Gerry Hughes: First deaf yachtsman to sail around the world solo

On May 27th, 2013

Huge congratulations from PredictWind to Gerry on becoming the first deaf yachtsman to sail around the world solo! We are proud to have been involved in this inspiring achievement. Hundreds of supporters turned out to welcome the 55 year-old sc ...
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Fishing Wind Forecast Success

On January 29th, 2013

How PredictWind helped Antony catch a bin full of fish: Hey, Just wanted to let you know that I used PredictWind over the weekend to pinpoint a short window of opportunity to go fishing out of Tauranga (New Zealand), when the website predicted ...
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Win a 12 Month Professional Subscription to PredictWind

On November 28th, 2012

This competition is only open to PredictWind users who aren't using the pro account. We can upgrade your account from Free, Basic or Standard to Professional. We cannot refund your existing account. ...
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Vestas Sailrocket Smashes World Speed Sailing Record… Again! [video]

On November 27th, 2012

We thought their previous records where impressive, well Vestas SailRocket team have really blown the lid off it with their record this time. Last week we posted a story on Vestas SailRocket breaking the World Speed Sailing record at 59.38knot ...
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Vestas Sailrocket Smashes Outright World Speed Sailing Record [video]

On November 21st, 2012

A few days ago we posted a story on the Vestas Sailrocket breaking the peak speed sailing record, with a note to keep an eye on them to break the official 500m average speed record, and they've done it! The official speed sailing record is bas ...
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Kitesurfers Take Advantage of the Storm [video]

On November 19th, 2012

While Hurricane Sandy wrecked havoc across many parts of North America with speeds of over 80knots (92mph) in places. Some kitesurfers in Florida took their chances and ventured out during the storm and were lucky to score a good session on the wat ...
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Sailrocket Breaks Wind Powered Speed Sailing World Record [Video]

On November 15th, 2012

[caption id="attachment_850" align="alignnone" width="585"] Vestas Sailrocket 2 was built for speeds over 60 knots[/caption] UPDATE Just days after setting the peak speed record, the Sailrocket Team have taken the coveted outright speed sailing r ...
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A Mini Transat Atlantic Sailor in The Making

PredictWind Supports One Girl’s Ocean Challenge in the Mini Transat 2013

On November 13th, 2012

PredictWind is proud to announce our support of Diane Reid in her Single Handed Mini Transat campaign. The challenging race kicks off September 2013 and it will take Diane about 30 days to cross the Atlantic from the Bay of Biscay to Guadeloupe ...
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What are CMC and GFS forecasts?

On October 24th, 2012

All weather forecasts start with the earths current conditions and then a forecast model does it's job at estimating how the current weather will develop. Two of the popular low resolution models are the CMC and GFS models, and PredictWind runs t ...
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PredictWind Switches to Amazon Web Services For Online Wind Forecasts

On August 14th, 2012

We are pleased to announce that the PredictWind site has switched to Amazon Web Services (AWS) meaning our forecasts are served up fresher than ever before. This has been a huge undertaking, but the result is a faster site providing a much better se ...
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