Simply drag the start and end waypoints on the map, and the predictwind server will calculate the fastest route for your boat using the high resolution 1km8km wind forecasts.
Official supplier to the volvo ocean race, americas cups, sail gp and many other events. Set up by cruising sailors with over 100,000 ocean miles in a small sailboat, over 20 atlantic passages and more than 40 years. In addition get access to weather routing, gmdss text forecasts and satellite. An adventure version of the same used for sailing boats is referred to as sailing weather prediction or sailing weather routing. Add support for calypso instruments via bluetooth le routes module. Possibility to activate a route even if it does not start from boat. Weather routing is a commercial service provided by commercial companies for cargo ships, to optimize their voyage performance. From a start location, routing software evaluates wind and current at time and place intervals. Instead it takes into account predicted weather, currents, a boat s performance characteristics, whether the boat is sailing or powering and numerous other factors. Expeditions weather and route optimization features for easiest access to this webinar, be sure to create an account with login name and password at checkout. When i look at the suggested route for bresthorta the amazing work of this program will be visible.
It is also a free weather grib viewer that accepts all kinds of gribs. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Opencpn is a free chartplotter software program for pcs that offers a wide range of features rivaling those of expensive software packages. Free weather routing software and how to use it rigging doctor. Even if you do not really plan a route, the mere visualization of grip weather data helps a great deal to understand weather systems and help memorize sailing conditions far better than looking at a static isobaric chart. Weather routing can seem complex and its behindthescenes calculations are not plain sailing but for end users the process involves two critical pieces of information. You may for example let the software calculate in 6 hoursteps or in 30 minuteintervals and many more other settings. Give fastseas your vessels lwl, closest point of sail, departure location, destination, and time of departure, and it will find your. Good directions 8803pr sailboat cottage weathervane, polished copper with roof mount 3.
Sailgrib wr is the first app to use the android navionics sdk that allows you to. Several different companies offer weather routing software, although the amount of factors and available options as well as required equipment varies widely. For easiest access to this webinar, be sure to create an account with login name and password at checkout. Well, first of all weather routing is a very fascinating and of course very helpful tool for planning your voyage. Routing for passagemakers we just got back from a short fourday delivery of a friends 60foot sloop from bermuda to newport, rhode island, a distance of 635 miles. Routing software endeavors to help us find that answer, but it doesnt give us the answer. Expedition has been used in multiple volvo ocean race, americas cup and grand prix events and is the most advanced and usable software available. Additionally, weather routing software can help users determine the optimal departure time and routing based on userspecified parameters. Pip hare tests 5 weather routeing programs yachting world. In my quest for a budget friendly version, i discovered a free and i me. Revolutionary weather forecasts display in the form of animated particles, high resolution weather forecasts premium weather, dual routing module sailing and motoring automatically avoiding coastlines, discover all the new features included the the last generation of our recreational software. Marine weather forecast services weather routing inc.
Navigation software adrena, editor navigation software for. Expedition seems to be popular choice but its expensive and our crew is fairly new to this type of software so it may be overkill. Original and most complete version of our marine weather software. The latter focusses more on the forecasting and routing of wind and currents for adventurers and competitive sailors. In part 2 of our series on weather routing, we take a closer look at some of the programs available for the sailing community. Ill be participating in this years newport bermuda race and could use some recommendations on offshore weather routing software. Vector charts s57 and s63, raster charts kaps, geotiff, etc, visit my harbour charts and mbtiles charts. An active wp can now be deactivated from its contextual menu. This program is the weather routing software that will run the. Revolutionary weather forecasts display in the form of animated particles, high resolution weather forecasts premium weather, dual routing module sailing and motoring automatically avoiding coastlines, discover all the new features included the the. It is based on the kiwitech software that was used for onboard weather routing in the whitbread. Take a deepdive into intricate weather routing with onboard computer software. Sailgrib wr is an easy to use fullfledged marine navigation app with a very sophisticated and unique weather routing module. How to use a weather routing software in an oceanic.
In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading. View detailed data for each segment of an optimum route including lat lon, apparent and true wind, heading, boat speed, sog, cog, and current. Offshore routing software recommendations sailing anarchy forums. You can use your navionics charts, or purchase atlases of marine charts as inapp purchase. All the free programs simply let you look at the awesome software, but charge you to get any actual information out of them. To offer a bit of clarity into this, at least as far as passage planning goes, is fastseas, a new weatherrouting app. The comfortable route allows you to avoid sailing in strong winds or large waves. I get 3 day or 7 day gribs in email every 24 hours. Several navigation and routing softwares offer direct access to the best weather data through your squid account. Currently sail grib wr is only available on the android platform, but its.
Weather routing module combined with timezero software provides a. To better understand the tools, we need to understand three key elements. In the world of weather routing, subscriptions and expense seem to be an accepted reality. It can calculate the fastest sailing route to your destination along a route with waypoints. Since 1986, every winner of the volvo around the worldwhitbread, boc, and vendee globe. The best tactical and navigation software available. Calculate now from a to b on rivers, seas and coasts in europe or north america.
For years sailors were mostly left to call on experience and. Review of opencpn navigational software for sailing. It is now easier to follow the suggested routing, plan sail changes and judge actual vs. It uses polar data, which is a method to estimate boat speed for given wind velocity and direction. Last month, donald mclennan took us through the basics of weather routing tools for cruisers.
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